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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 23, 2018 22:39:43 GMT -5
"I thought you all already didn't age like us," Riley said blinking. "Just on a different scale where you all age until you look twenty, while we stay as teenagers...."
"Well it's a good thing you all know for sure now," Shade said laughing. "It'd be pretty bad if poor Jennifer and Lucia appearances changed with their age while their boyfriends never age past fifteen."
"Yeah considering it looks like Seamus is an ageist."
"I am not!"
Shade was about to say something when there was a surge of power suddenly in the room. It felt much like the power in Shade's and Lana's aura. There was a flash of divine power before a woman appeared before them. She stood taller than Lucia, at least in her current form, and wore a black and red dress and had matching eyes. Her hair was a dark red and her nails had painted skulls on them. Her aura was dark and screamed death, but she somehow seemed friendly. She smiled at them. "I see you're pretty busy, so I'll make this quick. I came to drop off something for Riley."
Riley looked at her. "Gitta!"
Gitta smiled at Riley. "It's been a while, I'm sure you already know what I'm here to give you." She held her hand out as it glowed with a sinister energy. Soon a red and black scythe appeared in her hand. It was the same scythe Riley used a few times back in Castle Oblivion, but somehow it seemed even more evil and powerful.
"You finally finished the upgrades?!"
"Sorry it took so long, but I merged it with some powerful souls and the other twin swords we made for you a while back. But now it hurts souls and if used enough will be able rip them out just like you wanted. I'm sure it's too your liking, but if you want I could make it a keyblade or sword but I'll need more time for that."
Riley nodded to her. "Maybe later, we're kind of pressed for time as is."
Gitta smiled before handing the scythe to Riley. Riley's body glowed with a similar sinister energy before the scythe disappeared. Riley summoned and unsummoned it repeatedly as if it were his keyblade. Riley looked at it one last time before getting an evil smile on his face. "I can wait to test it out." He looked up at her after unsummoning it one last time. "Thanks a lot Gitta."
Gitta smiled. "It was no problem at all." She looked at Nazo and Shade. "The others are still finishing your new weapons, they should be ready within the next few weeks."
Shade smiled an evil smile. "I'm looking forward to it."
"Finally."
Gitta looked at Lana. "I take it after the exam you're coming back to the realm to discuss?"
"Of course, But it shouldn't take more than a few hours."
"Then I'll see you then." Gitta disappeared.
Lana looked at Lucia and Jennifer. "That was the Goddess of Death; she's a very good friend of mine." She pointed to Lucia. "Your exam starts in three hours, so if you need to make any new armor or anything now is the time to prepare."
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Post by Ziya on Sept 23, 2018 23:20:07 GMT -5
After the initial shock of having the literal embodiment of death appear moments after they learned they were immortal Lucia and Jennifer just stood and watched for a moment as she gave Riley his scythe back before leaving again. By the time either of them thought to speak, Master Lana was telling them that the Mark would begin in three hours just as Jason strolled around the corner again, looking calmer than before but still a little out of it. "Sorry, I'm back."
Jennifer created a link between them and her sister a moment later, quickly detailing her ideas about armor and Riley's new charm. The other two joined her before carrying on the silent conversation, even using hand gestures as if they were talking out loud. A few minutes later Jen suddenly hugged her sister as Jason grinned and opened a Corridor to her room, quickly returning with books she had taken from the library the night before and showing them to Lucia, who finally spoke out loud again. "Ugh, it's a good thing I already know some of this stuff. Alright, we'll figure this out. You two," she pointed to Jen and Riley, "go talk to Derio about that thing."
As the two opened the books and started discussing things in a low voice Jennifer walked over to Derio, remembering for the first time that he was Riley's dad. "Um, I was wondering... Yesterday when Riley and I were in the market," a blush appeared yet again before she took a breath and continued, "I noticed a necklace at the jeweler's booth -a gold and silver wire woven choker with a blue opal set in the clasp- and he mentioned that you found it. The pattern was a hollow Kumihimo weave, something I've never seen outside of Celderat, and even there how to make the various Kumihimo patterns was a closely held secret of the Earth Clan. Could you please tell me where you found it, and when? I need to know if it's really from there or not." Her voice was quiet at the end, but insistent.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 24, 2018 1:12:43 GMT -5
Shade and Nazo went off somewhere after Gitta left, talking about something called triple goddess attack version three through five. Seamus just looked at Lucia and she, Jennifer and Jason seemed to have lost their minds. They were talking, he thinks, but not actually talking. "I'm going back to bed," He said just in case anything happened. "I'll see you before you have to leave love~" He went back to his room with Celeste nagging him about being lazy.
Derio looked at Jennifer. "Celderat?" he asked. He thought for a moment before his eyes lit up a bit. He looked at Jennifer, then at Lucia and Jason. "That's right you three are Celderatians..." He looked at Riley before he looked back at Jennifer. She was going to be his daughter in law soon, if she and Riley worked everything out, so she was going to learn about his past sooner or later. " I've been to Celderat when I was around fourteen, and stayed there for a while." He started. He told her the story about how he and Iris' father used to work for a warlord and was part of a low class team, but only talked about how he ended up dating Lora. "Our team ended up going to that world after a battle with an old enemy of mine, but that's a story for another day. We were there for a few months and decided to map out what we could find while we were there. We somehow always ended up in hidden worlds, so maps of them went for a very high price."
