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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jun 8, 2012 14:15:05 GMT -5
Nuriko gazed over him. Thing's were starting to make a little more sense.
"The 8th harbinger. That explains the existance of Thanatos. I found it odd that heaven would suddenly gain an 8th harbinger..." she watched him, waiting to see what happened before making any decisions. "I suppose the balance must be maintained." she held her scythe up, looking at it before it morphed into a katana. She held it carefully, still watching Tori, almost as if preparing for something.
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jun 8, 2012 14:32:46 GMT -5
Tori continued to grunt as a thin cuirass enveloped his chest. it had an edge in the front, almost like someone gave it a corner. On his neck a few pieces of white steel grabbed his head and covered his face. The face plate was pure black, however two red neon eyes flashed and became clear. The sound this thing made were mechanical in nature, making computerized sounds as things formed around Tori's body. Finally, two slats opened on the back of the cuirass and to pieces of white steel bars came out, illuminating a blue jet stream. After a few moments the stream formed angelic wings that were blue as the waters of Angel Falls. Then, without any warning. The Red highlights as well as the eyes turned blue. Once they did the water in the lake and waterfall raged. Causing a bit of flooding. Tori's voice sounded computerized at this point, like he was inside a computer. His screams and grunts filled the air as everyone watched.
Once his screams stopped, the water calmed down. The machine looked Mikael in the eyes and pointed right in his face. Then, with a movement so clean and calm, he formed a 'Thumbs Down' hand sign. Staying silent the whole time, the mech walked forward before its arms morphed into two large neon blue blades. They glowed and hummed almost like rushing water.
Mikael froze and his eyes grew. "You! What the hell are you!?" the machine kept going forward slowly, not speaking a single word. Finally, he stopped and placed his blades across his cuirass in the form of an X. He swiftly threw his blades in a swipe, causing two beams of energy to slam right into Mikael. This threw him into the lake once more. The area trembled fiercely, causing the water to become unstable in the Lake. But as the tremors started a long pillar of water formed, it stretched and formed, creating a giant serpent the size of a 6 story building. Large ear piecing ringing came from the machine as it created this creature. It stared blankly at it until the monster roared violently. The machine spoke, however it wasn't Tori's voice. The voice was drab and lazy almost like it was giving a boring lecture while have asleep.
"I am Parshath... Deity of Elements..."
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jun 8, 2012 14:59:51 GMT -5
Nuriko closed her eyes. There was only one way to counter a harbinger. She spoke, but her voice was echoed by something darker. Sinister.
"This is the way of things. The balance must be maintained. For where there is life, there must also be death. " her eyes went black as she traced a circle around her with the sword in her hands. As she closed the circle, her wings enfolded her, as they changed from black feathers to black metal, almost shaped like a coffin. As she unfolded herself, her form had changed. Wearing a black trench coat, white gloves and white boots. Her face was covered in what looked like a helmet in the shaped of a skull, but it didn't look like there was anything underneath it. Just pure darkness. She hovered there, holding the katana, the coffins circling around her almost in the shape of a cloak. She seemed to give off an aura of pure darkness, but her eyes shone white. As she spoke, it sounded distant, yet dark, and incredibly sad. It moved quickly, putting itself in front in between Mikael and Tori.
"I am Thanatos. Harbinger of Death, Suffering and Grief." she gripped her sword, her aura causing the area to darken. It wasn't a natural dark either. It was gloomy, ominous. It was hard to believe such a dark figure could be a harbinger of god. Its breath sounded harsh, forced. But it seemed as tho Nuriko had some form of control over the form, because it didn't attack Mikael or Tori. Just stood there, waiting.
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jun 8, 2012 15:19:02 GMT -5
Parshath stood still, lifeless before the Serpent roared again then shooting a bolt of water, it appeared to have something in it as it slammed into the ground. It was Mikael, barely able to stand. He huffed and looked as if though his right arm was broken. "What are you!?" he said as he fell to the ground his body sinking lightly into the new blanket of white now below him. The mech looked up at the being above him. It scanned the being swiftly and turned away and grabbed Mikael. "You are an interference with my work. I bid you farewell..." and with a movement so swift he tossed Mikael in the air, shot straight up and stabbed him in the chest. Blood shott from his wounds as Parshath release the blades. Mikael fell and Placid slid to catch him. "This place is better without you. The calculations have been done, you life will be held as a monument to to my existence. To my... My... M-my...." it started to studder. Its head looked down and it started to jump and fidget around violently. "...I-I... Diety.... Elemental..." it spouted random copes and words before hitting its knees and grabbing its head and shrieking so loud Mio heard it as she was going into the temple. She rushed inside and Ariel was already close to the door with Ferrah running past her toward the noise.
