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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 10:34pm UTC) | | | "I see..." Mario states. "...Tell me, what about the Nobodies? Did they appear just before or after he did?" | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 10:36pm UTC) | | "Before." Mariya answers.
Meanwhile, Riana is looking around the Opera House when she finds a passage she hadn't noticed before, and follows it. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 10:39pm UTC) | | | Mario is silent before he stands up. "Excuse me for a moment," he says before he walks off, the mystery of his now-strange behavior lingering. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 10:53pm UTC) | | Mariya watches Mario leave, and when she turns back to the stage she seems to be thinking about Mario's behavior.
Riana comes to a dead end, and returns back to the stairway. She rubs her head, thinking over things. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 10:58pm UTC) | | | Mario, meanwhile, begins to check backstage, looking around for something, anything. If the figure Mariya mentioned was who he thought it was, there was no telling what he was trying to gain. In addition, it could explain the disappearances. The Heartless were not active on this world, but the Nobodies seemingly are. If that is the case, then the figure could be trying to create a Nobody army like last time. If so, then he has to find and stop him. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:08pm UTC) | | | Mariya sighs, and goes to find Riana. When she finds her they both go and Riana discusses what to do about Mariya for the mask. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:20pm UTC) | | Mario, meanwhile, searches for any sign of the figure. After a few moments, he sighs and begins to go elsewhere to search.
"Ever persistent, as always."
Mario jumps and spins around, finding the figure leaning against a beam not too far away. Mario grimaces before he summons his Shadow Blade.
The figure chuckles. "Really, you're going to fight me?" he questions.
"I will if that's what it takes to get some answers out of you," Mario responds as he tightens his grip on the Shadow Blade.
"Well, now, that isn't necessarily a nice thing to say," he says. "Especially since the fate of Hollow Bastion rests in your hands."
Mario hesitates, confused by this, and after a moment, the Shadow Blade disappears. "What do you mean?"
"So now you will listen," the figure says, seeming to find this amusing. "Just play along with this drama, and I think you will see exactly what it is that I am trying to do."
"I'll stop you before you can do anything."
"And who says I'm going to do anything?"
"Those disappearances..."
"Oh, that. Well, what's a few extra Nobodies for myself here and there?"
"I'll show you what!" Mario yells as he charges toward the figure, Shadow Blade drawn again.
The figure simply leaps over the attack, landing behind Mario and turning back around. "Now, you wouldn't hurt your Nobody, would you?" he asks as he pulls his hood down to show his face briefly.
Mario turns, grimacing as he sees the face. "If all you care about is trying to kill me and bring misery to others, then you are not my Nobody."
"Pity," the figure says as he pulls his hood back up. "Then I suppose there's nothing else to say." He then disappears into a dark portal.
