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A True Alternative: Exodus; ATA4's Alternate
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Topic Started: Jul 17 11, 2:37 PM (23,343 Views)
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 20 11, 12:26 AM
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"And you just called me old?" Xyphos asked. "How rude." He said, poofing. Yes, he can poof. Serenade wishes she could poof like him. Because his poofs are SEEEEEXY. Her poofs kinda are like piff, his poofs are all like... Poof... BITCH! Poof poof poof.
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"... She's just a kid though..." Derrick pointed out. "Ugh... Maybe we shouldn't get any help then..." He sighed. "We should probably just head down before someone else finds the place and starts exploring randomly."
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"And what about the Eternal Sword or the three gods?" Irvine asked, gritting his teeth. "Carleon can't simply be restored... Not with those missing!" He said. "All you'll do is lull everyone into a false sense of security!" He said, gripping his sword. "Are you really that..."
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 20 11, 12:33 AM
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"I am not that dense. I understand there is more at stake." Raine raised a hand. "But it is a first step. I do not know anything about the Eternal Sword, but I am sure there is a way to bring it back. The three gods... I do not know about them either. But if they are all in such a terrible condition, then this will help because it'll give it just a little more time. Perhaps an answer can be found if time is extended for the planet."
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"Right! So let's get our butts down there!" Taini cried out before hopping onto the rheiard. About a good hour later, the two found themselves in the USC. Taini was searching high and low for the artifact, causing her to curse. Very. Loudly.
"DAMMIT!" She shouted as she began to panic. "It... it's not... here... it's not anywhere here Derrick! I know it was here, I saw it before!"
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 20 11, 12:44 AM
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"You mean this?" Came a voice of a man who looked oh so familiar, holding an artifact. "Sorry, but I am afraid that I had to take it." He said, stepping out of the shadows. LIEGE PATRICK.
"LIEGE!? No way!!" Derrick exclaimed.
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"As long as the Eternal Sword is restored... Time won't be an issue! The world will be restored! I know it will, and we won't need any parlor tricks to restore it!"
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 20 11, 12:52 AM
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"But what if we don't have time!?" Raine replied. "This only helps it... just a little longer!" She then turned away.
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Taini inspected the artifact for a moment from afar, then unsheathed Trinity, her body in an offensive stance. It doesn't... make sense... She then barked at him, her golden eyes narrowed. "Fork it over!" She cried, not caring if the man was Liege or not. The artifact was more important.
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 20 11, 12:55 AM
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"This thing?" The man asked. "Take it." He said, tossing it over. "I've learned what I needed to learn from it." He said. "I remember you... Though at the time you were just another puppet." He chuckled.
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"... But there is time... I know that for a fact." Irvine said. "And I don't trust the way you operate either..." He said, though that was mostly to himself.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 20 11, 1:01 AM
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Taini grit her teeth. "...You're not Liege..." She breathed before she turned her eyes to see the mark on her arm, a remnant of what had happened. "Now I have my own mind, so shut up!" Catching the item, she pocketed it quickly. He probably knows...
"Now... What do you want with the artifacts?" She asked as she raised her blade again.
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"...So be it. If you do not trust me, then there is no need. Save the world on your own." Raine shrugged before walking away. "I am merely being honest. I knew you wouldn't give it up anyway. Even if you could believe my words, you wouldn't give it up. I suppose we will part for the final time. Goodbye."
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 20 11, 1:17 AM
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"..." Irvine didn't say a word, unsealing his wings. "Until I have a reason to trust this... I cannot leave my path." He told himself. 'Even if I do not know where I am to go... I still must continue.' He thought to himself. "But where do I go now? What do I do now?"
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"Knowledge, information, learning. I have no interest in their lore, or in seeking their activation or halting it. I simply must know what they are. But you wouldn't really understand that, I suppose." He said with a smirk.
"Oh shut your face!" Derrick called out.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 20 11, 1:25 AM
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Taini grit her teeth, her mood not at all positive. "Get that smirk off your face before I wipe it for you!" She barked. "What is the point then!?"
"Get out of my sight!"
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It wasn't long after that Irvine's phone began to buzz. Irvy, you coming home soon? Came the text from Ai.
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 20 11, 1:27 AM
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Irvine sent a response back after several minutes. 'Can't say. Not sure when I will finish... This is difficult.' It said. Irvine, of course, was flying, until he arrived at Palmacosta. But don't worry, they had rebuilt in the last week. Also, they were being ravaged by an entire army, yo.
"What the hell is going on?" Irvine asked.
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"What is the point, puppet?" The man asked, laughing. "Why don't you tell me, if you can?" He asked her, darkness appearing before him.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 20 11, 1:38 AM
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"Don't call me a puppet!" Taini lashed out as she grit her teeth, her anger already exposed. "The purpose is to do something about it...!" With a flick of her arm, the skin was suddenly encased in black mana from shoulder to claw. Why can't I control my own damn emotions!? It's just a little... it's just a little mana... besides, that injection is supposed to help me protect you. She thought, knowing now that it is too late to stop. Sprinting at him, she threw her arm at his face, hoping to frighten the man away.