He then thought about the best way to explain how he ended up with it. "We actually ended up near the Earth Clan, I only know for sure because I'll never forget that Aspect of Metal girl I ended up fighting. Long story short that old enemy of mine also made it there, and framed me for murder." After some grumbling he went on with the tale. "After my team and I teamed up with some from the Earth Clan to take him out once and for all we stayed with them for a while. In exchange for some of our secrets they shared a few of their own, and some girl even gave me that choker. I have a lot of rare gems and treasure from many hidden worlds, even worlds that have fallen like yours or were blown up like Old Yuio. So much so I trade some in exchange for ones from other hidden worlds. So yes, it is from Celderat, but as for when I got it it was a long time ago. I used to time travel a lot with my team so it may have been long before you were born or sometime after. The world seemed to be at war if that helps with placing when I was there."
Riley say the look his father gave him, and that told him all he needed to know. He quietly disappeared off to the front of the castle. As soon as he got into town he ran to the marketplace right back to the jeweler's booth.
"Didn't think you'd be back so soon," The jeweler said. "What do you need?"
"I need that necklace!" Riley said point to the choker Jennifer was so interested in yesterday. "I want to surprise Jennifer with it."
The Jeweler smiled at him. "I should have guessed with the way she acted about it. I'll get it ready for you." He took the choker out and put it in a small silver and black box before giving it to Riley.
Riley took the box and smiled at him. "Thanks a lot, this is going to mean so much to her." He then thought of something. "Knowing her the first thing she'll do once dad finishes that story she'll come straight here. Why don't you take the day off? Trust me she won't take 'I didn't catch their name' for an answer when questioning you about where it went."
"I'd rather not play twenty questions so you won't have to worry about her finding me. Take care and good luck my king." The jeweler started packing his things before he went off towards the houses.
Riley got an idea and summoned a pen and paper before he started writing something. Once he was finished he folded up the paper and put it in the box. He then summoned his bag again before hiding the box away in it before he made the bag disappear again. Happy with what his surprise will be he skipped along back to the castle, making it back just at the end of Derio's story.
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Post by Ziya on Sept 24, 2018 11:55:16 GMT -5
Jennifer's eyes widened as Derio explained exactly how he found the choker, hearing terms that she never thought another being would know other than her sister and Jason. A wave of nostalgia swept over her as she listened, and when he was finished the last thing he said clicked. "That would have been at least five hundred years ago then."
Impulsively she hugged him. "Thanks for telling me, Dad." Yet another blush appeared as she realized what she said and jumped back again, bowing rapidly a few times. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I know you're not my dad yet but I got excited and I'm sorry!" before waiting for a response she spun around and sprinted for the door, not even noticing Riley returning.
As she rounded the corner her sister and Jason looked up from the books and sheets of paper in confusion before Lucia shrugged and went back to the design. Jason stood with a sigh and walked over to Derio and Riley, putting a small grin on. "So you're the one that found it then? If that's what I think it is you may have actually done our world a favor. There was a necklace that was meant to be a betrothal gift from the princess of the Earth Clan to the prince of the Water Clan, and their marriage was going to ally them to crush the others. Then it went missing, and the resulting battles created a stalemate that ended in the peace of our generation."
With a wink he turned to Riley. "I think we've got the modifications for your armor nearly sorted, and the three of us want to replace ours at the same time. If you want in on the design then go talk to Lucia over there. I'm gonna go get the smiths started on smelting the alloys we'll need." A Corridor later and he was gone.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 24, 2018 18:05:22 GMT -5
"Five hundred years ago?" Derio blinked. He shook his head. "I guess that makes sense considering how bad the time machine we were using back then was." He didn't expect Jennifer to hug him, let alone call him dad. He smiled a bit as she apologized before running off, no doubt going to try to buy the necklace. Derio shook his head and smiled.
Derio then raised an eyebrow once Jason told him what the necklace most likely was. "So that's why she said it was so important for me to hide it until I left the world." He then smirked a bit. "That also explains why Lora was so mad about me having it."
Riley just looked at Jason. "Armor?" He then remembered what he and Jennifer talked about the day before. His eyes lit up a bit before he started jumping up and down. "I already know the design!" He ran off to his room. After a sort talk with Merlina in there he came back running out with a book. He went up to Lucia. He opened up the book to two pages of drawings of sexy anime women barely wearing anything at all. "He then looked at the book. "Oops wrong page," he said flipping through it. "Here it is!" he then showed her two pages full of an armor design. It was a lot more sleeker than most keyblade armors. "I need it to not slow down or have to worry about not being able to move and spin around in the air like a I always do. That's why I never really wear armor. Can you make it so it'll change to fit me in both of my forms, and any transformation I'll go into like my parents sets do? I guess I would have to reveal the rest of both of my base forms in order for it to do that..."
By the time Jennifer made it to the marketplace the Jeweler was long gone, with everything from his stand gone with him besides a closed sign. She wasn't alone for too long though as Alice was making her way out of the theater, laughing at the way her grandmother was in that. "That was even better than I remembered it." Speaking of her grandma she sensed her nearby, and got an idea of how to mess with her. Alice was already wearing white fingerless gloves, so Alice used Riley's chaos trick to summon a white denim jacket onto her. She completed the look by replacing her sneakers with white ones. Now she had a mix of both Jennifer's usual clothes and Alice's already different colored version of Riley's clothes in his male mode.
