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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 28, 2018 2:21:37 GMT -5
In the world of New Yuio there was a kingdom that was once ruled over by King Valence, but ever since his daughter Iris Valence O'Malley had become of age she ruled over the kingdom. Her husband Riley O'Malley was made king upon her coming of age, and now when he's not on other worlds on one of his adventures he's in the kingdom ruling alongside her. This was also where Lana and Derio O'Malley were spending most of their time now. It was a medium sized kingdom as much of New Yuio was still unexplored.
The kingdom has gray stone walls that went around the entirety of the outer kingdom, and towards the back of the kingdom there were anoter set of walls that separated the white castle from the rest of the place. There were houses scattered all over the kingdom and a fair sized marketplace. Inside the castle walls in the garden Lana and Queen Iris were picking fruit. It was a favorite pastime of theirs and they always ate what they picked later in the day. Just then a mysterious but familiar voice came to Lana.
"Lana there is something I must discuss with you. Have I contacted you at a bad time?"
Lana stopped as she heard the voice but then smiled as she remembered who it was. "Yen Sid it's been to long." She told him telepathically. "Nah it's not a bad time I'm just in the garden with Iris. What did you want to talk about."
"It is good to hear that things are going well. I wanted to talk about an apprentice I have been training and observing over the past few years."
"You took on an apprentice again? He must be pretty special what's he like?"
" His name is Arin Delas. He is yet another chaos user who used to struggle with maintaining balance and the negative effects of using darkness. However after the first test I had him take to see if he would be worthy of training he proved that he was more than capable of at least starting the process to overcome his darkness. After he passed the first test he trained to master his powers and even managed to gain the ability to use two keys at once. Although he does not posses many pure chaos abilities he has proven to be strong wielder of both light and darkness. The only test left for him his the Mark of Mastery exam. With you being a chaos goddess as well as a keyblade master I felt it would be best if you were the one to train him further and decide what would be best for his exam. That and he happens to be a friend of your son Riley. It is my understanding that King Riley has managed to pass his mark of mastery and had become a Master himself."
"Yeah he finally became a master a little over a year ago. Arin Delas huh?" Lana thought for a moment about what Riley had told him about some of his past adventures. "Yeah he told me about Arin a few times, he seems like a good kid from what I've heard. Sure I can take him under my wing, i think it would be great from him and Riley to meet anyway with all they changes they've gone though since they last met. When can you send him over?"
" I'll be sending him over as soon as I am able to. I will be sure to tell him where New Yuio is as well as King Riley's kingdom so that there isn't any confusion with your old home world."
After the two caught up a bit Yen Sin would send for Arin to be summoned to him and Lana came back to reality. "Who were you talking to?" Iris asked her once she realized her conversation had ended. Iris had known Lana long enough to know that when she zoned out like she did she was talking with someone.
"An old friend of mine. He will be sending an old friend of Riley's to train and take his mark of mastery exam. Come along and I'll explain I must prepare to take on a new student." The two left the garden and went into the castle where they made preparations. After Lana explained the story to Iris she made sure to tell the guards they would be expecting a visitor so that there wouldn't be any problems once Arin arrived.
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Post by Raphael on Jul 28, 2018 19:51:10 GMT -5
After his discussion with Lana, regarding Arin's progression in training, he sent for Arin with a magic message to his new home world of Earthsea, a calm and peaceful world, if not for its occasional Heartless flareups. Of course, that's where Arin and his new allies, and girlfriend, Amaya Fukui; a Dragoon, and one of a set of five Dragoon Warriors, clad in black armor. After helping free her friends and sister from the darkness possessing her fellow Dragoon brethren, the pair had returned to Earthsea, to lay the four warriors to rest.
Arin had stayed beside Amaya all throughout her heart-crushing endeavor, and offered himself as moral and emotional support throughout the entire journey, after their chance encounter so long ago. That support slowly turned to friendship, and eventually, into an unexpected romance. Now, Arin lives with Amaya, having found a new home, a new family, and a new purpose; is helping to bring about a new generation of Dragoon Warriors to defend their home world with.
Arin was currently sparring with Amaya, who, compared to when they first met, had greatly matured, mentally and physically. Even still, Arin's focus right now was on his fighting, and making sure that he wouldn't lose their little sparring game. Of course, that was until a sudden glint of light caught his eye in the distance, one that was very familiar.
Before he could process it all, Amaya had swept his leg with the pole of her scythe, making Arin trip and fall backwards on his backside "And that's three to four! I'm beating you Arin.~" Arin pushed himself up into a sitting position and chuckled as he saw Amaya giving him the goofiest anime victory pose that he ever saw "Heheh.~ Well, I want a redo, I was distracted.~"
Amaya walked over and helped Arin up to his feet, the keyblade apprentice walking over to the ball of light, Amaya curiously following close behind. As the couple drew closer, the orb of light began to focus into a familiar shape. "I see that your new home on Earthsea has been treating you well, you appear to be in much better form since we last met." Arin, surprised by this unexpected visit, bowed his head respectfully "Master Yen Sid! Well, after you helped me learn how to control both halves of my power without too much struggle, and after mine and Maya's mission, I've settled in here, and most of it has been work. Either labor around the house, or working with training the new Dragoon Warrior guild."
