Altered Tundra

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

The Viera spoke of flowers and roses and how sometimes different flowers have their own different thorns. She also spoke in such riddles in the sense that Francis seemed to get their attention by asking about Utena. Francis didn’t understand much what she said, but she would then bring up the fact that if he wanted to speak to Michel, he should go ask him, but then she would point out that if he could, he wouldn’t be in The Wood seeking answers. Francis smiled at that.

Francis would look at the Viera and pressed the side of his helmet and showed his face. “I wish to know two things.” He said and he would raise up his hand and show one finger. [b]“Number one, I wish to know if what Levi said was true about my son being in the group Utena.” He said as he pointed up his middle finger(index finger still up). “Number two, I wish to know anything and everything you know about Utena, that ranges from where they can be located and where they are gathered right now.” Francis said as he stared at the Viera sternly. He, however, found himself physically attracted to this Viera. It might just be the lack of clothing or just the way she kept on flipping her hair. Oh the gods, how his wife used to do that and it turned him on so much.

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When they entered the Necrohol of Nabudis, everyone no doubt felt the intensity of the mist around. It definitely had that creepy vibe going about it. Everywhere they would look, they would no doubt be reminded of how the mist was in Giruvegan, as it was difficult to see anything and even when they did, the only amount of visibility that they had was right in front of them. The darkness didn’t help much either. Even if a few members of the group were wearing lightly-colored clothing, they would have a tough time barely seeing what was in front of them. Continuing more down the path that they were on, all of them heard the wind. It was ominous, it was spooky, and it was just totally out of place. Jaakuna found himself looking at a direction, Wesley also did, but a different one, and the same went for Savayna. This caused the group to stop and it only got worse from there on out.

Nadeline would call out something about the floor and before Wesley knew it, him and Grant were being pulled into the ground by some shadow. “Damn it!” Wesley said as he tried to tug himself up in some way, he even took out his Yagyu Darkblade and would stab at the ground, but no good. The shadows seemed to be unharmed by anything of the physical kind. Wesley was about to use his magick, but he would get to the point where he couldn’t precisely triangulate where to shoot his magick at. He also didn’t want to hit Grant by accident. He didn’t like this at all. Wesley looked up to Nadeline, seeing she was also being pulled in. “I’m sorry that I couldn’t my promise..” Wesley would say as he sunk into the darkness.

Savayna also felt something pull on her and just as she heard the screams of Grant, Wesley, and Nadeline, she looked at her arm. There were shadow arms pulling her up. She tried to wiggle out of the grip, but that only seemed to make the grip tighter and tighter. “Shit shit shit!” She repeated over and over again. She was about a good five feet in the air and by then, more arms grabbed around her neck, legs, and waist. She was fully constricted by these shadow arms and she couldn’t do anything about it. Her head would turn over and her eyes looked to Grant, a tear falling from them as she was consumed into the ceiling darkness.

Jaakuna definitely noticed that everyone was getting grabbed and he would hear Grant yell out something about the walls, but Jaakuna also was too late to notice it. Arms of darkness would grab Jaakuna and pull him with immense force into the wall behind him. He would resist to be pulled in any deeper. He saw that Emiri was also getting pulled in. He would reach his arm out, trying to get free, but one of the shadow arms would grab his own and slowly he sank into the darkness. “EMIRI!!!” Jaakuna’s only word as he was the last one to sink into the darkness.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

As the two Viera would look to the in the silver attire(if one could call it that) and they would just walk past Francis, completely ignoring him. They would open up the pathway that would lead to their village. Francis couldn’t help but notice it and see a light at the end of the pathway. Francis would just release a slight sigh of surprise. That’s when the one that stayed behind would circle around Francis and just call him a lapdog. He took offense to that.

“Actually, I’m called The Golden Wolf, thank you very much.” He proudly corrected her on that. She would then ask him what he really was at the Viera Village of Eruyt for. He chuckled as she probably knew he wasn’t here for the news about Zodiark, though he would press on that afterwards. “You caught me. I am actually here for information about a group known as Utena.” He said. “I heard from Levi that you might know something about them, but more specifically, my son, Michelangelo Von Sicarius.” He said.

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The cheers and pats to Savayna(once again) proceeded for a few minutes, but that was until Nadeline suggested they head on their journey to Nabudis. Everyone nodded and on they went. They would cross the bridge that connected the Grand Bower to the Corridor of Ages. Once they made it through that, and killing monsters when they would appear, the group would come to the entrance of the Necrohol of Nabudis. Even without being in the actual location, they could feel the intensity of the mist from it.

