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 Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:59 pm
Lucian  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eleven looked over at Nora and Ten, his gaze constantly shifting as one word continued to rattle in his head. Choose.... "No..." Eleven twisted his sword slightly in his hand before looking up at the ceiling. Lucian had to be somewhere. He had to be somewhere that Eleven could reach him.
"Then I will kill them both." with that Lucian's voice faded from Eleven's mind and the Mad King materialized behind Eleven holding a bow with two arrow. He pulled back on the string quickly before loosing the arrows. They shot rapidly through the air, one aimed for Nora, one aimed for Ten. Eleven turned and like a tornado of blade he cut Lucian's bow in half before tackling the Mad King. Lucian vanished again and reappeared behind Eleven who reached out to create a barrier between the arrows and the women. However Lucian was prepared with something that would throw off Eleven's focus.
Within a second Lucian's sword reappeared in his hand, and then he lobbed off Eleven's. The youngest of the numbered warriors let out a blood curdling scream as his left hand fell to the floor but was silenced when Lucian impaled Eleven through the stomach with his sword. A silence like death fell over Eleven as he fell limp to the side.
"Stay down. Stay down. Hide the pain, then use it. Take your revenge."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:23 pm
 She nodded her head to the side, urging ten to Aid her son. “When he heals—I urge you to run—you’re only hold him back. When he doesn’t have to worry about you, it will be easier for him to fight.” Nora spoke in a tone that wasn’t kind, it was almost as if she had become annoyed by Ten and her presence, the woman that once made herself tremble, the mother of the first man she had fallen for, she had always wanted Ten’s approval. Now, Ten was nothing to her.
Nora walked around the room, analyzing the space she had—it was quite a big, she worried it was too large, but the large it was, the more she could display.
Nora had been researching Ellie’s ability for years, where at any random time she would transport them to a new location, or she would make them see things that weren’t there—it wasn’t hard to pick up, but it had become difficult to control.
Nora kicked her sword over to lucian, but within Moments, it gave off the image of a ball, rolling over to him. Their surroundings changed to an outdoor scene, one that Ten recognized from her planet as walked over to her son.
A small Nine ran around as she chased the ball, along side with his brothers. Their home, the chapel Ten lived in, and the woman lucian loved for centuries stood, watching her boys play, and she herself, looked over to Lucian, and smiled.
Turning off his abilities, Lucian wouldn't be able to prevent his wife from touching him, if Nora felt she needed too.
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:00 pm
Lucian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eleven rolled slightly on the ground, apply pressure to the stub that had once been his left hand, by pressing it against his hip and his hip against the floor. He let out short and quick breaths as it began to regenerate. Lucian was making no attempt to block their powers now. He didn't need to. If he wasn't blocking their powers his become immeasurably stronger. Eleven didn't focus much on the Mad king though, he just listened to the voice in his head. His father's voice.
"Nora's illusion will not hold. We are trained for these sorts of things. Heal quickly. Hide your pain. Lucian is going to go after her. Use the time you have to remember the plan."
Lucian indeed began focusing on the girl. Not his wife, not Ten, Nora. He looked directly across the room to Nora where she was. He did see the world around him, that was not deniable. He saw everything she wanted him to see but it did not soften his heart, it pissed him off. To Lucian, Nora was mocking him by showing the world he couldn't have. She was taunting him by showing his wife and his son, two people he had not been able to save because he was too merciful. In a swift motion Lucian swooped across the room picking up the ball that had once been Nora's sword before the illusion took form. Illusions were not real, but what they changed was. The ball had been a sword, when Lucian threw it he would see exactly what it was. So Lucian lobbed the "ball" across the illusion towards Nora.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:33 pm
Nora side stepped the sword that came at her, it was child's play, this was her illusion, she controlled it, not Lucian.
"Hurry up" Nora didn't mean to rush Eleven, but she didn't know how long this would last. So she switched his memories.
His children vanished, leaving his wife and only her. Nora lead the illusion to Lucian. She knew this is what stemmed his hatred, his anger, and she had hoped him staring at his wife, rather than a memory from his thoughts, would make it last a bit longer, he would want to look at her, try and touch her, or to think about her.
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:49 pm
Lucian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lucian spent little time trapped in the first illusion but the second caused him to pause slightly. Seeing her face again, the woman he loved, the reason he did all of this. All of this was to avenge her, to burn the world for taking her from him. He would have his victory then he would see her again, not before. For that reason and mindset Lucian moved straight through the illusion of his wife, having wasted enough time staring into the false projection of her eyes. "I will kill you slowly for that." Lucian mumbled to himself as he moved towards Nora.