Yen Sid nodded his head in return, a calm smile on his face as his projection showed him in full detail. Though, as calm as his expression was, it was clear that this wasn't just a friendly house call Arin Stood straight again and scratched his head nervously "So...What do we owe this unexpected visit? Is there something you need me for? I didn't see you as very sociable, so I think this is more of a business call than pleasure...N-No offense intended, eheh..." Arin quickly backpedaled, when he realized exactly how disrespectful he had come across. Despite having found a new home, his mannerisms still had quite a lot of work to be done still.
Yen Sid closed his eyes and quickly dismissed Arin's anxiety, opening them to show that beady-eyed, but still wise gaze "I have decided that after this latest personal endeavor that you have put upon yourself, helping the Dragoon Warriors when no one had asked you to aide in their freedom from the darkness, that it is time for you to receive proper training in controlling your powers, and take your mark of mastery exam."
Arin's eyes went wide when he heard what was happening. Yen Sid, the master sorcerer, and former keyblade master, had finally deemed him worthy to take the mastery exam?! "Y-You're serious?! You think I'm ready?!" Yen Sid nodded, smiling confidently "Yes. I have trained you as far as I can with controlling your powers over light and darkness. You, on your own, have come to learn how to adapt to both halves, and utilize their power in unique ways. But I cannot train you any further. There is someone that is far more skilled than I in controlling light and darkness in perfect harmony; a keyblade master of chaos. She will continue your training to its completion, and finally allow you to take a mark of mastery exam of her choosing."
Arin tilted his head at Yen Sid's description of this keyblade master, trying to understand what he had meant "A keyblade master of chaos? Are you sure that's a good idea, Master? Chaos doesn't seem that balanced to me?" Yen Sid chuckled softly, stroking his beard in amusement "Chaos is merely a derogatory word. Light and darkness, good and evil, creation and destruction. There are many polar opposites in the world that when clashing, will bring chaos, but only by finding the fine line between, can one find balance. That is one of the many lessons that Keyblade master Lana shall teach you."
Arin sighed and scratched his head again, trying to understand Yen Sid's reasonings, but it was still somewhat foggy "Well, alright, if you say so, Master...So, where will I find this Master Lana?" "Master Lana can be found in a new world that has been created in the realm of light. a kingdom named New Yuio; a kingdom ruled by someone you are quite familiar with. You know him as Riley."
Arin's eyes opened a bit, and a grin formed on his face as he remembered his encounter with Riley. He had to admit, despite it being the mind of a boy, there were moments during when he and Riley hung out that his mind would wander to places that likely would have gotten him slugged in the face by Amaya for. Still, he had gotten used to his gender bent friend, and he had spent plenty of quality time with Amaya in their new home, so he might be able to squash those thoughts and focus on his training. "So, O'Malley has his own kingdom now eh? Well, it'll be nice to get caught up and see how he's doing. So, how do I get to this new world? I can't really get there if I haven't visited it before."
Yen Sid waved his hand to one side, and a white wormhole opened up beside him "Take this pathway to your new master, she will ensure that your raining is complete, and you are deemed worthy of becoming a master, by the time she has finished." Arin bowed again, and watched as the projection turned into a simple orb of light, hovering beside the white gateway. Turning to Amaya, she had a look of joy, and a slight bit of disappointment in her eyes. Arin, seeing this, smiled reassuringly, lifting a hand to caress his girlfriend's cheek "I guess that means we'll have to postpone our do-over, huh?"
Amaya's smile became more cheerful, and she jabbed Arin in the shoulder, giggling "Don't be in too much of a hurry to come back to a butt whooping...but don't take too long...okay? I'll miss you.~" Arin came close and gave Amaya a soft kiss on the lips "I will too. Seeing you again is going to motivate me to finish quicker. I promise I'll be back in no time!" With one final hug, Arin turned and ran into the gateway, towards his new training, and mastery over his powers. Amaya silently watched, a worried look on her face, but a proud smile on her lips as she watched Arin go to fulfill what he had worked so hard to achieve "...Be safe..."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 28, 2018 23:32:24 GMT -5
After Iris had told the guards about Arin she went off to the kitchen to tell the cooks that there would one more joining them for a while. Afterwards she had some servants prepare one of the guest rooms for Arin. It was only after she was helping with the preparations that she didn't see her husband anywhere. "That's weird I saw him earlier so he couldn't have gotten too far."