Alice went over to her and waved at her. "Hey there Fair Maiden of Light~" She said holding in her giggle. "Didn't think I'd ever meet you in person." Alice smiled at her. "I'm a huge fan of you and the Knight of the Wind, you two are my OTP." She giggled a little bit. "Our king has told so many stories about you I'm surprised it's taken this long for you to finally come here. Do you have any stories about you two he has't told us yet? Can you sign my jacket?" She took off her jacket and held it out for her.
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Post by Ziya on Sept 24, 2018 22:51:01 GMT -5
Lucia looked up at Riley as he showed her first a familiar-looking picture and then the actual design he wanted. "That explains the books she got then. The best idea I've got is to use magic to weave it out of nanotubes of the material your armor is made of, then add in some circuitry and clever kinetic absorption mechanisms to achieve something similar to variable hardness cloth to increase protection without sacrificing speed or flexibility. If we Soul-Forge the alloy as well it should react to your aura and soul to transform with you no matter the form as well."
She was so matter-the-fact and specific without even realizing it that she didn't notice how many advanced topic she had jumped between. All she knew was that it would work, and how to make it.
Jennifer stood disappointed before the closed sign on the stall, not knowing where the owner had gone. Nobody else knew either, though she thought they may have been hiding something. Suddenly someone who wore oddly similar clothing waved and ran over, asking for... an autograph of all things? Something seemed familiar about her, especially her heart, but she'd need just a little more time to figure it out.
Intrigued, she decided to buy that time by accepting the girl's request, pulling a pen from her pocket before signing the jacket. "I haven't had fans since my days at Olympus Coliseum. I'm surprised that the play is so popular here. Though," her mouth turned up in a half grimace half grin, "It's not exactly the most accurate depiction of what happened. I suppose it's close enough though."
She narrowed her eyes a little as she studied the girl, both her heart and form, trying to figure out how she was so familiar. The Light in her carried a specific feeling, just like... "You're part Light Clan, aren't you? Not half though, or you'd have about double the amount in you. What's your name? I'm Jennifer Talec, by the way, and I'd prefer that to 'Fair Maiden of Light' any day."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 25, 2018 3:52:04 GMT -5
Riley smiled as Lucia explained how she was going to modify his armor. His smile grew as she went over it into extreme detail about it. Somehow, someway he understood it all. He then realized why he understood it all. "So it'll be like Rebecca's old armor then," he said. "She was a pirate queen and scientist with an IQ of six hundred I used to work for, I was her first mate. We went our separate ways after a while, but every now and then we face each other."
Riley smiled a bit at Lucia. "Thanks for doing this, I know from watching Merlina that these things can get complicated. She said she would do it for me if she wasn't already busy working on something else, but she wouldn't tell me what it was."
Lana and Derio looked at each other at the mention of Merlina, but didn't say anything. They both just quietly disappeared to somewhere else in the castle as Riley started thinking about something. Elizabeth came in the room and hugged her father's leg like she always did. That reminded him of something. "Do you think when Jennifer gets back we can wait a few minutes before we start the armor and stuff? I want her to meet my other kids. I really do hope I can work it out with the other wives so that I can stay with her, and no matter what happens I at least want her to know about the everyone involved. Elizabeth has already warmed up to her, right?"
Elizabeth nodded before she started walking on all fours again, going off to get something to eat. Riley watched her go off before he looked back at Lucia. "I'll return the favor during your exam, I'm supposed to be helping you with it anyway."
Alice giggled a bit as her grandmother mentioned her time in Olympus Coliseum. "Oh trust me, I know all about you Ms. Angelic Archer~" She stuck her tongue out at her playfully. She put her hands to her face. "Not Accurate? Whatever do you mean? Does that mean you and the King didn't end up together? Does that mean you two can't be my OTP anymore?" She pouted for as long as she could while holding in a laugh. Thankfully the laugh didn't escape.
She moved her hands down as Jennifer started questioning her. Great now her prank wasn't going to last too much longer. She would have to make the most out of it now. "Light Clan?" She scratched her chin."Light Clan Light Clan... Nope can't say I've ever heard of it." She smiled a bit. "It's nice to meet you Jennifer Talec, I'm glad you were able to shed some light on things." She then giggled a bit. "You don't like that name he gave you? Do you at least like Juliet? I know he's come up with at least a few nicknames you like." She smirked at her a bit.
She put a hand on her hip, using Riley's signature pose. She then held up three fingers before giving her a smile. "You get three guesses as to who I really am." She giggled again, this time her giggle was just like Riley's.
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Post by Ziya on Sept 25, 2018 21:43:15 GMT -5
Lucia blinked in surprise as she not only realized how technical her explanation had been, but that Riley had actually understood it. "Not going to lie, I'm surprised you know all of that. Most people's eyes just glaze over a bit when I start talking about that sort of thing. I doubt you know much about Soul-Forging though, but we'll fix that."
She couldn't help but smile at Elizabeth as she hugged her dad's leg, nodding earnestly at his request. "Of course. I know she'll want to the instant you mention them. Wait," she looked up again as Elizabeth left once more, "once you two get married, won't that make me their aunt?"
