Trying to get his breathing back under control, Uluiru stopped to read this doorway. To enter, sacrifice all that you speak. Given the resulting...restrictions of the first floor, he had a pretty solid guess as to what that would mean. Not that it was going to impact anyone who was already moving upwards--they may have been able to speak, but anyone else in the stairwell wouldn't have been able to hear them anyway, so as a form of communication, it was no more useful ascending that first part of the tower than it would be the second.
Entering warily (he was still in the dark as to what the Voice had been whispering about, on the first floor, but the tone had certainly sounded...displeased, and so he couldn't help but wonder what it might have up its sleeves next.
As he entered, and looked at the stairs in front of him, Uluiru groaned, although nothing emerged...and even if it had, he wouldn't have been able to hear it, anyway. Guess there's nowhere to go but up...
Moving forward, he decided that he'd definitely be avoiding stairs for quite awhile after this.
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Name: Uluiru HP remaining: 42/50 Stairs Ascended (for part 2): 100 + 22 = 122 Rank: Wild Card Character kingdom: Silver Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description: Short, and delicately slim, with bronzed skin, green eyes and dark auburn hair, left longish (about shoulder length). His attire is simple and functional, if also dull and undecorated.
And then she turned back to the steps that ascended in front of her, narrowing her eyes. Was that...could that be the end in sight? Shaheen knew she was not a quitter, that when she was set a task she would always see it through to completion.
She took yet more heavy steps up, forcing herself to continue. Another, and another, and then yet one more. There was an end in sight. She could see it now!
She waited for the booming of the voice, waited for him to speak in words that she did not care about, but nothing came.
With a smirk, she stood at the top step, triumphant. She had defeated them! She had made it!
She pressed forward to see what was at the end.
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Name: Shaeen Current HP remaining: 50/50 Character kingdom: Pride/Regalia Character's Miasma Colour: Gold Character description: pretty much exactly like my avvy. 6'2" tall. total steps: 300/300
He tried not to shudder, tried to repress the fear that had reached up and wrapped itself around him in an unwanted, far too familiar grasp, claws dug into his heart, which still banged at his ribs, both from exhaustion and trepidation... but he'd come so far...
He reached for the door handle, and shut his eyes, tasting fear like something alien and metallic in the back of his throat, trying to choke him. He might disappear for ever.
But he'd promised.
He had to know.
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302 out of 300 steps 50/50 HP if we regenerated, otherwise down 11 from being punched by Remi
A slight bird like man with glossy black hair, still wearing Silver Kingdom robes that have blood on them. Most of it seems to be from his nose. It looks like that probably hurt.
Picking his way carefully up the stairs, he wondered how everyone else was doing--he hadn't seen anyone, and given the...restrictions of the tower, he had yet to hear anyone, either.
He went back to counting, hoping that maybe, just maybe, it would take his mind off of the tediousness of his ascent. (He did, however, keep aware of his surroundings--it wouldn't do to trip and fall, and go tumbling back down all of those stairs).
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Name: Uluiru HP remaining: 42/50 Stairs Ascended (for part 2): 122 + 17 = 139 Rank: Wild Card Character kingdom: Silver Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description: Short, and delicately slim, with bronzed skin, green eyes and dark auburn hair, left longish (about shoulder length). His attire is simple and functional, if also dull and undecorated.
Current Location: Tower Floor 2 Character description:
Mjoll's well built with an hourglass figure. Her long blonde hair was left unbraid but with some pulled up in a bun so as not to drag the ground. Her ice blue eyes are as hollow as her soul. She has a plain cream dress on with white shoes.
He would swear that the very air was oppressive, and growing more so with each step he took towards the top--he'd noticed it less at first, perhaps because he'd been so distracted with other thoughts, but as he continued the long staircase up, he couldn't help but notice that it was as something was pressing down on him from above.
And then...the voice, in his mind again. It was jarring, and if he weren't mistaken, it was...different. He found he was less likely to believe what it was saying, even.
"Remember your Kingdom, and why you were created into this world. Without it you will be lost. Without it you will become discarded and thrown away. You are a fragment that I created. Without me, you will cease to exist in this world."
He narrowed his eyes slightly. His kingdom had already fallen, destroyed in the opening round of this set of events. So...he pressed on, trying to ignore his aching legs.
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Name: Uluiru HP remaining: 42/50 Stairs Ascended (for part 2): 139 + 31 = 170 Rank: Wild Card Character kingdom: Silver Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description: Short, and delicately slim, with bronzed skin, green eyes and dark auburn hair, left longish (about shoulder length). His attire is simple and functional, if also dull and undecorated.