They would walk through the entrance and there they were in Nabudis. Wesley was feeling so angry right now. Just looking at this place he felt just as bit as angry as he was talking about it, perhaps a little more. Yes, it truly was a lot more than he thought it would be. “Can’t believe after all these years, I would be back here.” Wesley said as he definitely didn't want to be back in Nabudis, but he knew he had to so that they could get Chaos before anyone else would..

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

As Francis would wait for any Viera to show themselves to him, he heard a rather odd, yet feminine voice from behind him. When he turned around, he saw three Viera, two of them bearing bows ready for attack. Francis would instantly put his hands up as if not posing any harm. The one who placed her hand on her hip would wave her hand. Francis had seen enough groups of people to know that she was most likely the leader. Plus, Fracnis just got that vibe from her. As they would place their bows upon their backs, one would cross her arms on her chest and the other would flip her hair. One would say that the Viera were popular as of late and the other would mention something about the Keeper of Precepts.

When Francis would hear that, he raised an eyebrow. He knew not what that one meant. “Keeper of Precepts? That’s Zodiark right?” Francis said, “I know a thing or two about the Esper myths. “Francis admitted, “but I am here for another reason. A colleague of mine sent me here to seek out someone whom she has gone to for information. “ Francis said treading carefully as he did.

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When Jaakuna, Savayna, and Wesley had all successfully dodged the King Bomb coming in for a full-body tackle, he would see that while Nadeline would use a protect spell to avoid any damage from the King Bomb, Grant and Emiri worked together to utilize an attack. Grant would toss a few bombs from his Handbomb into the air and Jaakuna knew that based on the quickness of the attack, Emiri used her power. Jaakuna definitely noticed the pain surging through her head. Damn it Emiri! Jaakuna mentally yelled to himself.

After the attack that Emiri and Grant did to the King Bomb injured it a bit, Nadeline would cast Hastega beneath herself, Wesley, Jaakuna, and Savayna. Jaakuna could feel his reflexes being multiplied by almost ten times what it was at normal speeds, and his speed was increased just as much. Wesley and Savayna felt the same thing. The three of them would rush to the King Bomb. Jaakuna would run on the left of it, Wesley to the right, and Savayna in the air. Jaakuna would distract it by shouting at it, Wesley would fire Holyra at it, damaging it in moderation. All the while that was happening, Savayna was above it, arms crossed, and eyes closed.

As Savayna floated above the King Bomb, she would surround herself in a unique form of Mist that took the form of white and icy-blue. The mist wasn’t like any regular kind of mist. It was chilling the air and eventually it would start to extend its reach to the King Bomb. By this time, Jaakuna had waved Wesley to get away. He knew exactly knew what was going to happen. Savayna would uncross her arms and out flew the mist in a five foot circumference. The ice would freeze the King Bomb where it floated. Opening her eyes, Savayna spoke. “Stillbite Frost!” As she said that, the King Bomb became crystallized and she would descend gently, slowly taking her Ice Queen sword and slicing down the King Bomb. The total amount of one minute would occur and as she touched ground, two halves of the King Bomb crashed down to the floor. As soon as that happened, the area that was frozen soon melted away.

In shock and awe, Wesley couldn’t believe it, but Jaakuna smirked. “Been a while since I’ve seen that from ya.” Jaakuna said as he walked over to Savayna and high-fived her. She smirked as well. “Well you guys were taking too long.” She said returning Jaakuna’s high-five with her own.

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Once they had landed in the Salikawood, they would move on from the Quietened Trance. Crossing a bridge, the sounds of footsteps on wood was heard. It was like an army marching through wooden plates. They would then come to a clearing and everything seemed just a little too quiet. Jaakuna sniffed the air and he smelt something burning. It was probable oil or some kind of burning substance. A minute later, there were some beasts that came to the area, but they were different from any monster that Jaakuna, Savayna, and Wesley remember being in the Salikawood.

The majority of those that appeared were Bombs, but the much larger one amongst them was the King Bomb. Jaakuna remembers hearing about these beasts from hunters and bounty hunters. They said that the King Bomb was a really tough opponent and that killing it would be difficult. Jaakuna gulped, but then took out his Vengeance Daggers. He took a fighting stance and as did Savayna and Wesley.

Savayna knew her mastery over Water Magick would come in handy, so using her ice to glide her into the air, she, well glided over to smash some of the Bombs into dust. Her sword would hit one, and split it in half. She would flip her body and axe kick another, sending it to the ground, and exploding.. There were a few more and that’s where Jaakuna came in. He jumped into the air, and by X-crossing one of the remaining three bombs, the bomb was sliced and as Jaakuna would sort of land on his feet in a slight crouching position, the explosion happened behind him.