Jennifer continued to study the girl as she spoke, her antics extremely familiar but not quite fully recognizable. "No, we're definitely together. Wait, how did you know about that, and the Juliet nickname?" By the time she put her hand on her hip and gave her three guesses she was already starting to realize what everything meant.
She took a moment to really thing about what she was considering before deciding in her usual fashion that it didn't matter. "You're at least part Celderatian, but not half. If there were more survivors, then they would have heard of us, and Riley would have told us if there were any here. So," she grew an excited grin, "That means you're a time traveler, and either Lucia or my granddaughter. I'm gonna guess mine, since you act like Riley too." She suddenly wrapped her in a spontaneous hug, before realizing and letting her go again with a bright smile and a giggle.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 26, 2018 3:39:56 GMT -5
"That depends on what type of Soul-Forging you're talking about." Riley told her. "There's the one where people create weapons and armor out of the soul of someone that died, or kill them right before they forge. Then there's where you use souls to upgrade weapons to make them more powerful or give them powerful abilities, like Gitta did for my scythe. The more power the soul or souls used the more powerful the upgrade will be. There's also where one fuses a weapon or armor with their soul so they do things like summon it at will, but we don't really use that because we are already born with the ability to summon them at will if we spend enough time with it or put our energy into it. There's even things where you can transform a soul into a completely different person, but usually that's only an ability a god of life or death has."
Riley rubbed the back of his head and blushed a little once he realized actually knowing stuff like that wasn't something most people would expect from him. "I learned a lot while I was still working for Rebecca, and I've collected a lot books from all the hidden worlds I've been to. You have to keep in mind anything is possible around us. Back on Old Yuio we had a friend who could actually control and command souls, he even fought using souls and everything."
He smiled a bit as Lucia agreed to his request. He then blinked as she brought up something he didn't think about. "I guess you would be their aunt, so you need to meet them too." His smile got bigger. "Though I hope you aren't counting on Elizabeth calling you aunt Lucia, for some reason she only calls the relation names of people blood related to me. She doesn't even call any of my wives mom but she'll call Ren uncle Ren."
Elizabeth came back with a piece of salted meat in her mouth. She sat at her fathers feet before she started eating. Riley knelt down and rubbed one f her horns making her purr. "I guess that also means you'll be my sister in law," he said looking at Lucia. "I haven't really been thinking about how it changes everything, there's just been so much going on and even more on my mind lately. But I will propose to her no matter what happens, I even have a plan for how I'm going to do it."
Alice's smile grew as her grandmother started putting the pieces together. She giggled a bit once she figured it out and hugged her. She nodded to her. "That's right Grandma Jennifer I can time travel, but more on that later." She covered herself in an aura of chaos before it faded, revealing that she was back into her normal clothes. She did a quick spin like Riley did in Sugar Rush before she grinned at her. She held her hand out as it glowed with chaos and after a few seconds her keyblade appeared. "The name's Alice, Alice Talec-O’Malley but sometimes you call me Ali." She stuck her tongue out playfully at her.
She unsummoned her keyblade before putting her hand back on her hip. "I'm sure you have a lot of questions, but for now I'll only say that I come to visit great grandma Lana a lot and that I'm from a good amount of years into the future." She then giggled a bit. "It's a good thing you know you don't age, or else you would have an endless amount of questions about how you look in my time and if people give you weird looks and going out with grandpa Riley." She then smirked at her. "It's going to be so much fun messing with the others about this. Jason Seamus and Celeste already know, and of course Lana and Derio know but that means everyone else if fair game. Though I've been avoiding Lucia because I know with her heart sensing she'll figure it out and force you and grandpa to reveal you two being together." She pouted a bit.
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Post by Ziya on Sept 27, 2018 13:28:21 GMT -5
Lucia was yet again surprised, though by know she shouldn't have been. "That second to last one is just about what I was talking about, actually. It also lets the armor of weapon shift based on how the user needs it to be though, like with Jen's Aura Celica and Jason's Dusk Shroud. I've only got a few Souls Shards left though, and no way to make more without some really unpleasant things happening." She then looked at Derio questioningly. "Unless you've got some from when you were there, of course. Back then was when they used the process the most, after all."
Once Elizabeth came back Lucia's smile grew again, proving that she had a soft spot for children. "Yeah, I guess it will. Who'd have thought years ago when we met in that prison that we'd end up siblings by marriage?" She giggled a little as she returned to the design, the paper covered by circuit diagrams and weaving patterns, looking very odd together.
"Okay, that's a weird thing to be called when I'm not even thirty yet. It fits though." Jennifer's smile grew, though it seemed a little softer than usual. "It's nice to meet you, Ali" Her smile turned a little more playful as she winked and giggled again. It was distinctly odd to be meeting her own granddaughter when she didn't even have a kid yet...
Suddenly she became a lot more animated, grabbing Alice by the shoulders and staring into her eyes. "Wait, does that mean I actually am pregnant?" Everything else fell to the side of her thoughts as that possibility got a lot more likely.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Sept 28, 2018 23:12:50 GMT -5
Derio returned in the middle of Riley's explanation, only to look at Lucia when she asked if he had any Soul Shards. He thought for a moment before he started reaching into his shorts pocket. His reached far further than any normal pocket should have allowed him to. He pulled out several different items as he was searching for something. This included day-old half-eaten pizza, a countless amount of DVDs, three swords, two lances, twelve sacks of gems and gold, a laptop, a few maps, and a barrel. He was pulling everything expect for the kitchen sink...oh wait that went into the pile he was making too.
