 The Ascension Gate is known to be the final victory for the darkness. It's where they freed themselves. Escaped the Void once and for all. It marked our survival as the dark hordes left the earth, and fled to hell. It marked the Red Exodus. And the death of the creators. This dark monument marks the changing of the world forever. And so it stands as a testament to the stubbornness of man. And the will to Survive. The monument is surrounded by hibernating beings, frozen in sleep until the call comes for them to awaken. They pose no threat without the Horns of the Harbinger. The Ambient Xera fields here cause all slots, stats, and character ranks to be boosted by a single rank whilst here. It reverts to normal upon exit. Do not update your character sheet with the bonus. |
Darth_LewdiousFeb 13, 2019 8:08 PM
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Ayano – The Mad Bullet Dancer After a long journey, Ayano would have to return to the one place with all the broken fragments that she had and knew. Her face had been blank for the entire time. The one thing for humanity to monument what once had been. There weren't many places in the world that could have been correct for her to look after. And this was one of the best candidates. Thus Ayano would walk until she would make it underneath the gate. Simply staring at the landmark. Ayano would lean against the gate, if nothing happened and sit down for a moment. |
| As Ayano took the sights in, she would have found that there were two sets of energy here. This gate seemed to hum with residual energy. After all, a supreme being once stood on this ground. it might as well be sacred. The energy however was both residual and coming from the gate. perhaps the Gate still sustains a powerful rift. This can be obvious as the sheer amount of Xeraphic energies in the air are quite immense. Just basking in it seems to energize you. Discovered a Xeraphic Anomaly, details in OP The second energy was much less neutral. It was a potent fear that loomed in the air. Billowing out from a single source, a source that you might be able to follow. Following it, you might notice, sitting on a rock was a set of armor. Black and spiky, covered in snow. It was positioned to be cross legged, and its hands rested on its knees. That was certainly the source of the energy. By judging by the ice that covers its joints, and the snow that had built up behind it, it had been there for at least three weeks. |
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Ayano – The Mad Bullet Dancer Ayano would listen to her instincts as she got here as it was the only thing that she had. The feeling of fear, felt artificial for Ayano and she would watch at the armor: "Well hello there big guy." She watched her surroundings, but it felt like whatever she was looking for was not here yet. And she was doubtful that this thing was part of it. There was a mystery language that only she could hear and understand, however it made her wonder. Could she produce it as well somehow. Ayano closed her eyes and shut out all the distractions and started repeating: "An ancient shadow broke the walls" till ad nauseam, she really wanted to recite the whole poem in the variant of the etheric language that she had only heard inside her head in it's translated form. She wanted to know, if she could produce it. If she felt that her mouth was doing something odd that shouldn't have come off for the syllables that she knew from English, she would continue and recite the entire poem to it's end and then whisper to the air: "She's listening." with the language, if she was successful. Else Ayano would very well be spending a few hours saying: "An ancient shadow broke the walls" in English like a lunatic, howling to the moon. |
| Varesh... Xera Scraa Toor. Arc Ven Hestraak. Thrast Arcian, Havak. It was a few minutes of her constant and maniacal chanting that prompted a response from this... thing. Hearings its words, you couldnt understand them at all. But they still seemed much more fluent than what you said earlier. It was curiously different in Verbage. You know the words but not how to say them... The elder speak is more complicated than a simple tongue. Despite the mini-glacier on its back, it effortlessly stood up, and the chucks of ice, let go. Only the cold and sunless sky exist here now, what brings the Light to this place? |
