Raid #118

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Spira has been attacked by Neutral.

Neutral Group | Attacking:

Domino[Leader]
Mariano

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The Darkness has ten days to get a team together to counter this attack or the Neutral will have a claim on the world! Neutral, feel free to post here. Another post will be added when the Dark gets a Raid Group, or if the Neutral has won the world! Keep an eye out!

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A Dark Group of Two has Countered the Attack!

Dark Group | Defending:

Whatever [Leader]
Silv

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Posting Order: Domino, Whatever, Mariano,[/s] then Silv[/font][/size]

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If no winner has been decided by August 24th, then a staff member will review and decide the winner!

Remember the Rules!! - [RULES HERE]

Let the Battle Begin!!

[Domino]

My power is my hope, and I hope to one day save everyone.

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Ieyui
Nobomeno

The temple’s entrance was filled with various statues of great men, whom he’d just learned were summoners who’d all once brought a period of peace amongst this world. He stood now in front of a statue of a broad shouldered man with what appeared to be a golden helmet covering the majority of his face. He couldn’t help but think that his aspirations were to do great things just as these men had. However, these men only saved their own world; Domino’s calling was much higher than that. He was out to save all of the worlds from the horrors of war.

”Mariano, do you see these men? They have all fought their absolute hardest to ensure that this world is as safe as possible. It’s because of great men like this that our job has been a great deal more simplistic. It’s because of great men like this that we have been as successful as we have been.” Domino was speaking to his taken apprentice, Mariano, a young boy he’d found lost among a world of absolute despair. It was casualties like the young amnesiac that furthered Domino’s inner calling.

Renmiri
Yojuyogo

The island they had been visiting was experiencing one of its more dreadful days with high winds and massive downpours threatening to flood the isle of Besaid. It was a definite result of a shadow of darkness over eclipsing the light of the world. Domino had originally rushed himself into the massive temple to avoid the torrential downpour that had already sealed the townspeople inside their tiny village.

The bronze light of several thousand candles provided the only real source of light as the sun was apparently retreating for the evening. This brought a cool, moist breeze into the temple that caused several elderly visitors to tighten their holds on their respective jackets. The temple officials were also noticeably feeling the effects of the darker world. He couldn’t help but notice dark circles under their eyes and lack of color to their skin that led him to believe that the weather had been eerie for a decent length of time.

Hasatekanae
Kutamae


Domino would have to free the world from the darker claims and let some light in to send the shadows back to their normal restrictions. While some light was good, he also did not want the world to be too bright. Too much sun can be just as bad as a complete lack of solar light. ”We must hurry to free this world so that the people here can rest easy once more.

Domino turned and walked through the door that would lead to what was called the Cloister of Trials, which he assumed was a series of challenges to prove ones worth to access the temple’s treasure. The thin hallways showed several signs of wear that immediately pointed to the assumption that this was an incredibly old landmark, possibly several hundred years old. As Domino waited for his apprentice to catch up to his location, he sent his gaze to a mysterious glyph that graced the otherwise dreary wall.[/size][/blockquote]

[Whatever]

In the Fayth’s room within the Cloister of Trials, a Corridor to Darkness opened itself and a man stepped out. The man took a look up the staircase and shrugged for a moment as he turned around. Back there was a hole, a pathway he assumed. I smell hearts on that side, he thought to himself and walked into the pathway.

As he walked forward, he came to a circular room with seemingly nothing there. Suddenly the floor went up, just the circle and appeared above. As he took a look around himself, this felt not like such a good idea. My attacks are mainly ranged, he thought to himself and opened a Corridor again.

The man vanished from there and walked into the Corridors. Back in the room where the Dark Valefor was fought, the Heartless came out. They’re heading this way anyway, the Heartless thought to himself with a smile and hoped his ‘partner’ would otherwise sent them in. Either by the entrance or through the wall.

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OOC Note
Silv never played FF X or X-2, so doesn't know the place. I thought it might be best to start off at this place, lol. I did give her a video of the temple.

[Mariano]

"Hmm. I don't know."