After a few more items went into the pile he grinned. "Ah-HA! Here there are!" He pulled out three Soul Shards and held them out. "I wondered where these went, guess I never took them out after she gave them to me..." He shrugged at her. Riley shook his head. He then smiled at Lucia. "Yeah if I knew things would have turned out like this I would have gone with you three to save the four year gap, though I guess if that happened half of what brought us all back together wouldn't have happened." His smile grew as something came to him. "I guess you can say that quest was the key to it all" he giggled a bit.
Alice giggled a bit as her grandmother mentioned her age. She was surprised though when she suddenly took her shoulders. She looked into her eyes and smiled. "Well it would be pretty weird for me to exist if you weren't, though knowing you and grandpa if you aren't pregnant you will be any day now." She held a straight face as long as she could before she laughed a bit.
She gave Jennifer a more serious look. "You're pregnant alright, and that's my father Zane you're carrying." She gave her a big smile. " Grandpa Riley picked the name, speaking of him..." She started pulling on her arm. "Coooome on let's go surprise him, you want to see the look on his and Great Aunt Lucia's face or not? Though I want to do my own introduction, I've been working on it for a while so I'll never stop pouting if you ruin it"
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Post by Ziya on Sept 29, 2018 23:19:20 GMT -5
Lucia felt like her eyes were about to pop out of her head when Derio pulled out the Souls Shards, carefully taking them and opening a small Corridor to the padded box in her smithy before placing them within. As the Corridor closed she looked back at Derio in wonder. "You know what those are made of, right? And you had three of them in your pocket?" She shook her head in disbelief.
When Riley mentioned changing things if he could, she simply smiled and shook her head. "It wouldn't have ended the same, probably. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that everything that happens, good or bad, makes us who we are. Change a single event and who knows who you'd be now?"
Alice's tease made Jen blush and giggle, even as her mind quieted a little in the awe of knowing exactly who she held within her even now. Once she felt her hand being pulled she came back to reality enough to follow as fast as her granddaughter wanted, grinning mischievously as they went. "Sure thing, Ali. This'll be fun~"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Oct 5, 2018 17:35:45 GMT -5
"Hey I keep a lot of things in my pockets I forget about," Derio said defensively. He then remembered something and reached into his pocket again, this time taking out Medusa's head wrapped up in a cloth. "See I even forgot I had this despise encountering her for the first time when I was thirteen!" He put it back in his pocket.
Riley shook his head remembering the story his father told him of those fights against Medusa. He then smiled at his soon to be sister in law. "Yeah I'm pretty sure one wrong move and I would have ended up like Ren. Though there's still a chance that I would have ended up with Jennifer sooner if I wasn't such a coward back then..." He smiled a bit as he began to day dream about how it could have gone if he came clean a few years earlier.
"You know you're right about whatever happens making us who we are," Derio said taking the chance to explain things. "You've probably figured it out by now but everyone in my family has gone through a lot, but all of those events throughout our lives made us who we are. Sometimes there is no god way and you just have to figure out the least awful path."
Alice took Jennifer all the way up to the drawbridge before she turned around and looked at her. "Alight this is where I disappear," She told her. "Just tell them you want them to meet your new friend and I'll take care of the rest. You'll probably want to get Jason too, since he did want to see Riley's face when I reveal who I am." She gave her a grin before she disappeared with a cloud of chaos.
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Post by Ziya on Oct 5, 2018 23:48:34 GMT -5
Lucia shook her head yet again at Derio's trophy, but chose to reply to Riley instead. "Not much of one, actually. She was still recovering from Atsuma disappearing when we met you, and she and Jason stopped seeing people entirely during the months after my... realization, shall we say, in order to focus on researching the spell."
Just as Derio's explanation finished Jen walked in the door again, looking excited despite an obvious lack of a necklace. "Hey, I just met someone... wait," she looked around, "where's Jason? I thought he was coming right ba-"
She cut off as a Corridor opened across the room, the man in question stepping through before it closed once more. "Ah there you are! Anyhow, I just met someone at the market that I think you know, Jason, and she wanted to meet with everyone else too." She ended with a sly wink to him, her grin turning mischievous once more.
Jason looked blankly at her for a moment before realizing who she meant, grinning wickedly once he did. "Oh yeah, Seamus and I met her in Wonderland. I'm sure she'd love to see everyone."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Oct 12, 2018 0:18:22 GMT -5
Riley was busy in a day dream about what he thought would have happened if he went with them four years ago. He sighed and smiled bit. "Oh Jenny of course I'll have another~" He said putting a hand to his cheek. He was brought back to reality just in time by Elizabeth rubbing against his leg again just in time to hear Lucia. He smiled at Elizabeth and stated petting her again before looking at his soon to be sister in law. "Who's Atsuma? One of her exs?"Before he could get an answer Jennifer came back saying something someone wanting to meet them once Jason showed back up. Derio shook his head as he figured out who the person in question was. "Alright then, I'll get my wife, Riley you get the others." Derio disappeared going to where Lana was while Riley was left confused. He shrugged before he left to get the rest. After a few minutes everyone Riley and Derio came back with Lana, Merlina, Shade, Nazo, Celeste, Seamus, and Zero and Kai. Celeste and Shade were doing their best to to hold in a giggle while Nazo rolled her eyes at them. "So who is this person hat wants to meet us so badly?""I am the terror that strikes in the night!" Out of nowhere a cloud of black smoke started forming in the middle of the room just like in Wonderland. "I am the last bit of toothpaste that you can never get out!"Riley blinked at the smoke. "That's my entrance!"