The serpent roared once again before it changed back into a pillar of water, then collapsing back into the lake. The mech shrieked and cried, its body becoming sheathed one piece at a time. The wings went first, then the cuirass. Followed by the arms and boots. Then finally the helmet and Visor. Leaving a glowing outline of a boy. Then like blowing on a cotton weed, the aura dissipated. Leaving behind Tori, whose face was flushed, and his eyes were half open. But, the color was blue. He had been screaming that whole time, it was causing pain that people who succumb closely to death only feel. After a few moments his eyes went back to normal. He stood up staggering, then collapsed again. Placid held onto Mikael, just unsure what to say at that point. He stood up and carried him to the shrine hoping he wouldn't be attacked before he got there. Ariel passed him and ran to see her brother laying in the snow, she looked up to see the other being there. Staring down, it gave off a very fearful arua. Ariel looked at her brother and was shocked.
"You... You turned? But... How?"
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jun 8, 2012 15:43:59 GMT -5
Nuriko landed on the ground, the form of Thanatos dissapating like it was never there. She ran forward to tori, holding him close to her. She was greatly thankful she didn't actually have to do anything, but at the same time, she was worried about her brother. She held Tori close to her, ignoring Ariel for the time being, and brushing her hand over his face. She kissed his forehead lightly.
"My tori... I'm so sorry Tori... I just wanted to protect you. I couldn't protect you..." she looked down at Tori as she held him close to her. Then she looked up at Ariel. "It was my brother, Mikael. He attacked Tori, and Tori changed." she kept running her fingers through Tori's hair. She placed her lips on Tori's forehead, kissing it lightly before whispering to him. "I love you, my Tori."
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jun 8, 2012 15:57:19 GMT -5
The time was 11PM, Tori stayed out cold the entire time with Nuriko at his side. Ariel stayed there too but near the door. Placid in a corner looking down almost in shame. Covered in blood from Mikael. Shun came in and whispered to Placid. 'Eh, mate the boy will be fine, Mihari got him patched up and he is out cold...' he said looking at Tori, 'What about him?' he asked looking a bit pale. Placid shrugged a bit and shook his head. Shun left the room and with him the door shut. Placid looked at Ariel, and she to him. "Nuriko, we have something to tell you..." she said almost sounding guilty.
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She had brought in her other brothers and her sister as well. However it seemed Azazel was missing as usual. She explained to Nuriko the things she has known about for countless years and tried to explain it to where she wouldn't become upset. This lasted for 3 hours total, everyone except the Heralds, Nuri, and Placid were asleep. Mio and Kibiko stayed with Tori to ensure he stayed safe. Mikael was still out cold as well.
"He does have a Harbringer form..." Ariel said trying not to sound crazy, "But, his... his is different. You said it spoke using its own words?" she asked looking at Placid. He nodded and reapeted what the mech had said. "Thats right, it said 'I am Parshath, Diety of Elemental Energy...' and it seems so... Lazy. Almost like it wasn't human." he realized he said 'Human', but Ariel knew what he meant. She sat there trying to figure out why they could control thier Harbringer forms but Tori's had its own soul. It was like a second person living there with him, similar to how Placid and Nocturne are. But, his seems very lifeless, almost like it was a machine or a computer of some form. She closed her eyes and spoke, trying not to seem frightened.
"This is becoming very strange and is becoming quite a problem. If Tori can't controll this... 'Parshath', then who knows what will come of this world..."
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jun 8, 2012 16:27:29 GMT -5
Nuriko nodded.
"A very few people know that to balance out the powers between heaven and hell, god created harbingers of his own. He created the 7 holy virtues. And me. " she said this with a tone of sadness. "God meant for me to be the perfected form of death. This was his way of separating death and chaos. Thanatos is death and grief incarnate. He is the physical form of the burden which all angels of death take. He is the guardian of lost souls. He is also tied to that of the true angel of death. Which is how I know the difference between one chosen by god and one chosen by someone else. When Nocturne went wild, Placid was no longer god's chosen angel of death. That passed to me." she looked over at Tori, who was still lying there next to her. "He made us harbingers after Nocturne created his. Because as a law of creation, there must be a balance. Throwing off the balance creates chaos. But the creation of the 8th was a secret even to the other harbingers because nobody knew of the existence of the 8th herald. So when Tori's form was revealed, it wasn't as shocking as it would have been had I not been the 8th harbinger of heaven." she held Tori's hand, sitting there next to him. "As to his form, yes it is different. I don't know why, I don't know how. But the most we can do is avoid giving him a reason to change until we can find a way to get him to control it." she said, still watching Tori, holding his hand.