Eleven's hand had fully returned by that point though and he charged at Lucian who, with the flick of his wrist, threw Eleven across the room. the young numbered one recovered quickly though and shot of blot of lighting at Lucian who deflected the bolt of lightning into Ten's direction. Then Eleven shot another and another which Lucian continued to deflect or absorb until Eleven stopped sending the blasts towards Lucian. Eleven reached into his pocket and pulled out another ring, his father's ring. Eleven slid the ring onto his last free finger (last one without a ring on it) and began walking towards Lucian. The king struck out with lightning and fire, but they seemed to bounce off Eleven. the Spymaster had years to perfect the runes on his father's ring. Runes that protected him from specifically Lucian's powers. He had only waited for long to use the ring because of the immense drain on Eleven's own powers that the ring caused. But it was all ending now, there was no reason to store any more strength.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:24 pm
Nora side stepped the sword that came at her, it was child's play, this was her illusion, she controlled it, not Lucian.
"Hurry up" Nora looked at Lucian as he threatened to kill her slowly, but she didn’t stop her illusions to Lucian. Now she had turned Eleven into his wife. As eleven moved, it was his wife moving, at least, that’s what she wanted him to see. She wondered how hard it would be for him to hit a moving and living flesh that looked like the person he loved, and she hoped this would give eleven the upper hand.
She shut off Lucian’s powers, or at least attempted too, she knew he was stronger, he could possibly break through it. And while Nora tried everything she could to distract Lucian, to catch him off guard, Ten began to throw numerous attacks at Lucian from behind, energy releasing from her fingers tips.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:03 pm
Lucian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ten's blasts of energy hit Lucian in the back causing him to stumble forward as Eleven bounded forwards towards the Mad King. Lucian was able to recover in time to block Eleven's wild swing and counter with a precise jab to Eleven's stomach. He didn't feel hindered in any way but he knew what Nora was trying to do. Their was a slight tugging in the back of his mind. Lucian's eyes faced from their normal appearance to something very different. They reverted to the state they had been in when Lucian was resurrected. The eyes had not structure, it almost seemed as if the sockets were empty but that was not the awe inspiring part. His eyes were now black as the night sky with nothing other than a few stars in them. Honestly looking into his eyes looked identical to looking into the night sky. Now he couldn't see images, he couldn't see colors or shapes, he only saw power. Nora's illusion would have no more effect on him. As his sight weakened every other sense Lucian had increased greatly.
Eleven was upon his again with three quick thrusts towards Lucian's chest but each one was blocked or deflected before Lucian jabbed Eleven's throat and kicked him backwards. Lucian couldn't use his own powers on Eleven. He had seen that when Eleven put on the ring, but Eleven couldn't last long with the ring on. Eleven was like a paper cup full of water with a leak in the bottom only in this case, the water was Eleven's power. He would run out sooner or later. Anyways, with Eleven stumbling backwards across the room Lucian turned and thrust one hand out at Ten throwing an arrow towards her throat while he shot a bolt of lightning at Nora with his other hand.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:04 pm
Ten quickly turned the arrows that came on her back at Lucian, allowing them to fly back at him, unlike Nora, who had not moved quickly enough and was hit by the lightening, which threw her body aside. Landing on her back, Nora laid for a moment starring at the feeling. What could she even do? What would kill this man? Her body healed it's self, sitting up she looked over the fight between the three numbered fighters.
Ten reached out her hands, putting an incredible force against lucian’s body that would force him not to be able to move, like gravy on his shoulders. She had hoped this would prevent him from attacking Eleven, or Slow him down if it did impact him at all, and while she was doing so, Nora again tried to tap into Lucian’s thoughts. This was the first time her and Ten had even fought on the same side, had fought together, but still, there was a distaste for the numbered woman, as she not only tried to kill her, she emotionally torchured her son. “Stop, don’t attack Eleven, turn around and attack his mother—You will not be able to dodge her arrows, take the hit.“ Nora placed his command into his mind, a skill she had been learning, but had not yet mastered from Lucian. “Then you will command the medium to kill you.”
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:25 pm
Lucian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lucian turned when he didn't her Ten make any noise to indicate her pain, she should have been hit but when he assumed she was not he moved to defend himself only to find his movements slowed. The arrow grazed off Lucian's neck and he began hearing a voice in his head. Nora's voice. He knew what she was doing and would use it to his advantage. While Lucian was not as controlled as Nora though he was he did turn his primary focus to Ten just so that Nora would feel she had succeeded, but he did not order the Medium to attack anyone. The Medium was having his own fun in the center of town. Lucian could see that Nora disliked Ten and he knew he could use that. He could manipulate her using the very same methods she was trying to use right now. So his voice sounded back into her mind. It was a whisper, and quiet suggestion giving way to the strength that would allow Nora to do what Lucian said if she chose to follow the order. "When she is distracted, stab Ten at the base of her spine." It was almost to subtle to detect but Lucian had planted the suggestion in Nora's mind as she had tried to plan it in his own.