Wesley looked to the two remaining bombs left. They looked at him, as if ready to make their move. Wesley stood poised. For a few seconds, no one made a move, and in the next few seconds, both came at him, bodies overcharged with Fire. Wesley closed his eyes and in the second of five seconds that elapsed, Wesley raised his blade and sliced once horizontally. His eyes would then open to see both Bombs explode to the right and left of him. Savayna looked to Wesley and Jaakuna did the same. They let out a low whistle.

When all the bombs were finished, the King Bomb just looked at all of them and roared out. It seemed like it was just waiting for them to show it what the group had. Suffice to say, King Bomb was pleased. “The real fight begins now.” Jaakuna said, looking at the King Bomb as it would then launch itself at the group with a full-body tackle. Wesley, Savayna and Jaakuana would dodge, and hopefully the rest of the group would as well.

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Within the hour that passed, Francis had made his way to his private airship to which dropped him off just outside the entrance to The Gilmore Jungle from the Ozmone Plain. As he proceeded through it, killing monsters when they would appear and trekking through The Wood as he knew he would have to. He eventually came to a portion that led to a few steps and turns. He went up said steps and took said turns. That eventually led him to a dead-end. He would touch the seemingly dead-end, and he saw that a green glyph appeared before him. He knew that he had arrived at the Viera Village of Eruyt.

“Excuse me, I am here seeking answers. “ Francis said at the darkness. “I was told there was someone here who could help someone like me.”

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

When Roman spoke, he approved of Francis’ idea of going to Eruyt. He thought it was a smart idea and it wasn’t like that they had many leads to go off of. Roman would warn Francis that the Viera might be hostile to the Humes, especially one such as an Archadian Judge. Francis would make a note of that as he and Levi would depart as that was pretty much there wasn’t anything left to discuss.

When Levi and Francis departed, Francis left to the Aerodome and Levi would just smile. She had something in store, that’s for damn sure. She would just have to bide her time until that came to be.

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An hour would pass, everyone would chit-chat here and there, and they would just wait until the Ifrit arrived at The Salikawood. Jaakuna and Emiri would chit-chat(and do other stuff), Nadeline and Wesley would do the same, Savayna and Grant as well. Everyone would eat just something here and there, but soon they would all be informed by Iris that the Ifrit had arrived at the Salikawood. Once that happened, everyone would get their respective weapons from the Armory. Jaakuna got what he called the Vengenge Daggers, Wesley got his Demon Shield and his Yagyu Darkblade, and Savayna got her Ice Queen Sword and a new shield

Once everyone had gotten their weapons, they would shortly make their way to the Beaming Station to which all six of them would get in it and beamed down. As they would touch ground, Jaakuna would look around and actually liked the look of this place. Aside from some obvious things that made him surprised, he did seem to like the scenery. Wesley also looked around, but not in the way that Jaakuna or Savayna were, as she was also joining Jaakuna in admiration of the Salikawood.

“It seems this area is called…”Wesley tried to remember. “Ah yes, it’s the Quietened Trace..” Wesley said. His knowledge actually surprised him.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

When WEsley walked away from the group, Nadeline followed him. He would lead her to his room and of course, she would follow. He sat upon his bed and he was looking down. "I'm sorry I lost it back there. It's just--there's more to the story about when my father took me to Nabudis." He admitted, "sure he took me there to tell me about it, but it was more than that. You see, among the soldiers that died, there was one in particular that hit my family hard." He said. "My eldest brother, Silvester, died in the horrible event that transpired in Nabudis, but that's not all." He said, "Silvester — and half of my bloodline — is Archadian, from my mother's side, at least. "He revealed to Nadeline, telling her that he was half-Archadian.

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As Wesley left, then Nadeline, Jaakuna would hear Emiri warn him that he might fall, he just waved it off and he kept on rocking back and forth until he went too far back and his head hit the wood floor. He let out a slight yell of pain. "Ow, that hurt!"Jaakuna said as he held his head and slowly would get up.

Savayna shook her head at him. "She told you dumbass!" She told him.

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As the two judges would listen to Roman speak about the effects that were taking over the minds of Ivalice from the black smoke thing, Francis would nod with a 'mhm' sound. "I agree. These events are starting to trouble me as well. I think whatever it is, we should go look into it." Francis said. "I think I will make a trip to Eruyt, if his lordship would allow me to do so. I believe the Viera would be able to answer some questions that need answering."

Ripples in Reality: A World in Lines

Well, the show is actually called digimon, but that's what the group of kids are called.