The smoke cleared reveling Alice once more. "I am Chaos Heart! Otherwise known as Alice-"
She was cut off once Riley appeared in front of her. He poke her shoulder repeatedly. " If you are going to steal my intro the least you can do is get it right!" He said before talked a few steps back. He looked at her outfit before smirking at her once he saw it was a different colored version of what he wore while he was in male mode. "Tough you do seem to have good taste in clothes, I'll give you that much kid." He then did a hair flip. "But your entrance still needs some work, so let me show you how it's done." He disappeared in a flash of chaos. "Great now you've got him started," Nazo said with a sigh before looking at Alice. "I hope your happy with yourself."Alice giggled a bit before Riley's voice could be heard. "I am the terror that strikes in the night!" A cloud of blue smoke started forming in next to Alice. The smoke started moving around the room. It then stopped in the middle of the room before it faded away, revealing Riley again who was using his cloak to hide his body. "I am the chaotic phantom that haunts your nightmares!" He threw his cloak behind him dramatically before striking a pose. "I am Chaos Sword!" Alice, Merlina, Shade, and Lana started clapping. Riley bowed to them before looking at Alice. "Starting to get the idea kid? You had the basics down but you were missing the flare that really sells it."Alice giggled a little before nodding to him. "I'll try to keep that in mind grandpa Riley." "I can always help you out with the poses and other..." he trailed off once he realized what Alice had called him. He looked at her before smirking at her. "Oh so you're my granddaughter are you?" He put a hand on his hip. "Well that explains your good taste in outfits and aura. But.." he stuck a pose. "If you really want to prove that you're my granddaughter then you'll have to be as dramatic as me!" Alice giggled before she struck the same pose Riley was doing. "Oh so you don't trust your own granddaughter?" he put her arm over her face. "My own grandfather doesn't trust me." Riley smiled at her before he struck a different pose. "Not a bad start, but everyone knows that I put far more effort into my performances." He struck a pose that was somehow more dramatic than any of the ones the two were doing before. "The audacity it takes to steal my looks and moves.""Oh is that so?" Alice asked striking a different pose. "Then why don't we just test that theory?" The two of them started striking different poses as if it were a contest of who could one up the other. Somehow Alice fell over on her backside trying to copy one of Riley's poses, getting a giggle out of him. "Looks like you've got a way to go kid, I was barely even warming up."
Alice dusted herself off before she pouted. She then grinned a bit as an idea came to her. She crossed her arms before she started to break out into a song. "♪ Anything you can do I can do better! ♫"Riley looked at her with a smile, instantly knowing where this was going. "HA!""♪ I can do anything better than you. ♫ ""♪ No you can't. ♫" "♪ Yes, I can. ♫ " "♪ No, you can't. ♫ ""♪ Yes, I can. ♫" "♪ No, you can't. ♫" "♪ Yes, I can, Yes, I can! ♫""♪ Anything you can be, I can be greater. Sooner or later I'm greater than you. ♫ " "♪ No, you're not. ♫""♪ Yes, I am. ♫ " "♪ No, you're not. ♫" " ♪ Yes, I am. ♫ ""♪ No, you're not!. ♫ " "♪ Yes, I am, Yes, I am! ♫ ""ALRIGHT WE GET IT!" Nazo said annoyed. "Aw don't be so grumpy Nazy" Alice and Riley said at the same time. They then looked at each other and shared a smile. Nazo sighed rubbing her eyes as Shade patted her on the shoulder. "I guess you really are my granddaughter, though it'll be a few years before you can really try to compete with me Alice." Alice giggle a bit before her smile grew a bit. "I figured I would lose, but I still wanted to mess with you all before everyone knew who I was." She put a hand on her hip. "As I was saying I am Alice Talec-O’Malley, Riley and Jennifer's granddaughter from a good few years from now."
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Post by Ziya on Oct 12, 2018 10:50:07 GMT -5
Lucia was about to explain when her sister came back and immediately began to connect the dots, eyes widening as she finally caught sight of the girl and instantly knew what was happening. All she could do was laugh along with Jen and Jason at the multi-generational antics occurring before her, waiting for them to get done before joining her boyfriend.
"Now I know why you wanted to talk last night." Vaguely she noticed a crimson aura shaped like a cord wrapped around her left ring finger that led straight to his. Confused, she decided to think about it later and gave him a soft kiss instead.
Jen walked back over to Riley and hugged him, seeing as everyone in the room knew, even as Jason continued to laugh. "Looks like you've already made an honest woman out of me, Ri. Or will for sure, at least." With a giggle she kissed him on the cheek.