Gilly pushed on and walked into the next room, which was another long flight of stairs. However, this time the air felt heavier and her will to keep going was wavering under the weight. The people around her were fading into shadows, becoming less clear and unfocused.
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Current HP remaining: 47/50 Damage/ Healing/ Defense done: 0 Target: Eva Blessing points: 1
Gilly just placed on foot in front of another, slowly making her way up the steps. There was no energy in her climb and her shoulders slumped with fatigue.
The tower was so silent.
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Current HP remaining: 47/50 Damage/ Healing/ Defense done: 0 Target: Eva Blessing points: 1
"Remember your Kingdom, and why you were created into this world. Without it you will be lost. Without it you will become discarded and thrown away. You are a fragment that I created. Without me, you will cease to exist in this world."
Gilly heard the words, while they were booming in the silence, they did not have much hold over her. She felt like, whatever was coming would be okay, and even if her current self was gone, there was still the "real" her. She wondered what the other her was like. Maybe she was part of the circus... Gilly thought she would have been a good acrobat.
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Current HP remaining: 47/50 Damage/ Healing/ Defense done: 0 Target: Eva Blessing points: 1
I create this world, and thus I can give you anything. Reflect on your choices now, and remember that I even have the power to make you become the greatest Kings. I could rebuild this world around you. Everything could be yours.
Westus recalled his king, the benevolent Dragon. His forearm burned again, but when he looked down, her mark was gone. He laughed, the outburst soundless even outside this tower. So much for being a king. It was a worthless promise.
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Steps: 238 Appearance: Long, unbound white hair, gray skin, white eyes, black horns, black spaded tail, plain gray robes.
LP rolled 2 20-sided dice:
18, 18Total: 36 (2-40)
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:07 pm
Remember your Kingdom, and why you were created into this world. Without it you will be lost. Without it you will become discarded and thrown away. You are a fragment that I created. Without me, you will cease to exist in this world.
Mjoll stopped around the 150th floor looking blankly up towards the top of the stairs. No, no she was lost with this. It didn't matter if she was thrown away and discarded, she didn't want to exist to live an empty and meaningless life.
She continued up the stairs in search for the end of the story.
Current Location: Tower Floor 2 Character description:
Mjoll's well built with an hourglass figure. Her long blonde hair was left unbraid but with some pulled up in a bun so as not to drag the ground. Her ice blue eyes are as hollow as her soul. She has a plain cream dress on with white shoes.
He could feel each laboured breath as it left his lungs, the disapproving, heavy weight making each step that much harder...and yet, he knew he couldn't stop, not now.
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Name: Uluiru HP remaining: 42/50 Stairs Ascended (for part 2): 170 + 25 = 195 Rank: Wild Card Character kingdom: Silver Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description: Short, and delicately slim, with bronzed skin, green eyes and dark auburn hair, left longish (about shoulder length). His attire is simple and functional, if also dull and undecorated.
And still he climbed...there was no end in sight, and he began to wonder if this was not the Voice's revenge--drawing them here, saying things that would make them question, or would confuse them, and then sitting back and making them climb an eternal set of stairs....He sincerely hoped that wasn't the case.
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You notice a slight tone of desperation. It becomes almost pleading, cajoling. "I create this world, and thus I can give you anything. Reflect on your choices now, and remember that I even have the power to make you become the greatest Kings. I could rebuild this world around you. Everything will could be yours." The promise sounds empty however, considering everything else it has already promised. While a part of you wants to abandon it and join the Voice, the other parts says 'not yet'. Not until you see what lies at the very end.
His mind was working, thinking over all the voice had said--what was it, exactly, and what was its agenda? He'd never thought about it before this, but in light of the falling of his kingdom, and then the tearing of the sky during the battle that the Voice had pushed them all into, he couldn't help but wonder if something had gone drastically awry, and if the Voice wasn't now trying to protect itself.
Either way, he found that, tempting though the offer may have been, had he trusted the Voice to actually carry through with it--but, his curiosity was piqued, and to give in now would mean never finding out his answers.
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Name: Uluiru HP remaining: 42/50 Stairs Ascended (for part 2): 195 + 31 = 226 Rank: Wild Card Character kingdom: Silver Character's Miasma Colour: Silver Character description: Short, and delicately slim, with bronzed skin, green eyes and dark auburn hair, left longish (about shoulder length). His attire is simple and functional, if also dull and undecorated.
Up and up she went. The spiral seemed to never stop. Gilly started to wonder if it was an illusion, and they were really just walking over their own footsteps.
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Current HP remaining: 47/50 Damage/ Healing/ Defense done: 0 Target: Eva Blessing points: 1
