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 Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:43 pm
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Yakumo and Shiranui
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“We will protect our Mother”
One by one all the after images smile. Yakumo and Shiranui speak in Tandum Which one are you asking hahaha...
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:56 pm
"Both." Illo was genuinely curious now. They could both lie and pull the saddle over his eye, but the fact they did would answer a few more questions for the monk.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 6:20 pm
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Yakumo and Shiranui
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“We will protect our Mother”
Yakumo and Shiranui speak one after the other Niether . She is stronger. .
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 6:32 pm
"I see..." Illo could hear the hesitation in the voice of the twin who spoke second. A voice like that would be the one to reluctantly admit the truth. Illo went for it. Sure the stakes were high, but he had a feeling they were prepared for him to fail as much--if not more--than they were for him to pass this test.
"I think the second twin is telling the truth, and the one who spoke first is lying," he said with his eyes still closed.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 6:45 pm
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Yakumo and Shiranui
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“We will protect our Mother”
Yakumo and Shiranui appear in front of him holding out their respective fragments. The chaos haze becomes slightly less pronounced visually as they hold still. Nothing on thier faces gave anything away. If that is you choice. Take her fragment. Heh. .
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 6:50 pm
Illo climbed up to his feet with the use of his rough hands and looked at the two standing before him. Thankfully the field around him had calmed down. It was safe to say Illo really didn't like the chaos. It made him feel as though he couldn't concentrate on the chaotic nature of his power as it was.
"Alright then..." He stepped up to Yakumo(? (the one with red text sweatdrop )) and grabbed the fragment. His eyes went to both of them as he waited for whatever would happen to begin.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:28 pm
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Yakumo and Shiranui
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“We will protect our Mother”
Yakumo and Shiranui laugh as the both fragments crumble. It was child like and joyous. Casting their writhing hands from the earth, ethereal hands with skeletal frames waft and flicker in the chaos, extending their reach to hold onto to Illo, another victim to be consumed with their curse, to share the suffering they feel. As the ethereal hands reach their target, they proceed to wrap their hand around Illo and drag him into Ren's accursed power. The chaos would effect Illo quickly, causing the his body to drown within the abyss. He would begin to feel immense hunger and thirst. His would hear his loved ones crying out in pain, only to find there is nothing but darkness. His own body would begin reject all forms of stable energy within him, causing him to reject and lose hold of what has been stored in his body. Illo would find his energy pooling into his stomach; wanting to exit out his lips as a horrific vomit. His soul would start to spasm prodding the phoniex. Tsk Tsk Mr.Illo While you chose correctly you've over looked a very important detail. You might save yourself it you figure out what went wrong. Tick Tock Mr. Illo
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:47 pm
 It started as a grimace, disappointment at being tricked, but soon Illo was in hot water again. This was immensely difference than what he'd experienced before. The chaos was much more aggressive, whereas before it was more or less a catalyst for whatever the Maras were doing.
In the tempest Illo was struggling and losing the fight to keep his composure. The temptations of normal men were splashing off him with little effect--though they did have something of the desired effect in wearing down his mental walls a bit--but it was definitely the prospect of doubt in enlightenment that got him really going. Not only that, but the image of Ren gnawing at his soul wasn't too comforting either. Hundreds of terrors like this assailed the monk's mind, and he could hardly hear the words of the twins.
Illo growled at the two tricksters from his prison. He wanted to beat them. For the first time he wanted to fight someone, truly destroy them, out of anger and not the peaceful sparring he was taught at the monastery. Suppose this was yet another lesson from the silver fox. Sudden the monk's soul erupted, growing to eclipse the area around them with a weight that simply didn't seem normal.
"Salvation is always there for the attacked. Perhaps it is you who should worry." Illo's power would continue to spiral out of control. How much were the twins prepared for?
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:44 am
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Yakumo and Shiranui
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“We will protect our Mother”
Yakumo and Shiranui speak clearly. Even in his current state Illo should hear them with minimal effort. You feel it don't you Mr.Illo? The weight of it. While it might seem daunting mother can shoulder its burden while remaining composed. She could drown at any moment and yet you'd never know it. You made the same mistake you made in your fight with "Big Bro". It didn't matter which fragment you chose. Can you tell us why? It's really simple. Surely you can see your mistake. It's all around you. Hahahah You might save yourself it you figure out what went wrong. Tick Tock Mr. Illo
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:05 am
Screams could be heard again from inside the maelstrom of chaos. For all he knew he was speaking normally to the twins, but chaotic insanity tends to switch things around a bit. It made sense when looking at how much Illo had to deal with; the chaos being a catalyst of sorts to whatever could go wrong would very likely prey on the fact Illo had to ponder infinity to obtain any power. No, it definitely wasn't easy, and Illo showed this by collapsing under the weight beset him.
His soul would vanish, indistinguishable from the rest of the chaos around him, and for a moment it would appear he'd succumb to it altogether. Soon enough, though, a presence could be felt. It was different than Illo's soul, and after a moment it would be clear this was a Mara. What happened next was pretty interesting. Illo's soul wavelength would be sensed off in the distance, and if the twins looked they could see a man sitting cross-legged on the face of one of the neighboring mountains. Illo was still in the grip of the chaos--and the Mara--but the temporal conversion would show what Illo was doing years ago. He jumped off the mountain and disappeared, and after each disappearance the monk would be seen meditating on the mountain again.
