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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 6:43pm UTC) | | | Mario emerges from the woods ten minutes later, about three minutes after the sun completely set. "Well, I checked, and for tonight, we should not have to worry about the Heartless." | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 6:50pm UTC) | | Mariya nods before yawning and going a few feet away from Eragon to lie down. "Get some sleep yout wo." she says to Mario and Riku before falling asleep.
Brom doesn't go to sleep, keeping an eye out for Urgals.
The Raz'ac near Darret, and look for Mariya, and hope her companions won't cause them trouble. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 6:52pm UTC) | | Mairo nods before jumping up into a tree. "If any of you need me, I'll be up here." He then disappears amidst the leaves, probably to sleep.
Riku is silent before he sits down, leaning his back against a tree before closing his eyes. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 7:00pm UTC) | | Brom eventually goes to sleep, unable to help it and the Raz'ac enter their camp and laugh to themselves. They quietly approach Mariya and slip something into her mouth before making her swallow it. One then picks her up and ignores the others before heading out of the camp.
There is a strange sound in the woods, like thunder, but no clouds can be seen so the Raz'ac continue forward. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 7:04pm UTC) | | "And where do you think that you're going?"
The path in front of the Raz'ac is suddenly blocked by Mario, who looked pretty mad. He has one of his Shadow Blades drawn and ready to use.
In addition, Riku is behind the Raz'ac, having been awake the whole time. He wanted to see who or what the Raz'ac were after, but now that they left the camp, it was time for him to save Mariya. He draws Way to Dawn and now keeps his eye on the Raz'ac. "Surrender peacefully or you will be destroyed." | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 7:13pm UTC) | | Suddenly only one Raz'ac is presant, the one with Mariya had disapeared. The one left, snickers. "Oh but it isss you who will be dessstroyed."
The Raz'ac leaps and attack Mario with a strange blade, conered in the black tar. A swarm of Waverns appear and attack Riku, sdistracting them both while the other Raz'ac gets away. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 7:15pm UTC) | | Mario quickly uses Guard to block the attack and then uses Counterattack to take advantage of his parry.
Riku frowns before he quickly slashes at the Wyverns, attempting to take out as many as he can with each slash. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 7:26pm UTC) | | Some more Wyverns appear and block Mario's counter attack, before attacking him. Once the Raz'ac realizes the Wyverns arre on it's side, it disapears as well.
Suddenly some Wyverns are defeated and reveal Brom and Eragon fighting them as well. A loud roar is heard before a huge blue dragon takes a Wyvern and throws it around with it's mouth. Some Wyvrns retreat, while others stay and fight.
{Gil'ead}
The Raz'ac lies Mariya before the man and hisses. "Unharmed, it wassss to easssy."
The man smiles and goes up to Mariya and calls two guards. "Take her to the cell next to the elf, make sure she's comfortable. Oh and find a female servant to change her." He comands before the guards nod and take her away. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 7:28pm UTC) | | Mario curses before he points his Shadow Blade at some of the Wyverns. "Shadow Gravity!" he yells, creating an orb that will not only bring the Wyverns down to the ground but will also hurt them badly.
Riku continues to slash at the Wyverns near him, continuing his assualt. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 7:38pm UTC) | | The rest of the waverns retreat as soome as they can. Eragon pants before saying. "Where's Mariya?"
"The Raz'ac took her, most likely to Durza, a powerful and wicked shade." Brom said, looking grave and then tarted at the dragon. "I've never heard of a dragon growing so fast."
It was needed, but it seems I was too late. A female voice echoes in everyone's minds.
"Saphira?" Eragon asks. The dragon nods. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 7:40pm UTC) | | | Mario blinks when he hears Saphira's voice. "Huh..." he mutters before looking at Brom. "Do you know where they took her? Where this Durza is?" | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 7:53pm UTC) | | "Gil'ead , a city torn by strife. Home of the biggest harshest prison in Alageasia." Brom says before getting the horses and mounting one. "We'll have to hurry if we want to make it before morning."
Eragon nods and gets on another horse, and ties Mariya's to his saddle.
Mariya wakes up feeling horrible and looks around to find herself in a prison cell. "Huh?" she asks no one in perticular. She loks down and finds herself in a black dress with a layered skirt. "Wonderful, another dress."
Some footsteps come down the hall and Mariya looks up and see's a man with flaming red hair. She stands as he opens the cell door. "Come with me princess."
Mariya is surprised, so somehow, he knew about her. She nodded, having a bad feeling and walked out before following him down a hallway. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 8:17pm UTC) | | Riku mounts his horse as well, but he notes that Mario mounts his horse even faster.
Mario now readies his horse before looking back at Brom. "Lead the way." | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 8:39pm UTC) | | Brom nods and his horse takes off. Eragon folows Brom, an angry lok on his face.
The man leads her into a large room and grabs something off the wall. "I am Durza, and you, my dear, are quite an interesting girl. My Raz'ac found your journal, and Imust say you've had a lot of strife in your lifetime."
"What's your point?" Mariya asks.
"My point is, have you ever wondered if it might be easier to cross sides?" Durza asks.
"Maybe."