She figured he would be excited to see an old friend again. Besides Arin was coming to train to be a Keyblade Master, so having him see Master Riley before he started his training seemed best. She knew Riley was in the castle somewhere as he always told her when he was going to go off world. She had a pretty good idea where her husband was so she made her way to the hallway that lead to the garden and placed her hand on a certain spot. A small rectangle of light appeared around her hand and a small door opened up in front of her. She went down the winding staircase as the door closed behind her. After a while she was in the underground part of the castle. There were many different doors there but she headed down the hall until she reached the white door. She pushed it open to find the data center. It was a large room with different circular gateways around. In the middle was a large computer on top of a desk with some chairs in front of it. One of the gateways was actually on with a blue, green, and black portal on the inside of it. "I figured he was training," She shook her head. She didn't want to interrupt him so she left a note on the desk for him to keep him up to speed with what what was going on. After she returned to the ground level she went back to helping everyone prepare.
Lana was busy in the library with her husband Derio catching him up on what was going on. "Arin huh?" He said finally looking up from the map he was reading. "I actually met him about two years ago." He sat up in his chair and put his hand behind his head as he recalled that adventure. "He seems like a good kid. He had good control over his darkness back then and could hold his own in a fight, so what exactly do you plan on testing him on?"
"That's the thing, I can't make a test for him before I see what he has already been trained on. There's more to being a keyblade master than just being able to fight after all. I figured he can tell me about his adventures and spar with Riley for a bit. That way I can tell where's he at and what he needs to work on. He's trained with Yin Sid so he can't be that far off from becoming a master."
"I suppose you're right. So when will he be here?"
"He should be here any minute now."
The portal Yen Sid made had appeared a few feet in front of the castle. After Arin would come through he would the castle standing three stories high. The castle itself was made of white stone while the outer walls were make of gray bricks. There were some tress that stood taller than its walls that were covered with different fruits. There was a moat and draw bridge in front of the castle and different paths leading to the rest of the kingdom. The different paths were made of dirt and there was a river some distance off. Beyond the river the rest of the kingdom went on before reaching the outer wall. The different houses were varying in sizes and the marketplace was towards the beginning of the kingdom.
After the portal opened one of the guards would come to inspect it. "Arin Delas?" she asked. "Welcome we've been expecting you. If you follow me I can help you find Lana."
Iris had walked out to check on things before noticing Arin with the guard. She walked over to them. "You must be Arin," she said.
"Yes he is your majesty." The guard said before looking at Arin. "May I present to you Queen Iris Valence O'Malley"
"It's a please to meet you. Any friend of my husband is a friend of mine. He's told me a lot about you."
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Post by Raphael on Jul 29, 2018 15:24:49 GMT -5
Arin stepped through the portal and was met with an impressive site. A castle, standing three stories tall, with white and gray stonework, towered over him. With how well made the stone brickwork was made, it gave him a faint reminder of home...his old home "Heh...Brings back memories..." He wasn't left to his own thoughts for long, as a guard approached him not too long after his arrival.
"Arin Delas?" Arin turned to look at the armor clad warrior, hands pocketed as his demeanor became more professional due to the circumstances "Yes, that's me." "Welcome, we've been expecting you. IF you follow me, I can help you find Lana."
Arin raised an eyebrow at the guard's informal addressing of the keyblade master. Before another person, a beautiful woman in regal attire approached them. After a brief exchange, he quickly pieced together that this must be Riley's wife. Scratching his head nervously, especially in regards to all that riley had apparently said about him "Heh, nothing too bad I hope...I can't say I've heard much about his life outside of my time around Riley, but it's a pleasure to meet you, Your Grace."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 29, 2018 19:47:38 GMT -5
She could tell by the look on his face that he wasn't expecting to meet someone like her. She figured her husband neglected to mention her when he last saw Arin. "Oh don't worry he's only told me about the adventures you two have been on." She smiled. "From the sound of it I take it he's never taken the time to tell you about me. I should have figured as much, he always gets caught up in the moment and often forgets to explain the important details. You've already met Maple and Winda right? They are his first two wives while I'm he fifth." She knew how most people from other worlds reacted to news like this so she gave him time to come back to reality before she went any further. "I also take it he and Derio never bothered to tell you Lana is his mother, and is a chaos goddess?" Iris shook her head a sighed. She would have to remember to nag Riley later, whenever he came out of the data center. Knowing him he would somehow time it just in time for dinner like he always did.
She looked at her guard. "I can bring him to Lana don't worry. I have a feeling I know where she is." The guard nodded to her before returning to the castle. Iris nodded for Arin to follow her. "I can explain more along the way." She would lead him through the front of the castle and into the hallway leading to the library. There were different landscape paintings and some plants on both sides of the hall. "Riley's busy training right now but I know he'll be out in time to join us all for dinner. He's changed quite a lot since you've last saw him, though I think it's best if you see that for yourself. He's even become a Keyblade Master himself in the time since you two last met." When they reached the library they would find a rather large room filled with countless shelves lined with books of many different colors and sizes. Some seemed more used than others, and others were even written in different types of elvish. There were tables and chairs and in the very center an odd block of stone with runes on it. Towards the end Lana and Derio were talking. "There they are" She went over to them.
"Long time no see Arin," Derio said noticing them. "Looking stronger, looks like there's hope we'll make a decent keyblader out of you yet."