From the faint shadow cast over him from a nearby statue against the torchlight, Mariano leaned up against the base of the granite monolith of one of these 'great' men and women. He supposed they were, but unless someone was honoring their memory, where were they now? Amongst the grand scheme of things, only in the minds of those that remembered them. He pushed himself off of his feet, and walked across the stone floor towards his master. He had some point to his words along with some reverance and awe as did Mariano, but some skeptism had bubbled within the back of the young man's mind. A thought had occured to him, and while he usually remained silent to gather his own thoughts he felt composed to speak his mind.

"They may be great heroes, and may have made our objective here successful. But those that come after us to change the alignment of this world could say the same for us having made things easier; what's important is what happens now when we free these worlds. Living in the moment is what you taught me, master."

Then he fell silent. Looking across the room, he looked across to the entrance of the temple. Then back again, across the rounded room towards the door to the chamber. Nothing but a few large statues surrounding the ring of this chamber, and people coming here and there to see the statues and pay their respects. From what he had learned of this world and from his master, these heroes of the past had used acolytes of their once dominant and corrupt religion to devote their souls and turn themselves into a new race called the Fayth. The Fayth's power was kept within statues, which were kept in the chamber of the Fayth. A summoner would then communicate to the Fayth through the statues, because the Fayth were in a spiritual state composed of shards of their past emotions called pyreflies. Which made them hard to communicate with, but once a link was established between summoner and fayth they could summon very powerful beasts and beings called aeons from the Fayth's power.

Turns out the corrupt religion's head summoner had made a giant summon to surround himself as a shield called Sin, which was replenished by a Final Summoning a summoner would bring to him to renew false hope in his religion... very decietful indeed.

As he was reading some of these accounts on some of the plaques of the statues, some of the people began to file out of the room. Mariano's head turned slightly to follow them out, then turned his amber eyes to the shadows in the room. As he watched, they were growing... darker. "Master, the users of darkness sense our presence, and are converging on us as expected." he alerted him, his fingers waving slightly in his left hand in eagerness to summon his weapon. Patience was a virtue his master had taught him, though... they would wait to see how the enemy reacted first before having to resort to aggression in showing them how powerful a faction their neutrality could be.

(Whatever, not sure exactly if you had appeared since you're in a 'dark corridor', so since I didn't notice you I hope that's okay. If not let me know.)

[Silv]

Silv stepped out of a Corridor as well. "So they're all around there?" She asked while pointing with her axe at the entrance to the Fayth's room. From her understanding the Cloister of Trials is behind there, after an elevator. Behind the Cloister was the entrance to this temple of Besaid, where there were statues of High Summoners that had brought the Calm to this world. She had no idea what all this was nor did she really care.

Back on her home world she was already proud she actually knew the legends. About the Goddess Altana and Promathia and all that garbage. She had explained it once to Yazoo with pride, but his stupidly calm face ruined it all, the man needed some more emotion. It made her wonder if he wasn't a Heartless already. From what she had heard, he had split off Sephiroth alongside the other two idiot silvers.

From her knowledge, a 'Somebody' that loses his heart can create a Heartless (which has the heart, ironically) and a Nobody (which has the empty shell of a body, also against its name). Apparently they named them like lacking the thing they're created of, so which is the only thing they actually have.

Which suddenly reminds her of the Emptiness, which it was called 'Emptiness' and 'Empty', it had a lot of things in it. It swallowed so many things, all returning to Emptiness, a place that's rather full. Same, probably, for that Void place. If they weren't one and the same already.

"Right, since we're waiting," she said annoyed towards the other Heartless and holding up her axe. Into the axe she started to gather Darkness for an upcoming attack, "and I'm helping you. There's something, or things, I like to know. First: What plans do you have in these worlds? Do you know Kingdom Hearts? Maybe even the Horsemen, but they're only four... Which makes me wonder about that Heartless Pirate, Cir'z... something his name was... I don't know."