Suddenly Jason had a realization and connected a few dots of his own, based on his earlier talk with Lucia. Quickly walking over to Alice, he waved his friend over as well before asking a single question. "Alice, what does your dad look like?"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Oct 13, 2018 0:16:48 GMT -5
Zero and Kai were busy trying to figure out how Alice being there made any sense. A whiteboard and markers were being used to map out her family tree and how many years it could be until she was actually supposed to exist. One of the main factors in the equation was if Jennifer and Riley's future son acted like Riley or not. Based off of what they had seen of Alice that was a ninety percent possibility. They were going back and forth about the different variables and how Zero owed Kai money for another bet they had. Their arguing went on even as they went into another room, most likely where zero could get some of his money to give to Kai. Nazo went
"I wasn't going to tell you about Alice," Seamus said. "I'm not a snitch." He smiled a bit after she kissed him. He nearly missed the cord aura that was connecting them, but just thought of it as some power she was still working on. "Though I'll never lie to you I don't tell on anyone either.
Riley blushed at Jennifer's kiss, but he smiled all the same. He then realized what Alice being here meant and his smile grew. He looked into her eyes with a bright smile. "Of course I did, or will. I would never break a promise to you." He giggled a bit.
Alice on the other hand felt her eyes widen a bit as she realized how far back in time she was. This was right before they revealed their true forms to the Twilight Trio, so she had no idea how to answer Jason's question even though she knew what he was referring to. "Um..." She didn't say anything for a minute before she got an idea. "Wait right here." She quickly went over to Derio and Lana. She whispered something to both of them before both she and Lana looked at Riley for a moment before turning to Derio.
Derio crossed his arms and sighed. "I knew it was going to come up eventually, but I had hoped it would have been after all of this was over." He walked over to Riley. He spoke to him in some demonic language.
Riley blinked at his father's sudden use of that, it was only really used among them in certain situations. He was so caught up in everything that he had nearly forgotten they had never seen what he really looked like. It was going to come up soon anyway when he got to show them his other kids, so it would be better to reveal it now. He exchanged some demonic words with his father before nodding to him. Derio said something hat made Riley ease up a bit. Even after that Riley's aura, heart, and eyes screamed nervousness. He looked at Jennifer. "There's something I need to tell, well show you. I wanted you to meet my other kids after you came back anyway, so I guess it is best to reveal it now." He gently got out of her hug and went over to the rest of his family.
Lana let the other three do most of the talking among them, but she joined in every now and then in their demonic language. Sometime in the middle of it they motioned After a bit they all nodded to each other before going over to the Twilight Trio, with Riley going over to Nazo, Shade and Merlina. After some quick talking they nodded to him before Nazo and Shade left somewhere, with Merlina hugging her husband before she took him back to their room. After a few minutes and a surge of magic Riley quickly came back, this time in his male mode. He rejoined his family
Seamus knew what they had been talking about, even if he didn't know the language. He looked at the other three before he waved at them. "I guess it had to come up at some point," He said giving Lucia a small smile. "I'll see you all later, this is something they prefer to be alone to explain." He kissed Lucia before he and Celeste went back to his room.
"You three are the only ones among us who have no idea." Lana said with a sad smile. "It's not my story to tell, but once they explain you'll understand why they had to hide it."
"We weren't trying to hide it from you exactly," Riley told them looking down at the ground. "But there are just some things that we don't bring up until we absolutely have to." he looked back up for a minute to look to his father, since he was the oldest of his race in the room.
Derio sighed a bit before his eyes started glowing a bit. "You three know that Riley is a hybrid of a goddess because of Lana, and a demon because of me right? Well my race comes in all colors, hair and skin tones and all. Bu you see due to how we came to be, and what we've done some of us take on forms like the three you see before you to hide what we really are." He looked at Jason. "Though I guess from what I showed you in that flashback you already figured out this isn't what I really look like." He took a deep breath before he went on, looking at all three of them. "I am a pure blood Chaos Demon. We were created by one of the ancient goddesses of chaos countless eons ago. She was banished by the other gods at the time for her behavior, and she later created the original five of our race to get her revenge. Our main enemy was, and after all this time still is, Chaos Angels. They were the most powerful race on Old Yuio not counting the gods, unrivaled by the other races until my race was made. We became natural foes from minute one, and have been fighting each other for all these eons. Even without them we became enemies with a lot of races, as the goddess created us for one reason; to wipe out everyone else. After some time our numbers finally grew, but not by much. We did a lot of damage to the universe, and sometimes still do. Most gods from nearly every world, and a lot of other races for that matter, don't like us and look down on us. The only thing hated more than a pure blood of my race is a hybrid that is half god or goddess like my sons, but that's another long story that will have to wait. As for now we should reveal what we really look like."
Riley just kept looking down as his father explained the history of his race. He was only half chaos demon, but because of it he was so worried about how Jennifer would react to not only learning about it, but also if she would even accept his true form.
Derio noticed the change in his son, so he decided it was best for him to reveal his form first. "We come in all colors, in terms of both hair and skin tones. For example our ancestor Thomas was what people from other worlds would call Aryan, while my first girlfriend from the flashback I showed Jason was closer to you three in terms of looks. In both of their cases the exception was for a few things that come with being once of our race." Derio's body started glowing a bit before he was enveloped in an aura of chaos. The aura faded revealing what he really looked like. He was now slightly taller than Riley, but he looked almost completely different. For one his skin was now caramel and his pupils were vertical. His hair was long and straight like before, but was now a blaze red like Ren's. Both of his eyes changed color, with his left eye being blue and his right eye being green. He now had a red tail, and his nails had been replaced with talons along with his teeth being replaced with fangs. Finally his ears had become long and pointy.