"Derio..."
"I kid I kid."
Lana shook her head and smiled. "So you're Yin Sid's apprentice. He told me a lot about you, and knowing him he's told you what you need to know. But don't worry your training starts tomorrow. Come join us you've met my husband here already but I'm sure he never talked about me"
Down in the data center Riley came out of the gateway as it closed behind him. He had a few bruises on him and he felt him arm. "Damn it guess I shouldn't have put so many of them in that one," He said. "I'll just have to make the next one easier." He went up to the desk and began to type in and select something before noticing Iris' note. "Iris?" After picking up and reading the note he finally understood. "Arin huh?" He smirked. "Wonder how he'll react to my new body. Hopefully none of them ruined the surprise." He thought about going up and seeing if he made it yet but he looked back at the computer screen. "One more round then I'll go." He typed some more before clicking on something just before one of the gateways opened. "Let's make this one count" He ran into the portal disappearing again.
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Post by Raphael on Jul 29, 2018 21:28:23 GMT -5
Arin blinked a couple times when Iris told him that she was Riley's fifth wife, laughing nervously "Eheheh...He really gets around, huh?" After coming back from his surprised stupor, he then found out that Lana was Riley's mother, and not only a keyblade master of chaos, but also a goddess of it as well, making him mentaly scratch his chin "Huh, well, that explains a lot about Riley's typical behavior, I guess."
As Iris asked that he follow her, he continued to listen to Iris talk about how Riley has changed over the years, and even became a keyblade master in the time that they've been apart "Heh, yeah. He did mention he was working on that. I've just been focusing on bettering myself, while waiting for Yen Sid to tell me it's time for the exam."
As they made their way into the library, she could hear one familiar voice in the background. Derio, Riley's father, was speaking to another woman in the library, whom he could only assume was Lana...Or possibly one of Riley's other wives. That second option was quickly debunked as Lana introduced herself as Derio's husband "Then I take it you are Keyblade Master Lana." He walked over and gave a courteous bow, palms pressed together Japanese greeting style "It is a pleasure to meet you. I'm looking forward to being trained by a current keyblade master...Master Yen Sid has mentioned you are a master of both light and darkness, I hope I can learn much from you in how I can control my darker side."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 30, 2018 0:54:23 GMT -5
Lana nodded as Arin addressed her. "That's me," She winked. "Yin Sid is right, though this is mostly due to who my parents were I had to go through quite a bit to master my powers. I helped Derio and Riley gain better control over their dark sides so I'm sure I can help you." She stood up before she formed two orbs, one of light and one of darkness. "As a chaos goddess I already had some control over both sides, but the trick is always figuring out how to have control over both. The way to do this is different for everyone. I had to get over my past before I could full master my chaos. Who knows, by the time we're done you might become a chaos or twilight user yourself."
Lana thought about how to best explain the next part. The energy from the two orbs moved and merged to make two new orbs, one that was purple and one that was pink. "Chaos and Twilight are both perfect fusions of light and darkness. While chaos is usually pink and twilight is usually purple some users are able to change the color, like me for example I can turn my chaos blue. The main problem with using chaos and twilight at first is the fact that light and darkness tend to explode when they make contact with each other." Both of the orbs fussed out as Lana made four rings, two of light and two of darkness. "Derio help me with this one."
Derio stood up and went to his wife's side. "Usually the first steps to use chaos and twilight are to find a way around the explosion Some use a third energy or magic source in order to stabilize the two." Lana moved one ring each close together as Derio put a small ring of wind magic around both. The two rings then merged together with the wind magic moving around containing it. The two rings inside formed a ring of twilight.
"The other way is to slowly take full control of both light and darkness and then use them as if they were one and the same. This is usually the harder way to do it but this method gives one better control over their beginning chaos or twilight stages." The remaining two rings shrunk and formed around Lana's right hand. Soon they move around each other and formed one small sword of chaos. "Taking your time with either method will make it easier to use them in more unique ways later on."
Lana dismissed the ring and sword. "Even if you don't become a chaos or twilight user practicing one of these methods will surely help you overcome your darkness." She smiled. "But that'll be it for the basic lesson. Tell me about you; how you first got your powers and what kind of adventures and training you've went through up to now. That way I can figure out the best way to train you later. If you want you can tell us over dinner, that way you and Riley can catch up and share what's happened to the two of you."
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Post by Raphael on Jul 30, 2018 10:25:34 GMT -5
Arin chuckled when Lana started to explain how light and darkness mixed together and formed twilight/Chaos power. When she mentioned that the two powers connecting would create an explosion, he started to recollect the times he had used some of his own abilities. That convinced him to demonstrate what he believed to be his one and only perfect fusion of the two opposing forces.
Closing his eyes, a pale blue aura enveloped his body, as a swirling whirlpool of shadows began to pool around his feet. The darkness then leapt up and wrapped around his body, and as the darkness formed a solid orb around him, connecting with his light aura, the two auras exploded outward, and Arin was now standing before Derio and Lana with a gray aura enveloped around his body.