Durza looks her over for a moment, then continues. "Awhile back, I returned from a...hunt. When I came to my abode the Raz'ac said they found this." He paused to pull out a keyblade. "Now, it seems to be a powerful weapon, able to release one's light, and replace it with something else."
He walked over to Mariya and smiled. "Now, I have an offer for you, one that you cannot refuse. Join me, and you may see your precious Axel again. Not only that, but I'll make all your pain disapear. But if you don't you can rot in that cell."
Mariya was frozen, unsure, hearing nothing after his offer to free her from pain. It wa so tempting, all her pain, gone? After a moment of thinking she said. "I'll join you."
"Very good." Durza said before he stabbed Mariya with the keyblade. He then took it out before putting it in her hand and letting her fall to the floor.
After a moment Mariya rose and looked at the keyblade before smiling at Durza. "I feel so...relieved." | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 8:46pm UTC) | | Mario grimaces as he looks forward, feeling some strange kick in his gut as if something bad had happened. "Riku...did you feel that?"
Riku is silent before nodding. "Yeah...something just happened to Mariya..." | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 9:02pm UTC) | | Brom kicks his horse to go faster, expecting the worst. Eragon follows and see's Saphira flying above them.
Mariya followed Durza to the dining hall but stopped when she saw a black haired woman lying on a straw bed. She was beautiful and her hair fell back to reveal a pointed ear.
"She betrayed the King, and triators are dealt with in the highest extent of the law." Durza said, before urging her foreward. "Now, tell me more about the heartless, how can I control them?"
"I'm not sure, I've never controlled them before." Mariya says. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 9:05pm UTC) | | Mario and Riku also kick their horses into high gear, trying to reach the town as well.
"So what's the plan when we get there?" Riku asks.
"Well, I'm planning to blast our way in," Mario states.
"First off, I was asking Brom. And second, I thought your magic doesn't work on the residents."
"It doesn't, but it should still do a number on other things, such as a castle wall or something."
"Did you even test to make sure that it would work?"
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 9:16pm UTC) | | "Don't worry, there's a way in." Brom said. "And it doesn't require blasting our way in."
Soon after, they arrive in Gil'ead and Brom ties the ghorses to a tree. "We go on foot from here, just follow me and keep quiet."
Brom then heads into Gil'ead, a smile on his face. he keeps walking until he comes to a wall witha ladder leaning on it and motions for Eragon to go. When looking up, it can be seen this wall belongs to a huge fortress. Eragon climbs up the ladder and waits, looking for guards. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 9:18pm UTC) | | | Mario and Riku nod to Brom before they climb the ladder one at a time, Riku taking the lead over Mario. At the top, they then stand ready to fight in case a guard or Heartless shows up. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 9:26pm UTC) | | Some guards can be seen, but they don't seem to notice any of the party, once Brom comes up he kicks the ladder down. He then moves on, passing big square holes in the roof, screams of pain can be heard threw them.
He keeps moving forward, seeming to ignore the screams. He's careful not to alert the guards. He soon comes to another wall, and kicks on it. A piece of the wall falls in and makes little noise. "Hurry." He says, watching.
Mariya and Durza walk back to the armoury and Mariya turns. "We have intruders." She says, looking out. "They broke in on the northern wall, many floors down."
Suddenly Neoshadow's appear, and leave the room. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (4th Jul 08 at 9:31pm UTC) | | | Mario and Riku go through the hole, and as Mario enters the fortress, he suddenly stiffens up, as if he noticed something. Immediately, he summons his Shadow Blade. "Heads up, guys," Mario whispers to the others. "I'm sensing some Heartless coming this way. In addition, I'm feeling a strong signature of darkness some floors up. It's either a strong Heartless or a person who is greatly corrupted, so we should be careful as we move upward." | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (5th Jul 08 at 12:56am UTC) | | Brom and Eragon nod and draw their swords. A few floors up, they stop, Neoshadow's blocking the way. But suddenly they disapear.
"LET GO OF ME!" Mariya's voice screams, coming from many floors up. | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (5th Jul 08 at 12:58am UTC) | | | Mario and Riku feel chills going down their spines when they hear this. They then immediately begin to rush up the stairs toward where Mariya is, hoping that they can save her. | |
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pmwww | | Re: Strange Land (5th Jul 08 at 1:40am UTC) | | The door to the armoury is wide open, but something doesn't seem right.
Mariya waits, gripping the keyblade. Durza notices this. "Is somethng wrong princess?" He asks.
"No, but it feels like the light inside of me is fighting the dark." Mariya says, gripping her stomach.
"Don't let it win my dear." Durza says, taking her hands. "Remember that being in the dark is the only way your pain will cease." | |
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pmyahooaim | | Re: Strange Land (5th Jul 08 at 2:23am UTC) | | A few seconds later, Riku and Mario burst through the doors of the armory.
Riku sees Mariya and smiles. "Mariya!" he cries out in joy, taking a step forward.
Suddenly, Mario blocks his path with his Shadow Blade. "Stop, Riku," Mario states. "That's not the Mariya you know. She's been tainted by the darkness. I can tell."
Riku looks at Mario for a moment before returning his glance to Mariya. A second later, he realizes that Mario is right and looks mad. "How dare you turn Mariya to the darkness!" Riku yells to Durza. | |
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