Then the attacks began. Eleven had charged forward at Lucian again but the older immortal had dropped to a kneeling position and elbowed the inside of Eleven's right leg causing him to fall into the same kneeling position before he uppercut Eleven sending the younger immortal onto his back. If Eleven had his father's voice, a voice that was constantly telling him what would happen next, why didn't Eleven protect himself? Regardless of the answer to that question, Lucian appeared in front of Ten attempting to deliver three punches to Ten's abdomen that would be followed by a kick that would (if it connected) send Ten over to Nora. Giving Nora the chance to stab Ten in the back.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:43 pm
 A black mist appeared behind Lucian silently forming into Dameon's human form. He said nothing as he thrust a dagger at the back of the man's neck when he was fully formed hoping to paralyze the man in one hit. But he held a second dagger in his offhand prepared to parry or block any counter attack.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:27 pm
It wasn’t going to work. Nora’s mind was stronger than anything else, she had been seeing the future since she could remember, and there was no way Lucian could manipulate it. “I won’t—“ She said as she side stepped Ten’s body as she flew towards Nora. Nora could have caught her, she should have, but she hadn’t.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:54 pm
Lucian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lucian's skin turned to metal as Daemon appeared behind him as a black mist, a form Lucian was far to familiar with. The first dagger skirted off to the side of Lucian's neck, not leaving even a scratch then Lucian turned to face the traitorous general. "Et tu, Brute?" Lucian spoke the words of an older language without remorse or sadness. Simply mocking Dameon's betrayal as if it was truly a surprise. It was not. Dameon had grown to close to his wife in the last five years and Lucian knew she would have succeed in making Dameon turn to the other side. Lucian raised his metal arm to swing at Dameon but Eleven was there. Eleven jabbed Lucian's metal abdomen which seemingly had little effect on the metal man but it did distract him. Then Lucian turned and swung at Eleven who slid backwards to avoid the strike. Lucian pursed, forgetting that Dameon was still in the room. Eleven continued to avoid the strikes as he backed away until Lucian took one wild swing, overextending his punch to try and hit Eleven. At that point Eleven ducked under the punch and swept the ground with his right foot tripping Lucian who back flipped to land on his feet but when he landed, Eleven delivered a powerful round house kick to Lucian's metal face causing the man to stumbled aside.
When Lucian was stumbling Eleven looked towards Dameon and projected a clear message to his head. "Keep him busy." With that Eleven pulled the ring off his finger prevent Lucian's powers from effecting him and Eleven teleported to Nora's side. "Take my mother and get out of here. The city will not be safe with the Medium on the loose. Go farther, go as far as you can just get out of here."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:11 pm
Dameon leapt away from Lucian and smirked at Eleven's mental message but kept his focus on the king who had betrayed him. "You shouldn't act so surprised. You're not very good at it as you and I both knew this was coming. I knew your madness would lead you to betray your kingdom and so I planned to betray you." the general twirled his scythes as he took several steps towards his former king. He was not afraid of Lucian, he never had been. The man could nullify his powers and had more experience than him but that mattered little to the ancient immortal.
"But I guess I finally get a chance to fight you and truly test myself. Though perhaps I should go all out, hmm?" Dameon licked his lips as watched his former king closely. "You know it's sad really. Looking at you now you are almost as pathetic as I was when I thought my wife was dead and gone. Though If you'd like I could let you meet her..." Dameon paused as he rushed at Lucian and swung his scythes wildly at the mad king, "IN THE AFTERLIFE!" Dameon swung his scythe downwards to cut Lucian from the shoulder to hip as he dropped down and made to sweep the man off his feet so he could impale the man.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:47 pm
Notchwood
"Let's go" Nora said as she pulled on Ten's arm who aggressively threw back the human girl in anger. "I will not leave my son with Lucian!" Ten freed her arm from Nora as she redrew the girls sword. It didn't matter if Lucian was in battle with Dameon, she was going to jump in, and she did.
Swinging her sword from behind lucian, she had hoped to behead him as he would have been distracted by the scythe going his way.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:39 pm
Lucian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lucian smiled as Dameon spoke and began pacing slowly back and forth as he watched the traitor. When Dameon had said his piece Lucian responded with the cold truth. "I never betrayed my kingdom. Believe me it took some time to come to the conclusion that I have come to. I lied to you all, I told you I wanted to avenge my wife, to bring the world into a peaceful state. That was the only lie I told. I now know what I really want. I know why I am doing this all." Lucian spread his arms as Dameon charged at him. A sad smile crept up on the right side as Lucian looked over to Eleven. "I'm sorry. In the end there can only be one." With those words Lucian erupted into a cloud of black mist causing Eon's blades to soar through him, as well as Ten's blade.everything they intended to do to Lucian, they would do to each other and unfortunately for Ten, Dameon had prepared a better strike.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."
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