When Lana asked about his training and adventures up until now, he kept quiet, trying to think of things that he should talk about...and things that he didn't want to "...Well, my adventures started in the keyblade graveyard..." He then started talk about his time in the graveyard, and bring up some of the different journeys that he has been on. He even talked about how he even met his girlfriend on one of these journeys, but didn't go into any further detail. He also brought up the new home he's taken residence in, and his continued combat training on Earthsea.
"...And that's when Master Yen Sid contacted me, bringing me here." He let the aura drop from his body, looking at his hand as the aura faded in a slow, misty tornado.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 30, 2018 18:40:17 GMT -5
Derio covered his eyes a bit after Arin covered himself in an aura. He then removed his hand from his face shorted after the explosion. "There you see?" he asked. "I told you he wouldn't need to be stuck on the basics for too long." He circled around Arin as his eyes glowed and examined the aura. "Gray huh? That's usually a beginning color when one still needs to gain mastery over darkness. With the way that aura feels it could end up becoming a form that increases your power far beyond your base state."
Lana and Derio listened as Arin explained his journey from the encounter in keyblade graveyard, to him meeting Yin Sid, and finding a new home with his girlfriend and most things up to when Yin Sid told him where to find them. "A dark doppelganger huh?" Lana shook her head. "That's never a good thing to have to deal with. But at least he looks sort of different from you so people aren't confusing him for you. Though Yin Sid made me promise that after your training you are face him with no running away in fear. Though I wouldn't worry about him appearing here. This world is still very hidden so it would take a special gateway to get here, and someone would have to be here at least once before they can just warp here. So for now don't worry about that part of your trials."
"Can't say I ever heard of Earthsea," Derio told him. "But Dragoon Warriors are a force to be reckoned with. I doubt the ones I encountered in the past were from the same world, but I'll never forget the hard battles my team had when dealing with a few on some missions. For your first test to be helping her take them on must have been no easy task." Derio would tell Arin a short story about how he and his old friends used to go on missions in their teens. He told him about the time they had to clear out some armies during a war right before they caught up with some Dragoons. He mentioned three long battles with them that resulted in him unlocking one of his old darker forms.
Down in the Data center Riley came out of the gateway as the portal closed behind him. His hair was all messed up and he was covered in sweat. He went back to the computer to turn things off. He thought about doing another round before he shook his head, almost as if he could already hear Iris' nagging if he was late for dinner again. "Fine I'll go," He told himself. He went out the room and closed the door behind him. He then quickly ran up the stairs to the part of the wall where the entrance was. He placed his hand on a section of it as a small part of it opened up. He went though it as it closed behind him and before he looked around. He figured he would have a quick look to see if Arin made it here yet before he would do anything else.
Iris had wondered off to check on things around the castle as the others were talking. She went around the place to make sure the guest room was ready and to see if Riley had come back up yet. Not finding him when she looked she went back towards their room. It was there Riley sunk up behind her and lightly pushed her, it was something they always did when they found each other. Iris turned around knowing it was him an smiled. "Glad to see you finally joined us~" She said while hugging him. "Arin made it here not too long ago and dinner is ready so-" She stopped once she caught on to how he was smelling. She waved her hand in front of her nose. "And you overdid it again. Time for you to hit the shower sweaty!"
"First of all I don't sweat I glow, and second I don't smell that ba-"He lifted his arm and smelled his armpit, he then quickly winched. "Fine but you better ease up on the dessert this time. Don't think I didn't notice the cake crumbs all over the bed last night."
"I have no idea what you are talking about~"
Riley ran off into their room to shower as Iris made her way back to the library. She would come back just as Derio finished the part where he and Iris' father killed the last Dragoon. "Well I see you all get along well, that's nice. If you're hungry dinner is ready, and Riley finally left the data center so he'll be joining us there."
"We can talk more over food," Lana assured Arin. Iris would lead them to a large dinning room that had a large table in the center. It had a white cloth over it and some candles on top. The four walls had one painting on it each and the ceiling was high and had two chandelier hanging. The table itself had plates of chicken, beef, pork and countless fruits from the garden. There were also plates of vegetables and a few bowls of soup that had bread next to them.
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Post by Raphael on Jul 30, 2018 21:55:00 GMT -5
Arin listened to Derio's comments about his aura, and his story regarding the dragoon warriors. It made sense that the dragoons would have fought him, Derio did have a habit of behaving like a villain at times. He didn't want to let on more about his first trial from Yen Sid, but it was bound to come up eventually "...No...It wasn't an easy task...And it left a deep void in not only my girlfriend, but my heart as well...I only knew them in battle, but I came to respect who the dragoon warriors were, despite what had become of the corrupted four..." His words would have made it clear that if Derio thought Arin meant the dragoon nobody type, he was making it clear that this was a completely different story than what he might have initially thought.