This loop would continue on for a while. Meanwhile Illo was struggling with two impossibly hard tasks. The Mara didn't so much trouble him as much as the fact this chaos was making it easy for the Demon to break through to this plane; and he found the root of this problem not so easily dug up. He was flailing about now, attacking nothing in particular.
"You." A voice came from inside the chaos that was very different from Illo's. "Remember this one won't be destroyed so easily. Unfortunately he learns very slowly. Please bear with him..." It faded away to the same nothing it came from.
At this point Illo's soul started to come back. It seemed just as it had before, but more powerful. This always happened when he overcame the Maras. Inside he could be heard shouting for the two to give him the other piece. He figured it was worth a gamble.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:52 pm
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Yakumo and Shiranui
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“We will protect our Mother”
Yakumo and Shiranui look at each other. Yakumo seemed satisfied while Shiranui was clearly dissapointed. How could the monk look over something so obvious. Clearly he was smarter than this. Had she over estimated him? Or was the test truly to difficult. Unable to resist her kind nature she walks over to the monk and grabs his arm halting the curse mark that had started to form. However, the process of exorcising the all the Chaos would prove more painful than the monk would realize. Try as she might she couldn't hide her dissapointed tone. Chaos is .....chaotic isn't it. It hates stability,harmony,order,tranquility. The very things you were probably taught thru training. From here on, you can forget about sympathy from me. I told Yakumo you'd never fall for such an obvious trick,yet here we are. Your energy has a very unusual wavelength. It responds to desperation by getting stronger. We aren't doubting your adaptability and knowledge of the human spirit is incredible. You've become too cocky. You can not go into a fight with out first knowing your enemy's powers, you will lose.....How many people in their group, who is their leader, and what is the true nature of their powers, with out those things attacking would be suicide.
You've been made a fool twice now. It didn't matter what fragment you picked. Your in a field of Chaos you imbecile! They would become corrupted anyway! Yakumo shakes his head and the field dissipates.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:54 pm
Slowly Illo began to come back to his senses as he was freed from the torment of the chaos. His eyes blinked rapidly and darted all around, reintroducing him to his surroundings as fast as they could. Nothing had changed, and yet it was all so alien to him. The first deep breath he took felt incredible. Imagine remembering your first breath. That's what Illo felt.
"... Sorry." He began to stand. Slowly he was beginning to feel the chaos coursing through him. He glanced at his arms and found strange markings there.
"I don't understand. The last time I was able to control it. All that happened was... The Maras." Now he was beginning to realise. "... I see. And the raid on the Laboratory... And the fight with Carmen, and the attacks from Han... Melanie." His eyes widened, pupils trembling.
"... Melanie!" He wasn't even sure if he was standing anymore. All he felt was an incredible numbness offset by ineffable pain in his heart. "I-I've let them down. All of them. ... I've made them suffer!" Stricken with grief, the monk fell to the ground and pounded the rock beneath him with his mighty fists. A tremor ensued that shook the land as far as the eye could see. It seemed as though even the mountains couldn't stand up to his ravaging power! A crack formed between the twins that ran deep and huge boulders were hewn off into the valleys below. Afterwards Illo sat on his heels and wept bitterly for the pain his ignorance had caused everyone around him. He was no more a hero now than he was enlightened, and he was far from Nibbana now. In this moment he couldn't bring himself to face the twins.
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:46 pm
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Yakumo and Shiranui
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“We will protect our Mother”
Yakumo and Shiranui's markings glow and Illo's mark peels off like paper and the last of the chaos is stripped from his being. As the monk lashes out in anger the Twins watch him. For all your training. All your talk you still are just a human. Crying like a child. Are you now realizing the cup you assumed full was always empty. You became lax,and the Marbas played to your ego. How easy it was for you to lose control. Had my sister not saved you,it would have consumed you and been freed.
Chaos is complex and an ever contradicting reality. You've been exsposed to mere fragments of its true power. If we are the weakest fragments what does that say about you?
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:34 pm
Illo didn't respond to the taunts--though he definitely couldn't ignore how crass the two were being--and instead got up slowly and straightened his tunic out. It was at this point he caught a glimpse of his hands. The heels of his hands were badly bruised and skinned flaked off in places. For a moment he thought of how unfortunate it was, being that it would delay his training some, but then came to see it as a certificate of sorts of his power. Eventually, again, he came back to the simple truth this represented: that the stronger he got the more people he had to hurt. This repeated in his head, and soon he saw all things through this scope. When he finally looked to the twins a thought occurred to him.
"Shiroyasha sent you... Why? To make me stronger? And then what? You've seen what I can do. Somehow I don't think provoking me is your idea."
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:22 am
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Yakumo and Shiranui
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“We will protect our Mother”
Yakumo and Shiranui's touch back down. Listen. I just… She just wants you to think. Do you know what thinking is? It's just a fancy word for changing your mind! We told you we would answer your questions about mother. That fact has never changed. However, I had my doubts about you and so we tested you.
You failed. That's all. For all your insight,and power you were completly undone by a children's riddle. Now your questioning everything you once believe. You put your own goals above anything else,and probably caused pain to those you met along the way. It's time you realize your own mortality.
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