"Stop!" Mario yells as he runs after the Nobody, but the portal disappears before he can pursuit him into it. He grimaces, staring at where the portal was for a minute before sighing and recalling the Shadow Blade. He then walks through the back of the theater, looking for more answers. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:25pm UTC) | | | Everything in the Opera House has quieted down, and Christine comes back to the Opera House, and goes to her room, fighting a smile. Mariya and Riana are in there room, laughing over some joke. Riana is brushing Mariya's hair, and she makes another joke about Carlotta again. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:29pm UTC) | | | Soon, Mario makes his way back to the stage. He stands there for a moment before sighing, stomping his foot down in frustration. A hollow sound reaches his ears, and after blinking, he looks down to notice that a section of the floor looked different. After feeling around a little, Mario then finds that this part of the stage could be removed to create different effects for different plays. Mario glances down the passage underneath, and after hopping down, he notices a passage off to the side that seems out of place. After a moment, he begins to travel down the passage, wondering where it leads. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:30pm UTC) | | | "Go no further." A voice warns. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:31pm UTC) | | | Mario stops, startled by the voice. He glances around and draws his Shadow Blade. "Alright, who's there?" he asks. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:33pm UTC) | | | "The one who will issue your demise if you do not go back and never return." The voice says, echoing in the pasageway. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:35pm UTC) | | | Mario is silent for a moment before he huffs. "Look, I don't know who you are, but considering what all has been going on here and the fact that there is a possible disaster eminent, nothing you do is going to stop me." With that, Mario continues down the passage, his Shadow Blade drawn and at the ready. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:37pm UTC) | | | suddenly the passage before Mario falls, revealing what seems to be an endless fall. There is no way around it, and it's to far to jump over. "Return or else." The voice warns again. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:39pm UTC) | | | Mario stops before the pit, but after a moment, he lets out a sigh of disappointment. "Oh please, a seemingly bottomless pit? Is that the best you can do?" Without another word, Mario suddenly jumps headfirst into the ground, disappearing in a puddle of shadows that suddenly darts toward the pit, darting to the side at the edge and moving onto the wall. The puddle then skirts along the wall until reaching the other side when it returns to the floor. Once on safe ground, Mario leaps out of the puddle as it disappears, glancing back toward the pit before brushing himself off and continuing. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:42pm UTC) | | Suddenly the Phantom,wearing a full-face mask appears before Mario. "This is your last warning boy."
Mariya leaves her room, laughing a bit, her hair in a braid. She then goes to see if Axel was around. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:43pm UTC) | | | Mario stops now, looking this figure up and down. "Ah, so you must be this Phantom of the Opera that everyone's been talking about. How's the underground been?" Mario asks, either bold or foolish to be talking with the Phantom like one would with an old friend. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:46pm UTC) | | Suddenly Mariya's scream can be heard, echoing within the passageway. The Phantom seems alarmed by this, and disapears.
On the stage, Mariya is surronded by Dancers, and looks to be trying to summon her keyblade, but Eternity never appears. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:49pm UTC) | | | Mario jumps when he hears the scream, turning around to look back down the passage. When he turns back to the Phantom, he is gone. Mario grimaces before he dashes back down the passage, avoiding the pit like before and soon returning to under the stage. He then jumps up and grabs the lip of the hole before hoisting himself out, slashing at a nearby Dancer. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:51pm UTC) | | The dancer grabs Mario by the arm, and attempts to throw him into a wall. Some Dancers are destroyed to reveal Axel, weilding a sword. "Run Mariya!" He commands.
Mariya runs and stands behind Axel, still trying to summon her keyblade. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:52pm UTC) | | Mario quickly spins around and plants his feet against the wall, jumping back and grabbing the Dancer's arm in turn. "Curtain Call!" he yells before he begins spinning around, throwing the Dancer around like it normally does and trying to hit the other Dancers.
From the rafters above, the figure watches silently. "...Interesting...very interesting..." | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:54pm UTC) | | | The dancers are hit, and twitch as they recover and attack Mario again. Axel destroys mor of the dancers, being sure none get near enough to harm Mariya. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (28th Sep 08 at 11:55pm UTC) | | | Mario quickly retailiates, slashing at several of the Dancers and jumping over the attacks of the others. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Hide your face... (29th Sep 08 at 12:00am UTC) | | Soon the dancers are destroyed, and Axel remains in a defensive position before looking over Mariya. he finds a cut on her arm, and makes sure no one from the world is around before saying. "Cure." A green ribbon swirls around Mariya, and her cut is healed. "Are you alright Princess?"
Mariya nods, "They just came out of nowhere, and I couldn't summon my keyblade...so I screamed for help."
Axel nods. "Common, let me take you back to your room." | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Hide your face... (29th Sep 08 at 12:04am UTC) | | Mario is silent as he looks around a bit. Finally, he looks up at the rafters, but no one is there. After a moment, he sighs and sits down. "Guess you were right about the Nobodies, Mariya."
The figure, meanwhile, is on the roof, Twilight Blade in hand as he tosses it up and down a little. | |
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