Then, Iris returned to the room and announced that Riley was back from the data training center, and led them into the dining chamber. He had to admit, this room was equally as regal looking as the rest of the castle "H-uh...I kind of imagined Master Eraquis' castle looking kind of like this...Guess I'll never know huh?" He chuckled nervously, scratching his head and clearly embarrassed by how awkward he felt in this situation.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Aug 2, 2018 17:25:51 GMT -5
"Dragoons always have a special bond among them, so I can only imagine how hard it was for your girlfriend to have to strike them down. Having to kill your old friends is never an easy thing. When I had to do it I was fortunate, or unfortunate depending on how you look at it, to not be as broken about it as others would be since I am a pure-blooded demon."
Lana was already devouring some chicken in a very unladylike fashion. When Arin spoke about Master Eraquis Lana responded, but since she was still in the middle of chewing what she said didn't make any sense. She finished eating and then looked at him again. "Sorry sometimes I get carried away," She said rubbing the back of her head. "I never met Master Eraquis myself, but I did hear about what happened to him. Sad stuff, being killed by your old friend."
Iris and Derio joined her before setting up their own plates with food. Derio noticed the look on Arin's face. "I take it you aren't used to being in places like this. I know how it is since i grew up in much darker places, but it's very nice once you get used to it. Though I'm sure if you wanted to you would be living like this back on Earthsea."
"So you're the soon to be Keyblade Master I heard so much about," Riley was standing in one of the doorways with one arm laying against the wall and the other on his hip. He had changed a lot since Arin last saw him. His eyes are a golden brown now and his hair was all black but still going down to his ankles. Some of his hair was tied and to the left in the front, while the rest was tied in a big braid near the end. His clothes were now a ruby red corset with black straps in the middle that leaves most of his belly exposed. The top of his corset had a silver charm on it with a blue jewel in the center, and on the center of the jewel there was a white Mark of Mastery emblem on it. He was also wearing torn black shorts and matching torn black leggings. His belt was black with velvet red outlines with round silver bolts on it, with three matching belts on his right leg and two on his right forearm. He had two other black belts on his lower left leg.His right forearm underneath the two belts he wore a small black arm sleeve that also covers the first most area of his middle finger and the back of his palm, while his left arm was completely wrapped in bandages. His cloak was blue on the underside, black on the outside, and torn at the ends. On the back of it had a red emblem on the back and red stripes on the sides. The back also had a diamond shaped opening that showed his upper back.
He slowly made his way over to them swaying his hips as he did. Before the others could comment and ruin his surprise he suddenly appeared behind Arin and lightly put his hands on his shoulders. "It's been soooooo long since we've seen each other. The least you could have done is write a girl." He then walked over in front of him and looked at him. "I see you haven't changed at all since I last saw you, but as you can see I've changed quite a lot." He did a quick spin before he pointed to the Mark of Mastery Emblem on the gem over his chest before he leaned towards Arin and whispered in his ear. "I guess you can call me Master Riley now, or King Riley if you prefer seeing how I am married to a Queen now~"
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Post by Raphael on Aug 5, 2018 16:24:56 GMT -5
Arin's eyes glazed over, as Lana told him something about his past that he didn't know. As far as he knew, his world was simply swallowed by darkness, but to hear that Master Eraquis, the pillar of light in his world, was betrayed by someone he knew, that brought new questions to light that he never thought he needed to ask. "...Oh...So that's what happened...I never knew..."
Arinwas lost in his thoughts when Riley first made his appearance, but when he felt a pair of slender, feminine hands on his shoulders and a familiar, girly voice speaking in his ear, he snapped back to attention. He didn't even need to turn around, Riley had sun around in front of him, and as usual, his choice of clothes and fashion left little to the imagination. Arin blushed lightly when he realized his eyes wandered a bit, and snapped right back up to Riley's eyes.
"H-Heheh...Yeah, I wouldn't have recognized you if I didn't hear your voice...You look good..."
He blushed again when Riley pointed to the mark of mastery gem on his chest, forcing himself to look up again but failing for a few seconds and shifting his gaze slightly away "...Heh...Well, that'll take some getting used to, your highness. Gotta admit, I'm more tempted to call you queen Riley." He scratched his head, chuckling nervously.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Aug 16, 2018 20:57:07 GMT -5
Riley smirked as he noticed where Arin was staring. "Well some people do call me that," he said with a smile. "Others call me Lord Riley, and some of my close friends still just call me Riley. It doesn't really matter to me. Though we did find a spell that turns me back to normal, but it only lasts a few hours. It's really great to be in my old male body even if it only lasts so long. If I want to go back to normal permanently we'll have to find the real cure to my curse. " He went over to the table and sat next to Iris.
Iris looked at him. "Are you wearing the exact same clothes you were wearing before you showered?"
"They passed the smell test."
Iris sighed as she went back to eating more cake. "Riley's old body was destroyed during his exam,"Lana explained as Riley was busy tearing into his food. "He was able to reforge his old one into his current one though. I doubt you'll have to worry about going through anything like that when you take your exam. We can figure out what your exam will be later after some training."