I love that idea :D

Also, posted~

Ripples in Reality: A World in Lines

Nikolai asked Dominick if there was a way out from this realm back to their realm and as Carlos would down his glass of Whiskey that he had waved for another beforehand. Domi would say that there was a way, but based on his tone, it was pretty complicated. Nikolai further asked for more details and Domi said that there was a way to leap from the dimension they were in now. He furthered his explanation and said that ever since two months ago or so, portals connecting this world and theirs have been popping up here and there and that their worlds colliding would be very, very bad.

Carlos took all of this in and Niko would look to him as if wondering what he thought of it. Carlos would just stare back at him and then Domi would speak again about how the portals are temporary and move from location to location. Carlos did not like the sound of that one bit. He would further state that the longer that the humans stayed in the magical realm, the more difficult it was for them to return to their world. Thankfully for Niko and Carlos, Domi knew where one was and he would then say that it was up top of an abandoned office building in what he called the Dark District.

Carlos thought about it and it wasn’t like they had much to lose on this. If they don’t get there in time, then it was most likely that they were stuck in the magical realm. If they made it, then great they would be able to go home. Niko would offer a hand and suggest they go. Carlos shrugged. “Not like we have any better options.” Carlos shrugged as he took Niko’s offering hand and stood up.

When Carlos took Niko’s hand, he would turn to Domi. “So, where is this Dark District?” He asked him.

Domi looked at him strangely. “Where it’s dark, ya dork!” He said in a ‘Mr. Obvious’ kind of way. He would burp from the alcohol, and speak again. “Just go where the colors are of red and violet. You should be able to find it--” He burped again, “--there.”

Carlos smiled and he and Niko would depart, not knowing what awaited them in the Dark District. Hopefully nothing too shady.

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“My head hurts.” Lenore grabbed her head. It was spinning and spinning, but not from the fact she was bleeding; that was just a minor cut. No, her head was spinning from all craziness. She just couldn’t handle it and to be quite honest, Lenore didn’t want to be in this realm. Even as Audrey would speak about the fact that they were probably the only humans in this place, she didn’t like it. Probably a shift from her usual self, but it had just dawned to her that she didn’t want to be here.

Audrey suggested they get going, and she just followed. As she would, she noticed the buildings got a little more creepy as they continued. Truth be told, Lenore felt scared. She didn’t know if she and Audrey were going to get raped or worse yet..mugged! Yup, Lenore was getting freaked out and seeing those two shadowy figures didn’t help much ether.

She would just try not to look them in the eyes and instead would wonder where they were going. “Do you even know where we are going?” She asked Audrey.

Ripples in Reality: A World in Lines

I'm glad you were able to get most of your papers done. :) And yeah, I hope the rest of the week is good for me too. I mean, I'm nearing the end of Supernatural season 9,

A wonderful post! :D

Yeah, that's fine with me. I was actually thinking of an idea of how the portal can happen. Like, when they eventually make it to the top of the building and through the portal, I was either thinking that the portal could act like how the Digidestined went to the digital world in season 2, how they were pretty much warped in an almost whirlpool way. The other way the portal could be is it's floating in the air and they would jump into it, like a literal leap of faith. Whatcha think?

Well, as for what they could do when they're back in the human realm..I actually am drawing a blank there. D:

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

Wesley couldn’t believe he lost control of himself like that. He didn’t even know where that came from. No, he knew where it came from and he felt so ashamed of himself that he would stand up. “I’m sorry, but I must excuse myself. I need a moment to…collect myself.” Wesley said as he excused himself, though as he would turn to face the exit, he gave Nadeline a look. He was pretty much telling her to follow him, but it was a quick, short glance. It was in that single moment that Wesley proceeded to walk out of the dining room.

Meanwhile, the rest of them were probably wondering what was up with Wesley, but most likely he just needed his space, so Jaakuna nor Savayna would worry much about it. They would just listen to Emiri as she said that Nabudis was often referred to a Nercohol. Jaakuna had heard that as well. “So, I guess we just wait until we get there, then?” JAakuna said as he rocked his chair back and forth, causing the two front legs to go up and off the ground.

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“I have no opinion that I care to share on the matter.” Levi said.

Francis, on the other hand, definitely did. “I don’t know much about the mystical stuff, but I got a severely bad feeling from that black smoke thing. I’ve also heard rumors that there are weird things going around Ivalice. Monsters are growing stronger and people are starting to act weird, even in Archadia are acting somewhat not themselves. “ Francis said. “I don’t know what this is, but I know things are going to get worse before they get better.” He admitted.