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Ayano – The Mad Bullet Dancer Ayano would raise a brow, despite it had been her rambling. When she listened at the creature without at first understanding a thing. After it started speaking more coherently, Ayano would relax. And hearing someone call her 'light' made her break out for laughter for a brief moment, forcing her to wipe off her tears of joy. "Apologies, Love. Gracing my presence by calling me light. I can recall one time when someone called me the light of their life. Poor fellow... I ended up hurting him so bad. I'm not really a good girl whom you should associate with angels. Devils are maybe bit closer..." Ayano opened her hands: "I was summoned here. By an ancient one. The words you have chosen make me think that you have no part in it." Ayano would take a deep breath. It was a bluff of sort, however because she was absolutely certain that she was tailed by Lyka's spies, Ayano would say in a woeful voice: "Oh my... We have an uninvited guest, trying to stay hidden. Friend of yours? Mhmm.. I think it reeks of death. How woeful." Ayano would close her eyes and lean backwards, flexing her hands behind her head. |
Inaru-samaFeb 17, 2019 1:46 PM
| It is no flattery. Just as I am of the Darkness, you were born into the Light. Your soul burns like a sun, and I can see that accursed light in your eyes. Truthfully, it was disgusted by the light in her soul. But even so, after eternities of the Void, it welcomed even this transgression as confirmation of its very being. To know that it is self. This ground that you stand on, was once stood upon by the creator of all the night. My Father and God Arc' Ven. I come here often in requiem, that I may at least feel his energies left behind in the ascension. Do keep that in mind. This place is Sacred to the Darkness. Her suggestion at the fact that one of Lykas spies was an ally of his, seemed to anger him. I would never side with The Destroyer or its servants. Nor am i foolish enough to war with them. I would have you mind your blasphemous tongue before I acquire a want for cutting it out. The shadow at its back grew, and your Danger imminent kicked off. You really should be afraid right now. You really should, as it seems you have offended the knight. Whatever this was, was now giving you deathly chills and a sickening sense of imminent peril. And it wasnt even fully hostile yet! Despite the cold sweat now crawling over you, you could probably appease it with words. Extreme Danger Alert!!! |
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Ayano – The Mad Bullet Dancer Ayano did not know which one was worse. The part where Lyka by her code betrayed her trust or the horrific wave of terror emanating from the former dread knight. Forgiveness was one of the most exquisite gifts that Ayano could grant. And as her heart pounded from the fear, her teeth were already clenched to their utmost limit. Her hands slowly slid down as she clenched them into fists. In what appeared as a mere split-second was a moment of rage and absolute fear, the contents of stress hormones running in her blood were now peaked and adrenaline was being pumped by her heart that quickly accelerated to life threatening drumming. Her heart was beating like a disco, signals of pain indicating that it was taking too much. But the girl didn't care. Freeze? ~ No... Flight? ~ No... Fight ~ ? Each of the impulses given by the body as the last measure before her heart would stop beating from shock. And her twisted rage and survivor personality was caught on the third response. Her life had been constant struggle and she only knew strife. Ayano opened her eyes while what seemed like an eternity for her, she placed her left hand against her heart in a hopeless attempt to vane away the pain. "I... Share... Your... Feelings... With... Our... Guest." Each of Ayano's words were filled with absolute fear. It was a miracle that she managed to utter even one of them. And each of them were filled with anger, resentment, malice and ire. Ayano brought her gaze up in the air and stared at the knight. In her eyes was the rage to end a man's life in a heartbeat. "I don't have the means to murder that thing. Else I would do it right here. Right now." Ayano's extreme anger towards Lyka's actions was overwhelming Ayano's survival instinct by force. She had warned her, she had said that she loved her privacy almost as much as her freedom. For Ayano that act, despite what Lyka had done was logical, was a direct attack against Ayano's core values. Ayano's nose would slowly start to bleed from the increased blood pressure and intense anxiety caused by her extreme emotional turmoil. If anything, there was at least a lot of anger going on between the two. Perhaps they could make love hate and not war. |
| Murder only applies to the living... And nothing upon this mountain fits such a definition. It had seemed to accept your response. At least it wasnt any more hostile, and you could feel the danger ebbing away. After a long pause. How long do you plan to stay here? That hideous Geist belongs to you not me. |