"Still wasn't as bad as the time four of my friends and I had to fight all the Titans at once before having to go through Castle Oblivion. Didn't help that they were being controlled and were so focused on me."
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Post by Raphael on Aug 17, 2018 22:34:40 GMT -5
Arin muttered under his breath as Riley mentioned having to fight the titans before going into castle oblivion, carving off a piece of meat from what he assumed was a giant roasted boar, but it had some...strange features about it that made him question the beast's true identity "...Pretty sure I've got you beat on tough challenges..."
When Lana discussed deciding what his test was going to be after some training, he looked over to her and gave a bow of respect "Thank you, for doing this...I thought that Master Yen Sid was going to give me my exam, but I won't argue the journey if the destination is the same." He started to cut up his 'pork' slab into smaller pieces, before taking a bite from the slab and testing the cooked beast's flesh to see what it really tasted like.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 23, 2018 3:51:39 GMT -5
"It's no problem at all," Lana smiled at Arin. "A lot of things in life turn out different than one plans it to go. The path to mastery is different for every key wielder. When I first got my first key I had no idea that I would ever become a master, let alone what else happened in my life.." Lana shook her head. "Just think of it like how every wielder gets their key for different reason, some are chosen by their keys, others create their own one way or another. I forged two keys from pure rage alone, my master created her first key out of pure willpower, and Iris here forged both of her keys at the same time with her resolve to protect Riley."
Iris had been busy filling up her plate with countless different slices of cake all a different flavor. She had Tough once Lana mentioned her keyblades she nodded. "That's right I didn't tell you," Iris looked at Arin. "I possess keys of my own. It was a few years ago when I created them, but ever since I've been able to wield them both with ease since most of my training was with a sword."
Derio was busy eating his food, though he looked at Lana as she mentioned keyblades. He was just making sure she didn't reveal anything about him, there were some parts of his past he didn't want brought up unless they absolutely had to.
"No one told me we were having company," Maple said as she and Winda came through one of the halls. Maple noticed who it was and looked at him for a minute. "....Arin... right?" Maple then noticed all the cake that was gone from the other table and on Iris' plate. "You are so getting an intervention."
Iris wiped away some of the cake crumbs from her mouth and gave Maple a small smile. "It is only a problem when people try to eat my share~"
Maple just looked at Iris before going to fill her plate high with food, mostly chicken and other meats before sitting between Riley and Iris. Before she started eating she looked at Arin. "So it's been a while since we met, you already know about Winda and I and since we last met we-"
"I already told him about our... extended relationship."
"Aw I wanted to say it! You know I love the reaction people get from finding out there's five of us." Maple pouted for a bit before she started tearing into her food in a very unladylike fashion.
Winda sighed before smiling at Arin. "It's good to see you again, even if our first meeting was brief any friend of Riley's is a friend of ours." She slowly made her plate before sitting next to Maple, sighing again as Maple somehow finished most of her food. "So what brings you here?"
Riley shook his head. "He's here to train and take his mark of mastery exam. So he'll be staying with us for a while, Iris already had he guest room get set up and everything." He then remembered something. "That reminds me tomorrow I can show you around the kingdom and the data center, since that's where most of the training will take place. It uses memories and pocket dimensions to create simulations that you can customize any way you want."
Lana nodded. "That's how most of us train anyway, with it being simulations and pocket dimensions there's no worrying about going to far or breaking anything. In fact tomorrow after Riley shows you around I already know what the first training exercise will be. But you can worry about that when the time comes, you should also be enjoying your stay here."
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Post by Raphael on Sept 23, 2018 16:02:47 GMT -5
Arin nodded as Lana told him about her experiences, and even showed some surprise when she revealed that Iris was able to wield keys of her own "...A whole world of keyblade users...Hopefully things won't turn out bad like what happened to mine."
When Maple and Winda made their presence known, and tried to throw him off with the whole multiple wives surprise "...Honestly, with Riley, Ive come to expect just about anything at this point..." He gave Winda a nod of greeting, smiling softly at her polite nature "Likewise, Winda, though it would have been nice if it wasn't for business reasons."
When Riley started to tell him about the coming tour of the kingdom, and the data center where their training will take place, and then Lana telling him that she already had an idea for his first training exercise, he was starting to get excited "I can't wait, Master Lana! I just hope that I can measure up for the coming exam."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Nov 4, 2018 19:42:54 GMT -5
"Well not exactly a whole world of Keybladers." Lana explained. "Some of the other rulers of the other kingdoms and settlements have keyblades, others have other weapons, and some have both like both of my sons. There are other keybladers of different ranks scattered all across this world, and this world is a lot bigger than most others since it's an entire planet. I'm sure you"
Maple sighed and looked at Iris, who was still eating all the cake she could. "Next time let me be the one to break the news. You only get that kind of reaction once."
Iris barely heard Maple as she was finishing off her third cake. She wiped her mouth before looking at Maple. "O-oh yeah okay." She gave her a small smile before she started her fourth cake. Maple shook her head before she got another plate full of meat and tore into it like her last one. Winda sighed as she was the only one of the wives not chowing down.