She watched Darkness spiral around her axe and tried her 'sense' again, but still wasn't too used to the ability to sense others. Smelling had shown some better sense, but it didn't pinpoint a position, "so have you seen other Heartless like us? Maybe some that would be willing to make... you know... some sort of group. Maybe even momentarily... to rid all these worlds of its Light. Of course, brainless fools that think they can make an exception and fight against both Light and Darkness can easily be obliterated too," while saying all this she walked to the entrance of the room, so she could watch the elevator and see right away when someone comes.

(ooc: in the chamber of Fayth with whatever the Heartless)

--active spell--
Empty Beleaguer: stored one post

[Domino]

Even with the darkness closing in, I will prevail

Domino’s eyes alighted to his apprentice, “hmphing” softly at the eagerness the boy never failed to have showed on his face. “Patience is something all warriors must have.” He returned to the place where Mariano still stood, placing a hand on the boy’s shoulder. “Show your hand too fast, and risk the enemy getting the advantage.” Domino could see exactly what his apprentice spoke of… There was an enemy to be dealt with. “Their darkness does not call from this room. Come Mariano, trials await us.”

Trails did await them, for even though those that apprentice summoners had to undergo were minuscule, the Trial of getting this land to its perfected neutral state still remained. Domino lived for these moments. Even though danger still waited around every turn, he knew his quest was righteous and those thoughts allowed him to plow on. No matter what got in his way, the warrior of Neutrality would not fail.

The darkness was getting oppressive as he walked, almost as if it was all around them. Domino kept a wary eye as he passed from hallway to hallway, hand on the hilt of his weapon; ready to draw it at a moments notice. As they approached the round circular elevator that would lead into the Chamber of Fayth the older man paused and looked back at his apprentice. “Our trials begin as soon as we descend. Darkness will be a worthy foe. Let us show them the true strength that Neutrality has.”

Making sure that the young man was on with him; Domino stepped on the round elevator and waited to be sent below. His hand was gripped firmly on the hilt of his Sword of Destiny anticipating any attack that might happen below.

[Off to a confusing start, it seems. Hopefully we sorted everything out and finally get to the action in this raid ^^’]

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[Whatever]

The former slave simply watched when Silv entered, the pupils of his eyes focussed on the woman. She made a quick remark and then went quiet for a while. Peaceful, it almost seemed. While it was quiet, the Heartless continued to feel two ‘Neutrals’ coming their way through the Cloister. So dull, he thought to himself bored before Silv suddenly spoke towards him.

The woman started to ask multiple questions and continued to ramble on with more questions. The female Heartless seemed to want to know quite a lot. Why bother? Just ignore the things around us and create more Heartless. Take hearts, too many words... He sighed annoyed and sat down as he sensed the two in the Cloister had gotten awfully close.

Seeing Silv was now near the entrance, he was certain that she would see them first and he created his gun. “No plans, not heard of that kind of hearts, not seen horses in a while, so neither horsemen. Other questions are also mainly no and I don’t know towards the group idea, ask again after these two die,” he ended this entire talking thing. He sensed that the two now used the elevator and readied the shadowy form of a gun that was lengthened with a block part. Hopefully he could simply give the girl back up.

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The Cries of an Item
Reinforced Gun: Four posts active, or until released.

OOC Note
Have fun all! Hope this'll be a fun raid. xD

[Mariano]

The young man felt a hand on his shoulder as they entered the Cloister of Trials, a gauntlet meant to test summoners, not themselves. He shrugged the hand off his master, snickering only slightly. "Don't play off my caution as impatience, old man. You already lectured me about patience quite enough." he said with dry humor. Although, within his thoughts, he felt rather disappointed.

His master really hadn't commented his opinion about who would take the world after they had freed it from oppression from the Light and Darkness. And thus, he hadn't felt acknowledged or validated. But he supposed his master had taken it under quiet advisement. Besides, they couldn't always be on this world if they returned it to neutrality. They would just have to come back if the balance was thrown off, and try to maintain neutrality in the worlds one by one.