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Ayano – The Mad Bullet Dancer Ayano would start coughing as the fear would fade and her body would have trouble coping with the new state. She'd notice the bleeding from her nose and clean her nose while licking off what was left on her glove. She'd then ponder on both of the subjects before answering. "I suppose I have to come up with a new concept of murder. I should be creative with that." Ayano would then tilt her head slightly: "Well I was kind of hoping that you would have some method of arranging privacy. The masters of that hideous thing are very prideful, thinking that everything belongs to them and is without a bill. It's very difficult to stay neutral when one party is playing it unfair. Which is why I could offer you a little something for free, if you could arrange us to share a small conversation without any prying eyes and ears?" If the knight agreed and managed to accomplish her request, Ayano would reveal that she would have to be at the exact place where the god of shadows had been slain at. |
| The dreadful thing almost seemed to sigh in exhaustion. Fool, everything DOES belong to them. Death is the only God left, and nothing can oppose him. But I am curious, what could you have that is of interest to me?" The knight began to trail shadows around his fingers, and you could feel the area grow darker. And as hard as it might be to believe, colder too. The very ground shuddered. If she looked down the mountain, a wave of darkness, no, and ocean of shadows was now crashing against the mountain at this monsters command, climbing up its slopes with such force to force the heat out of the air. Then it surgd upwards from the cliff edges, and began to close in, until the vortex was at their backs. Looking at it, it was a great storm, all around them. There was such a great roar, but your voice echoed loudly in here, as not even sound can penetrate the gale of darkness. Then you are in the wrong spot. This is where he rose from Void. He was destroyed in the Gilded Citadel. A place one like you would never see in all of your existence. Is that truly all you had to say? |
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Ayano – The Mad Bullet Dancer "How I see it, Death... is flawed. An ancient shadow broke the walls. The tear divided us all. Beyond the veil and from these things we despise the kings. The tolling bells are now louder than ever. And where your god fell, an ancient voice calls out once more that I have heard before. The minions of death want to pry this information from me... There is even more. Some ancient ... is making a move. And I find it difficult to believe that death would be happy, because of the first part of the poem that you heard only the second part of. To think that there would exist something ancient that would fight against the natural order of things. I really need to get to the Gilded Citadel. No matter the cost. I may be a fool but I have a conviction. And ideas are undying. Not even death could reap them." Ayano was a story teller, she shifted the focus on the part where the tolling bells were ringing in the distance into the factual tidbit that they were loud tonight. And then she just happened to go overdrive with her passion and zealotry. She really tried to make her cause into the cause of this powerful knight of the darkness. By using the grudge towards the Destroyer as her leverage. |
Inaru-samaFeb 21, 2019 4:16 AM
| To make a move against the Destroyer is to face certain annihilation. Whatever has you chasing the Citadel is playing you for a fool. The Citadel is in Heaven. And you wouldnt survive there. Heaven lets nobody enter without a reason. We once believed that the Gods were unkillable, by the sheer scope of their power. Ideas too, are destructible. The storm of shadows around them was slowly dying out. It may be losing interest. This pillar of black is going to draw attention, and mine is waning. Did you have something more interesting to say or is that all? |
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Ayano – The Mad Bullet Dancer "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me thrice... No, Destroyer can't be killed, the sheer concept of death. Total annihilation. Who could ever recover from the aftermath of such war..." Ayano would quickly blink and shake her head. "No sorry, that would be all for now. Don't mind my imagination." Ayano chuckled as the shadows were slowly waning away. She would pull a quiet breath: "Maybe one day, I'll come back and find a purpose for all of this." Ayano would turn around and sing a rhyme, nonsensical in a way - yet it all depicted a darker theme. It was perhaps only a reflection into the twisted mind of the woman as she would walk further away from the Dread Knight, trying to leave the area. ~Red queen for a day, Rule the hell on Sunday. Take my heart and paint it black |
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