"Well the tour will be tomorrow in the afternoon, I'm not a morning person." Riley explained before a woman with dirty blonde hair and bright orange eyes walked in. Riley smiled at her before he looked at Arin. "Arin this is Jessica, one of my concubines." Jessica gave Arin and small smile before she went to get food and sat further away from the other wives but still close to Riley.
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Post by Raphael on Nov 5, 2018 0:08:25 GMT -5
Arin nodded as Lana told him that the world was much bigger than other worlds in the realm of light, so having multiple keyblade wielders wasn't as risky as one would think. Still, he had his concerns, but was grateful that the world wasn't in the eyes of the heartless or denizens of darkness. "Well...As long as your world is thriving, and doesn't fall to darkness...I've seen too much of that already."
As yet another of Riley's women entered the room, and he was introduced by the king, Arin gave a friendly nod and smile to Jessica, mentally rolling his eyes at how much of a playboy...well, playgirl technically, that Riley was "Well, I guess I could sleep in...Though I'll be honest, I more than likely will be up around sunrise. I've kind of gotten used to getting up early, thanks to my new home. Never a dull moment when you train with a Dragoon warrior and her students."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jan 9, 2019 23:15:42 GMT -5
Lana smiled as Arin showed concern for New Yuio, she showed no worry at all as she explained some things in better detail. "Well our old home world, Old Yuio, was blown up by my other son Ren a few years ago, so I don't see this world falling to a worse fate. Worlds that have fallen to darkness have a chance to come back by a few means, but worlds that were outright destroyed have next to no hope of ever returning." She stopped as she thought of how to best explain something else. "Also not every keyblader here is aligned with the light. There are many who are with the darkness, and even more who do not align with one or the other, like both of my sons and me for example. There are heartless in this world, but there are also many other creatures in this world that also take care of them. The natural cycle of life takes it course. Besides Ren is an emperor on a different continent on this world so I don't think he has plans to blow this one up." She laughed a bit as she went back to eating knowing but sweets.
"Morning person huh?" Maple asked. "Well it's a good thing all the rooms are soundproof because otherwise you wouldn't be able to sleep at all with all the crazy things we try and how long me and the others can go at-" Before she could finish her sentence Iris shoved a piece of chicken into Maple's mouth cutting her off. Iris gave her an innocent smile before going back to eating. Jessica snickered before she started eating too. Maple tried to protest with her mouth full of food again.
Riley laughed and shook his head. Lana also laughed but got a grin on her. She didn't look up from her pile of cupcakes but still spoke. "You know Arin Maple is right about you not being able to sleep if the walls weren't sound proof. But I can't really blame them for wanting to experiment and see how long they can go since Riley gets it from his father and I."
"LANA!"
"MOM!"
Maple finally eat the rest of the chicken and saw her chance to take advantage of the situation at hand. "And experiment we do." her body started to glow with light. "For example we do use our super forms a lot, but I learned how do something even more.. spicy." Her body started glowing even more.
Riley only now realized what she was about to do and panicked. "Maple don't you dare-"
It was far too late as Maple's body was covered by the light. After a bit it slowly faded away, revealing that Maple was now a boy with shorter hair. "My husband isn't the only one around here who can shift~" Winda sighed and rubbed her head as Riley just gave Maple a blank stare. Iris' palm met her face as Lana snickered. Maple looked at her husband. "You were singing a pretty different tune about me being like this last night, but fine I guess we can start off as usual tonight."
Maple turned back to normal before she got up and picked Riley up before casually tossing him over her shoulder. She then started to carry him despite his protest. "Maple! Put me down! Put me down!" Maple ignored him as she put more food on her plate with her free hand and looked at the other wives and Jessica. "Shall we~?" She took the plate and Riley with her out of site and towards the room they shared with the other wives. Iris had an embarrassed look on her face before she quickly followed them. Winda sighed a little before getting up. "Just want to finish one dinner before we do all that." She got up and gave everyone and nod before she quickly sprinted after them with Jessica close behind.
Lana laughed to the point of snorting as Derio just sat there and kept eating while shaking his head. "Hope you get used to that fast", he told Arin. "It happens a lot around here. Surprised it didn't happen as soon as they showed up since his third wife Merlina was already waiting for them to go to their room." He got more food before you went on. "You shouldn't worry about it too much, there is a lot to do around here while waiting on them."
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Post by Raphael on Jan 14, 2019 23:18:02 GMT -5
Arin rolled his eyes with a smirk when things started to get even more outlandish with the shenanigans, blushing at the mental images. He looked over to Derio and Lana when she just laughed and he was shaking his head "I'm more surprised he has at least one wife for every day of the week...I mean, if a week is still 7 days here...I've gone to other worlds that have had longer periods for a single week."
He pushed his chair back and stood up, stacking his plates and forks so that it would be easier to carry, lifting them up and holding them, as if he was going to bring them into the kitchen to clean "I guess I should take care of my dishes and turn in...Um, where should I put these?"
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