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jun 8, 2012 18:35:36 GMT -5
Ariel nodded in agreement as her siblings left the room. All accept Ferrah, but, she soon left to check on Mikael. She moved doen the hall to see that he was gone, she ran back to the room Ariel was in and annouced the issue, she led everyone back to the room to only find a note that was addressed to Nuriko. It said 'I know what I must do. I shall return for you... Eventually.'
Ariel sighed and walked off back to see Tori was awake. She ran to his side. "Hey, calm down. Ok you need to relax and just stay put-" she was cut off by him walking away, limping as he came into the large room. He stayed silent before standing still in the main room. Grondon saw his brother standing up. Tori was sweating badly and fell, Evian rushed to him and caught him. Tori was huffing badly, sweating as well. He was speaking something, it was the same thing over and over.
"Control... Control..." He repeated over and over. Finally he stood up and walked straight outside. Evian trying to make sure he was stable. Tori looked up at the dark snowy sky and repeated himself again. Then collapsed into Evian. Evian looked at the group behind him and Grondon lifted Tori up and went back iside, placing him back in bed.
"What was that about?"
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jun 8, 2012 18:54:54 GMT -5
Nuriko watched as Tori got up and started stumbling around the temple. Her first instinct was to run to his side, but it was overran when she noticed everyone else standing around him. She decided to watch him carefully. After he collapsed and was carried back into the room, Nuriko stood next to him, holding his hand and smiling at him. "Something about Mikael woke up the harbinger. And Tori is fighting for control." she sat on the bed next to him, holding his hand in hers and watching over him. "You can do this Tori. You are strong." she smiled at him, holding his hand in hers. "Think of Hana. We both need you..." she closed her eyes, holding Tori's hand up to her face so Tori's hand was touching her cheek.
Mihari sighed, walking out into the back and sitting on the fountain. She had been feeling very worn out with all the excitement going on, and thought some quiet would do her some good. The twins were more active than normal too, which was making her uncomfortable. At some point earlier one of them had kicked her in her stomach, making her almost throw up, but she held it down and moved into another room. As she sat on the fountain, breathing deep. So much had been going on lately. Between Nuriko and her brother, Tori, and now the Heralds are all friends with them or something, it was all very strange, and all happening very fast. She placed her hand on her stomach, trying to calm the children, but it wasnt working. So she started humming, hoping it would calm them. it seemed to work, they stopped wiggling so much. She smiled and continued humming.
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jun 8, 2012 19:20:46 GMT -5
"An entity is what I am... Grasp me as if I were a sword..." the voiced echoed in a long hallway empty of life and anything else. Just Tori, standing on one end of it. He looked around and on the otherside saw a a Gauntlet. It was sharp, almost like it was made for battle. He walked toward it, trying to walk he noticed it was hard to do.
"You must grasp this..." the voice said again. "You are Parshath, Deity of Elemental Energy... Become who you were meant to be..." Tori tried and tried before a force threw him backward into a wall. Apparently this was a puzzle, some form of a puzzle...
He looked around for something giving off any clues on what it was. Finally he noticed the walls, each had a symbol of the 7 Heralds. "What... Well, at least that's a start..." he walked over to the first mark, labeled for Lust. Under that it read a riddle,
'A man who can hear and taste better is not more efficient, however a serpent can disagree. Those are alike but different are there... What makes them share the same fare?'
Tori looked at it and his head fell, He moaned and leaned against th pillar behind him. "The hell is this?" he said thinking about it. What do serpents and a man who can taste and hear better have in common...?" He looked around before thinking about it, "A man who can taste better and hear better than a normal person perhaps? That usually happens because one of his senses is missing..." he snapped his fingers and yelled. "That's it! The man is blind! That is how Snakes and a Blind man are similar! They can't see very well! But, now what do I do now?"
After he said that, the writting on the wall changed. "A man once said beauty is only skin deep. However, everyone has their own opinion of beauty, meaning what?" Tori read aloud as his face went confused. He screamed
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!"
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The heralds sat in the main Room in the shrine, keeping watch over the area, Placid stood on his balcony watching Mihari, he could hear her humming. He made his way to her and sat next to her. "I am sorry the I haven't been able to discuss any matters of our two friends here..." he said rubbing her stomach. "How are you? Do you need anything?" he said trying to sound concerned. Kibiko watced them with Mio sitting nearby, she moaned then sat back next to Mio. "I don't get love..." she said turning to Mio, who was drawing a sketch of Tori for Nuriko. "You are pretty good!" Kibiko said blushing. "Hey, can you draw him naked?" she said blushing and giggling, Mio blushed and her face became very distrought. She shook her head and laughed nervously. "Oh no... I couldn't do that..." she said ripping a page from the bottom of the book and tossing it aside. "Not one bit..." she said again while Kibiko teased. "I was kidding Mio!" she said holding on to her giving her a hug. She then laid down and put her head in her lap sighing, "I don't get it, we are the only ones here who don't have anyone..." she said it making a rasberry noise and poking Mio on the nose. "Oh well, I would rather have you then anyone!" she giggled and Mio smiled and nodded, "Uh huh! I am sure!"
