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 Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:19 am
Streak shuddered at the mention of those times. He remeber the all out true fear he felt. He almost slipped unconcious with the fear. Before he could he slapped himself across the face. This snapped him back into reality.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:21 pm
He breathed slightly harder, and his heart started racing, sweat forming on his brow, and he roused slightly, feeling extremely tired. He stared upwards, seeing Issildia's eyes.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:39 pm
"It is good to have you back Archer." she said as she stood and went to stoke the small fire with a branch that had remained free of the small inferno.The cold that permeated the desert night was pushed back by the fire momentarily.
Issildia barely glanced at the others as she kneeled by the fire and tossed a few pieces of the salvaged wood into it.
"I was uncertain of what kept you from the waking world ...I am still uncertain on the matter." she said as she continued to stare into the fire, her mind still trying to discern all that had transpired.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:35 pm
"As am I.... I feel shredded in half." He sighed, more tired than he ever had been before. "I feel.... destroyed."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:00 pm
"Hopefully you will feel a bit better in the morning." Issildia said as she glanced at him.
"Speaking of such things, we need to set up a system of guard, we can all take guard duty for a few hours and switch out when our shift is over. I can take first shift if need be." Issildia said, preferring to get her shift over as soon a possible. She had only a few hours to gain back only a small fraction of the rest that she had neglected since the fall of Anier.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:13 pm
"You are under great stress, I can feel it. I say that I go first." He rose to his knees, his false anticipation very convincing.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:19 pm
Never Seen Before "This palace grows more sinister by the second, my master, it pleases me." He laughed silently. He put souls into bodies, and three stood out to him, and to them he gave powerful bodies, ones that would soon be generals. "yes I know... and it will continue to grow and grow....until it is so strong that nothing can destroy it "
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:24 pm
"That is amazing my master, that nothing will be able to destroy it." He looked around, the vines and thorns that were growing, seeming as if they were alive themselves. He made the bodies all come alive at once, and their eyes all looked to Zeo, even the golems. "We are yours my, liege." They stated at once, the sound monstrous as if they had yelled it.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:49 pm
Zeo rose from his throne, staring at his new army. he looked to Kuchane and nodded in approvement. "Yes Kuchane, this castle lives and grows like a human body. The vines are like veins, that pump energy to fuel the castle, and let it grow. But just like every human body, a heart is needed. And this very throne is the heart of this castle..."
He looks to the newly formed bodies, and smiles " Now that we have given you bodies, you will now protect this kingdom as if this body was yours. You will serve the heart until the day your body is completely destroyed. Be glad that I have given you bodies, for you all now can live like a human once again..." He points to the vines behind them, and they shift, and transform into a giant gate. the gate opens, and from it you see nothing but a black forest, and tiny lights that form a trail leading up to the gate. The lights are built into the trees, and are actually houses.
" I have given you each homes to live in, and in return you will lure any other creature tot his forest, so they can become like you...so that they will be apart of this castle just as you are...now go! and live for this kingdom! And when the time comes you will die for this kingdom!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:01 pm
"And I will remain in this castle master." He rose to stand tall, and looked out fo the gate, to this magnificent place. The people walked out of the castle in straight rows. "Look at that master, they already march like soldiers!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:16 pm
" It is amazing isn't it? To see such a rapid development of a kingdom that will soon become a rising nation....I pity those who come in our path..."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:25 pm
"As do I, my lord, as do I" He laughed, and closed his eyes, his cool laugh echoing. He suddenly saw an image in his head of Archer. He quickly flashed his eyes open. "If you do not mind though, my master, I have a question."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:53 pm
" Go right ahead and ask..." Zeo sat back downresting his chin on his hand with his elbow on the chair.
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:58 pm
"How.." He gulped. "How did I get here. All I remember is waking up, and loving my brother, that I did something great for him, and then found myself in your grasp."
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:02 pm
"No." said Issildia. "You are in no condition to be doing so Archer. You need rest as well...I can go for far longer without sleep than this, it is hard on the body, but I have been trained to be capable of such things." She continued to absently stoke the fire.
"You can be second at guard Archer, Streak third and Khastur fourth if that is not a problem for anyone."
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