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And they were marching. Kind of like the scene in the Lion King with all the hyenas marching to that song that Scar Sings... y'know.
They are just marching along.
Patrolling the streets and keeping the city quiet. With flames. And decapitations. It does quiet the town, does it not?
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Jul 20 11, 1:42 AM
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"... Stop that!" Irvine shouted, pulling out his blade. "No time like the present!" He said, cutting with a wave of ice and stuff, yo, cuz he's like... Totally not doomed at all. Doomy doom doom-ed, nup!"
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Patrick ducked. "Predictable." He said, stepping into the darkness and vanishing forever for now.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 20 11, 1:45 AM
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He shouldn't have even know that I had dark mana... Taini stopped running and heaved, feeling the burning sensation again. Don't throw up! Glancing downward at her arm, she realized that the mana continued to lap viciously around it. Dammit!
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Yeah... it was not going to work out.
Several of them easily dived... then launched an all out frontal attack at the man. Oh. Actually it was a pincer. No... it was a 360 degree Gang-Bang Irvine attack.
With swords.
Lots of swords.
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Jul 20 11, 1:48 AM
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"... Dammit..." Irvine said, removing his bracelet. "I'll show all of you! Don't mess around with me!" He said, releasing energy all around him. 360 degrees. Of ASSKICKING, yo!
"OVERBURST!" He said, releasing the energy all around.
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"Taini, no!" Derrick said, running up to her. "Try and cut it!" He said, hoping to help her in some way, shape, or form.
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Jul 20 11, 2:02 AM
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"I'm trying, I'm trying!" Taini cried out as she then had an idea. Running to the hot tub, with the cool water already in it, she dipped the arm and counted to ten in an attempt to gain control of the mana.
When she removed it, it was clear of all exposed mana. Nevertheless she grit her teeth, ignoring her own condition, whether Derrick liked it or not. "We're going. The artifact was fake." She announced. "We lost the other one. It was switched."
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Several of them flew back, but only more came at him as they began throwing spears from every which way and slashing fantastically at him, hoping to make him tire at some point.
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Jul 20 11, 2:09 AM
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"Dammit!" Irvine said, starting to spin around, slashing down the projectiles, though at this point, it was all he had time to do. "You people... Are really starting to piss me off!" He said, landing. "Triple overburst!" He called out, launching three circular waves of energy.
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"... Dammit... So the last one is gone too?" Derrick asked, examining her arm. "We need to stop for a minute though." He said.
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Jul 20 11, 9:31 AM
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"Huh?" Taini stopped for a moment, holding her arm which was darker than her right. "I uh... Yeah the last one is gone. But Dad and Mom still have one, I don't know what has happened with the one Irvine has, and we have half a one. I just wonder..." She trailed off, seeming deep in thought.
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Several more were knocked back, but they only stood up and charged again, displaying determination. Swing, stabbing and slashing were all they did... well until artes began to be used.
"Demon fang!" A couple cried out before launching a powerful attack at the man. From behind, a loud, "BEAST!" Was heard.
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Jul 20 11, 9:47 AM
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Irvine was throttled around a bit. 'They can't be this strong...' He thought, jumping to a small space. "Die!" He shouted, unsealing his wings, which already had traces of black on the edges as he charged one of the soldiers, attempting to skewer him and maybe one or two others behind him.
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"What about?" Derrick asked as he stepped outside, seeing her arm. "Taini... You need to stop..." He said. "You never relied on that power before... When you didn't know of it, you never needed it... So why now?"
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Jul 20 11, 9:54 AM
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Taini grimaced for a moment, shaking her head. She didn't know either. Was it because it was simply a power not to reckon with? "I don't know Derrick. I couldn't really think straight... He... that man... I know I am not a puppet, but he didn't need to keep reminding me that I was..."
Just then her eyes widened. Irvine? She thought. Tch, no... I'm not going to worry about it now.
"But we have to get going. We really don't have time to be standing around here."
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Irvine was rushed from the sides with pikes as Irvine managed to skewer one of the soldiers. "TriElFang!" One of them called before launching the attack directly at him.
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Jul 20 11, 9:57 AM
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Irvine was knocked aside by the attack, crashing into the ground, thankfully not having heard that the person had been using one of his signature attacks. He lied on the ground, motionless.
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"Right... But where to?" Derrick asked as he started up his old rheiard.
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Jul 20 11, 10:01 AM
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I-I don't know. Irvine? ...Shit. "We should try Irvine's home. Now." Taini grimaced as she felt dull pain throughout her body. "He's hurt somewhere."
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They stood there.
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