Placid looked around and tried to think of something to say to Mihari, he was nervous about the situation and blushed while keeping a straight face. "I am happy to have this happen even if the timing was a bit off." he said rubbing her stomach.
"I am very happy..."
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jun 8, 2012 19:41:05 GMT -5
Mihari heard Placid come up behind her and turned to see him sit down next to her. She smiled as he rubbed her stomach. "I'm okay. Just a little drained. And they have been rather fussy. One of them kept kicking me in my stomach. I couldn't tell which tho." she said, smiling a little as she looked down at her stomach. "I suppose I just worry a bit. With everything that's been happening lately, I don't know what will happen with us." she said smiling at him. "But then, I think to myself, as long as you're there with me, I can take anything. I'm happy with you." she placed her hand on top of his, then bent over toward him and kissed his cheek.
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jun 8, 2012 19:54:06 GMT -5
Placid smiled and got down on one knee. "I never thought I would say this to anyone. But, Mihari, I love you more than anyone and nobody could ever change that." he said taking her hand. "Mihari, nothing makes me want anything more than to spend the rest of my time here with you. Will you marry me?"
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"GAH!" Tori shouted rubbing his head ferociously and stared at the riddle. "Man, I bet this dude never heard the saying 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder' huh? Dammit, its freaking confusing..." as soon as he finished talking the riddle dissapeared. Then a loud crash rang in the hall. He ran to the main entrance to see a creature standing there, it was blue-ish green and had a sing eye. "A cyclops?! Really?!" he said as the creature swung a large wooden club at him. Chasing him through this never ending hallway, Tori noticed he had a bag on him and in it had 4 Cubes. Each with a symbol of a weapon on it. "Fine! Take this!" then he chunked the cube with a staff on it and it poked its head. The cyclops scratched its head and growled in confusion. "Oh great! How do I use these?!" he continued to run as the cyclops chased him. He finally screamed out in anger.
"I HATE THIS DAMN PLACE!"
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jun 8, 2012 20:06:40 GMT -5
Mihari blushed madly as he got down on one knee. She always got lost in his eyes when she looked into them, and now she was short of breath too. She took in his words, felt his hands touching hers. The more he said, the more she blushed, and the more she smiled. But when he asked her to marry him, she bit her lip. She had never expected that, especially out of him. It made her so happy she felt like she might burst at the seams. Smiling so brightly she thought her face might crack, she tackled Placid, knocking him onto the ground on his back and landing on top of him. Then she kissed him deeper then she ever remembered kissing him. She withdrew from the kiss long enough to say "Yes" then kissed him again.
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Post by Maladra Head of Security on Jun 8, 2012 20:21:12 GMT -5
Placid smiled as he heard Mihari say the word he hoped for. "You have no idea how happy I am Mihari..." He kissed her then looked into her eyes giving her a look she really would love.
Mio and Kubiko's jaws were wide open and they squealed. "Hey beautiful! Congrats!" She shouted waving with Mio, who was giggling. "We are so happy for two!" they said in sync. They then went down and hugged Mihari who at that that point was off the ground. Placid was up off the ground with her, he held her close and kissed her cheek. The two girls left them alone and walked into the forest chatting with one another. Until, Mio suddenly asked a really odd question to Kibiko.
"Um, have you ever done it with a girl Kibiko?"
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Post by Nuriko, Lillith, Adrianne on Jun 8, 2012 21:02:14 GMT -5
Mihari blushed as he looked into her eyes, it was a look she had never seen before. It made her melt, causing her to cling to Placid even more, kissing him deeply. Mihari jumped when she realized that the two girls had been listening... but she smiled and held onto Placid, holding him close. When he kissed her cheek, she threw herself onto him, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him as she clung onto him, then giggled.
Nuriko had no idea what was going on around her. She hadn't left Tori's side since he passed out. Every once in a while he would stir, making her think he was dreaming. She kept ahold of his hand, urging him to be strong, hoping just her being there would give him the strength he needed to pull through. She had been so worried about him that she had completely forgotten about eating or sleeping, though she wasn't tired at all.
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