His master guided them to an elevator, and he stepped on it while waiting for it to descend. When they were both on there and after some time, the elevator finally descended. After a long way down, he could hear some voices echoing between the dusty walls of the temple's catacomb. He only heard clearly the part of a male voice saying 'these two' would die, before the room came into full and the elevator came to a stop at the entrance to the Chamber of the Faith. "I don't think you'll wait that long, as we're not going to die anytime soon." he cleverly retorted as he answered what now he saw was a male human Heartless, along with a female human Heartless in clear view in front of them. So, his master wanted him to be patient? Mariano did not attack, instead pointing his keyblade at the Heartless to get into a battle position and awaiting his master's signal to attack.

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(Hope we can all get started soon and have fun, everyone!)

[Silv]

The guy didn’t respond all that fast. It bothered her a lot, but she didn’t want to start some in-fighting until they had squashed whatever was going to come, if anything. Until she saw her opponents, she would believe there was truly something there.

When the fellow Heartless had answered her question, she saw the foes appear at the end. One of them had apparently heard the other Heartless, I still don’t have his stupid name, why does he never introduce himself when I demand his name? She stepped forward and blocked the way into the Chamber of Fayth, this way she was also in the way for her ‘ally’ to attack.

“If you had died very fast, there’d be little fun, however I’d like to know why you would even bother fighting? Do you understand your position in this... war?” She questioned the two and tilted her head with a glare at both, “as a non-Heartless recruit of the Horsemen I’ve been to worlds and fought my share. Always was the enemy ‘Light’, not ‘Neutral’. This entire existence is in combat between Light and Dark. So where does a faction of Neutrality come from?”

She pointed her flaring axe at the two, Darkness continued to swirl around her axe, “do you understand that even if we don’t crush you here, you’d still be lacking the force to make a difference? It won’t take long until either Light or Dark crushes you. Two walls are closing in on you and still you fight, what do you hope to achieve?” She lowered her axe again and held her head up as if she was looking down on the two.

She wanted an answer to this before she even bothered to plunge in battle. It simply seemed pointless, but she still would crush both of them. If they were strong, then they could maybe make good Heartless. She also noted that one carried a Keyblade, which was even more troublesome and she was not told by the other that there was a Keybearer amongst them, but one less Keyblader was always in their favor. Of course, neither of them could see that she was a Heartless, so she was sure that neither knew her race. She knew that one had met the other with her, so he might know of whatever-his-name-is' race.

--active spell--
Dark Beleaguer: stored two posts

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Domino has been removed from the Raid for not posting within four days.

Whatever is next to post in the thread. He has four days.

[Whatever]

The gun-wielding Heartless watched the entrance as he could feel the two Neutrals coming their way. Hope they said their prayers, one responded on his words, which amused the lazy Heartless, but the other one was the one he wanted to kill. Silv instead blocked his sight and was now talking to the two. Hrmph... If I didn’t need you, I would be shooting you in the back right now, he thought annoyed by Silv’s actions and words.

While the woman kept on talking and talking like some sort of dictator, he suddenly noticed something. As if it was a joke of faith upon him, the presence, the man, the voice, the entire dude that beat him to a pulp the last time was gone! Ignoring both Silv and Mariano for a while, he rubbed his eyes and looked again. He tried to sense out around him once more bewildered. Was this some kind of trick? Sweat started to drop down from his forehead as he looked around himself, am I just dreaming? Is he gone? Or is he taking place to attack from the unseen, this all bothered him.

“Where for the sake of all that is doomed is the d**n bastard!!” He screeched through the room annoyed and Darkness flared around his gun as he took aim at Mariano. “Get out of the way, woman! If the guy is still around, he will be protecting the guy probably, so we should destroy the little guy for the elder to appear! I’ve seen enough tricks to not be tricked, elder man!” He shouted through the room, hoping he could get the man to reveal himself. He was not liking this and as he had survived for so long with cowardice in arena’s, he was getting rather stressed by magic tricks that he could not see through.

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The Cries of an Item
Reinforced Gun: Three posts active, or until released.

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Mariano has failed to post for 4 days.

The Dark has kept Spira!

Since Whatever and Silv have won, they are allowed an upgrade of one ability each or one modification to their powers and will be notified. Requests are to be PMed to Vincent. Congrats!