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 Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:24 pm
"I was known of the Warlord of Illusion," Dais admits. "I have fought the Ronin Warriors often enough, particularly the one named Kento, though that is in the past. We have larger problems than solving past grievances. If Talpa comes to power now, with the Ronin Warriors scattered about the world, Wildfire will not be able to summon the Inferno Armor. Talpa will be able to have his way, and the world will once again fall under shadow- that is, if it truly is Talpa. I do not know for certain."
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:26 pm
"Either way, you have my help," she says, "I met Kento, when Sage and he were both in New York. They said again, but I had never been there. Kento has a big mouth."
A knock on the door makes her turn. The door opens and she smiles.
"Welcome home Sage," she says, "you have a visitor."
Sage, in the doorway, isn't sure what to make out of Dais in the room.
"Uh, hi Dais," he says, "what brings you here?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:28 pm
"Sage," Dais says, "You must go to Tokyo and seek out Rowen of the Heavens. I am working to gather all the Ronin Warriors together in preparation to face a growing evil. There are already two Ronins there. If you have questions for me, now is the time to ask them."
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:38 pm
Sage nodds, "Uh, sure. I was heading back to Tokyo next week anyway. But what's going on? I mean, Cye and Kento are still in New York and everyone else is in Japan."
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:42 pm
Everything falls into place for Dais in an instant. He knows exactly where all the Ronin Warriors are and has the power to gather them togeter.
"An event sometime in the past, I can't say what, has caused an imbalance in the armors. I believe it was this event that allowed Talpa to enter the mortal realm and meet his defeat at the hand of the Ancient One. Since you were given new armors, the imbalance has grown once again. It was thought to have been put down for good long ago, but it has returned. I fear that Talpa will also return, or some other evil I have not yet guessed at. It is Lady Kayura's wish that all the Ronins be gathered together. Do you understand, Nimbus?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:45 pm
With the name of his armor used to name himself, Sage knows that Dais isn't joking. He nodds slowly.
"If you're going to get Cye and Kento, you'll need help," he says, "I'll head to Tokyo and meet the others. Korin knows where Cye and Kento are, we were just there a few weeks ago. She can lead you to them."
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:50 pm
Dais closes his good eye and shakes his head. "I am surprised that you believe me so easily, Nimbus, espicially as I was once the Warlord of Illusion. I appreciate your trust.
"You must know that there is no time to delay. Take the quickest means available to you to reach your allies. I do not exactly where they are in Tokyo, but your armor will lead you there. Trust the feelings it gives you and it will not lead you astray."
Dais quickly stands up and moves for the door. Over his shoulder he says, "Korin-san, let us go."
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:05 am
Sage looks at Dais as he leave.
"I trust you Dais," he says, "because I've grown a lot since we last met. I know you're not the Warlord that did battle with us years ago. Besides, Anubis died to free Kayura, who you say sent you. I don't know if Kento will be as forgiving."
Korin smirks, grabbing a dufflebag and almost laughing.
"Kento rarely holds a grudge," she says, "by the time we get to Tokyo, it'll all be water under the bridge."
And with that, she follows the former Warlord out the door, leaving Sage alone to pack and prepare to fly home.
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:10 am
Dais, taking the window seat on the Mexican airline- which he does not entirely trust but has to put up with- looks out the window as the plane takes off. He almost puts his sub-armor on as gravity spends its force on him while the plane takes off. Then, the feeling of compression in his ears subsides, his hearing returns and he forces himself to be calm. The mission is going very, so far.
The former Warlord of Illusion has a sudden idea he will find something other than what he has been told to expect in New York.
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:15 am
Korin smiles, almost laughing, as the plane hops into the air. She sets a hand on Dais' wrist, letting him know that this was not a death-trap.
"You look nervous," she says, "Don't worry, once we get high enough, it's not really that bad. Take off and Landing are the worst part."
She folds her hands in her lap, leaning back slightly.
"Illusion?" she says, so only he can hear, "so what kind of illustions can you do anyway?"
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:20 am
Dais is surprised by Korin's attention to him. They have not known each for an hour, and she is already being tender. He decides that, if the mission is going to be a success, he has to be open and honest with her.
"I once used my illusions against the Ronin Warriors, trying to make them fight each other, convincing Kento that his armor was bloodthirsty and that he shouldn't use it," He stares out the window as he talks, old memories, ones he doesn't want to have, coming back to him. "In the end, I was nothing more than Talpa's slave. I was a tool for him to use in his own five thousand year old ambition. He wanted to be the ruler of absolutely everything, and I helped him. This mission, for me, is a way for atoning for all the sins I have committed..."
He trails off, his gaze searching the clouds, looking for an answer in their white depths.
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:11 pm
Korin nodds, pulling her hands behind her head and looking at the lights above her.
"You sound like my mother," she says, "she said it was her fault that her siblings joined Talpa, that it was her fault that the Wildcats were destoryed. In the end, she realized she had done everything she could have."
She looks over and smiles at him, "Don't worry, if Kento complains, I'll take care of it."
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:13 pm
Dais responds, "It is not that I worry about any complaint he might bring. I worry more that they have fallen under some peril I do not know of. It is the most logical thing to happen, if whatever evil is in the world knows of the Ronin Warriors. Separate them, and they weaken. Keep them separated, and you can dictate their actions. By capturing Hardrock and Torrent, the evil can ensure that someone, not necessarily the Ronins, will be in a specific place. All he needs do is wait."
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:19 pm
Korin opens her mouth to say something, then shuts it. Sage had told her about the last time he was in New York. Could something like that happen again? No, there was no real evil to fight. Then why was she alive? She was born thousands of years ago, cursed to live so long as there was an evil to fight.
"We'll know more when we get there," she says, "we can go to Chin's China Bowl and start from there."
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:27 pm
Dais, walking down the steps and out of the airplane, he is struck at once by how busy everyone seems to be. He has never been to America, and only knows of it from looking at a map. Talpa, and Kayura, too, for that matter, didn't concern themselves with nationalities. Yet, walking into the terminal, he understands why people do. New York, after all, is not the same as Mexico, and neither are the same as Japan. Very strange, He thinks to himself, How a change in geography is also a change in attitudes.
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