Once Derio was finished Alice showed her true form as well. After her aura of chaos faded she still had her long light blue hair that matched Lana's, but now she had a purple tail that was different than Derio's. Her skin was caramel and her pupils were now vertical like Elizabeth's as well. She was now around Riley's height Her eye color had changed for both eyes. Her left eye was now blue and her right eye was now a bright purple. Just like with her great grandfather Alice's nails were now talons and her teeth were now fangs. Her ears were now matching Derio's. She didn't give her usual giggle, as she could now sense the worry in her grandfather.
Riley didn't say anything throughout, but he did look up once he sensed he was the only one left who hadn't revealed what he really looked like. He took a deep breath before he was covered in an aura of chaos. Once that faded away his own true form was revealed. His body was the same as it was when the spell was first used to put him back in male mode in terms of his height and cuteness, but with a few changes. His skin now matched his father and granddaughter. His hair remained long and straight like them too, but now matched Lana's in terms of color. He also had talons and fangs, as well as a tail that was like his father's, but it was pale blue in color. His ears matched the other two.
Riley walked on all fours before he realized how he was walking, and got back up to walking on two feet shaking his head. He went over and looked up at Jennifer with sad eyes. "I know I should have told you the truth from the beginning, but I just couldn't. I never meant to lie to you, I just wasn't sure how to explain everything. I should have been honest with you from the start, and I really wanted to." He looked back down at the ground. "I also wasn't sure how you would have reacted to this, or if you would even want to still be with me after seeing who I really am. I didn't even know if you would accept me like this."
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Post by Ziya on Oct 13, 2018 11:39:57 GMT -5
The trio looked at Riley in confusion for a moment before Derio began to explain the history of their race. They listened intently, other than Jen who was more concerned about how Riley was acting, though even she payed at least some attention.
All three them had varying looks of shock as he, then Alice, revealed their true forms, though it was more in awe than anything else. When Riley finally followed suit Lucia was the first to speak. "Well, that explains Elizabeth a bit better." She looked over at Jen to share the joke, only to see her staring at Riley.
Jen remained quiet for a few moments after her love finished speaking, processing his words and appearance. Then she moved in an instant to hug him tightly, kissing his lips fiercely before meeting his eyes with her own, now glowing slightly from the force of her emotions. "Riley, I love you for you, and whatever form you're in doesn't matter." She interrupted herself with another, longer kiss before continuing with a suggestive smirk. "Besides, that tail gives me a few ideas too..."
Jason just rolled his eyes with a chuckle and looked back at Alice again, by now unfazed by the new form. "Alright, let me rephrase to be more specific. Does your dad have the same blue hair, but with eyes the same color as Jen's?"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Oct 13, 2018 16:12:42 GMT -5
Riley didn't expect Jennifer to suddenly hug him, let alone what she said and her two kisses. He returned both of her kisses before he gave her a big smile, bigger than any of the ones he had given to her before. He was so happy that Jennifer had accepted his real self he felt tears of joy run down his face. He wrapped her arms around her, somehow despite the height difference between her and him while he was in male mode he managed to pick her up and spin her around. He put her back down before he smiled again. "I love you for you too my love, no matter what you happens or what form you take I'll always love you." He giggled a bit at her tease before he started to fan himself as his parents laughed a bit. "Oh stop it Jenny you're making me blush again~"
His bag appear around his waist and he gave Jennifer a grin. "It's only now occurred to me that we haven't eaten anything today, luckily I always keep snacks in here." He opened in and reached around for something for a bit. Finding it he smiled before he took out two bars of chocolate and caramel. He smiled at her before holding out one for her. "I never did ask you; do you like chocolate?" He asked innocently not realizing what context could be taken from it given what just happened.
Alice nodded to Jason. "Yep that's him alright; Zane Talec-O’Malley to be exact." She giggled a bit as she thought about why he was asking that question. "The green haired one on that platform is great aunt Lucia's and Seamus' kid; Elmindreda Kalenia Cray-Talec, or Mink for short." She then held up two fingers. "Yes she is pregnant right now, meaning that you are two and zero. At this rate you should go gambling with great grandpa Derio." She giggled a bit.
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Post by Ziya on Oct 13, 2018 18:53:03 GMT -5
Jen squealed in delight as Riley spun her around, even as her hair swirled around her face, and in her mouth. Once he set her down she giggled again while pulling blonde strands back into place before looking back at her love, who had produced chocolate and given her the perfect opportunity. "I love chocolate." Grabbing him by the collar, she pulled him into a passionate kiss for a few seconds before dropping him again and pulling a bar out of his hand with a wink. "And I like candy too~"
Lucia and Jason just stared at Alice in shock for the second time as she not only revealed that she knew exactly what they were talking about, but that Lucia was actually pregnant after all. She decided to tell Seamus as soon as she could, but in the meantime...
"Wait, so we got pregnant at the exact same time, and those kids are who I've been seeing on my platform? But you're not on there, so it must update over time, so why are they on there looking like teens? And why is my left arm metal, for that matter?"
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