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 Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:11 am
  XXXXw a r r i o r X|X m a s t e r X|X l o r d XXofXXm a u X|X c r i m s o nXXl e g i o nXXX Accepting humanity is accepting mortality. In the beginning, before you were even conceived, it was already decided that you were to die.
XXXXSo what does it matter... if I am the one to bring about your fate? 
''Only my surface thoughts? Ah, but those are the worst ones," And this was honesty; there was nothing hidden in the back creeks of his mind, all that he thought was straight-forward to his beliefs. Either way... it was a relief, to know that Liliana's abilities weren't as "extensive" as thought. It also became apparent that she could not hear Roxanne's thoughts, but then, who could? Whispers emanating from a blade... it'd almost be like delving into the thoughts of a tree. Perhaps they existed, but it was futile regardless. ''Don't get too comfortable around her, Raphael. Realize that everyone on the planet -- no matter how friendly or trusting they may seem -- can, at any time, reveal themselves to be a snake. But you already know this. Judging by the tension in the area, it's obvious that all of these men and women had many prior encounters in Axiom, and many of them were centered around Liliana and Amaterasu herself. You should be safe since you don't really even... know her... but jealousy isn't the only weapon that may occur during this meeting. I also advise that if a fight is to happen that you immediately draw your blade and use the windcutter without hesitation, for, as the area is a room, and for the fact that the opponents are mostly long-ranged or caster types, it will rip them apart easily; at the expense of possibly killing Elizabeth and Noctis, thus also killing your unborn daughter. That is not all I have managed to observe, however. Cain is obviously a gunslinger, Tombz is a robot that is, in this society, called "Anima Machinae", and he seems to be adept as you in melee, if not even better. Furthermore, I remind you that you will have to look over Noctis if a fight is to occur, as you are his tamer now. That is all I have managed to observe from this situation. However, there is one more minor detail: Amaterasu apparently has amnesia, just like Elizabeth does, so it is unwise to treat her as a traitor, regardless of if she is or not. From what I've seen in Axiom since your departure, she struggled in a war versus Fenrir where he tried to steal custody of her child. It lead to her becoming the Queen of Nocturne, later Horus I believe, though she apparently gave up and came to this world, thus abandoning her people. I am unsure if she is sensitive to this fact or not; but I would not suggest bringing it up. Now... let's simply sit back and twiddle our thumbs, no?" When Roxanne concluded her speech, Raphael simply nodded his head. But by now, he realized that Roxanne's surface thoughts were his own. Liliana probably understood all of that. But she already knew that the blade on his back was Lust, and she didn't seem to mind. ''Such a hell she must've endured, to take such disturbing things so lightly. Almost as if they were weak in comparison to the real scope of the things she has faced."
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:00 am
Tombz watched the ground, sliding down the wall he leaned against. Cain and Noctis. Weren't they just scary? He snickered. Nah. He began to think. He was almost entirely unarmed, although he'd forgotten his own body modifications. He considered making some to kill time, but decided against it. Noctis would likely watching him without saying a word. He also considered leaving entirely. What was the point of all this? Was it about the bad dreams everyone had been having? He futher began to wonder if it meant something was coming. If Lili was scared, it might've been something worth looking into . Maybe it'd have the power to send him home. If that were the case, he'd have to go with the bad guy on this one.
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:42 am
█████████████████████████ ██████████ ████████████████ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx███████████ Black Claw of the Shadows of Mau M A Uxxx↺xxxM A S T E Rxxx↻xxx3 0 0 0 ll 3 0 0 0XXX XXXXXXXXXX█████ :♥ Elizabeth ▪▪ Bishop ▪▪ Lady of Mau ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
"Raphy! Come here!", Beth happily shouted at him as he reentered the building. She patted the sofa cushion next to her signaling him to sit there, "Come save me from the ego!" she said playfully.
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:17 am
  "There is only evil in action,
Lady Liliana of Ernya, Sage Elementalist ███████████████████████████████████████
Liliana had to keep reminding herself Raphael had no control over what Lust was telling him. She remembered how easy it was for the demon to wrap her thoughts around Liliana's mind and warp her into the creature she was today. Which reminded her of the one spell Lust left her that she dared not to try. To become a creature from Lust's Hell was something she shivered at the thought of. The last thought she heard confused her. Was Lust still talking about Amaterasu? Or about how Liliana herself never took action against listening to the mental voice of her tormentor for so long?
███████████████████████████████████████ Str: 3 ~~~ Spd: 7 ~~~ Energy: 9750/10125   not in man itself."
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:30 pm
Vincent "Everything dies. Some just faster than others." And there he goes... You know Vincent, you can sure be dense sometimes, or perhaps you're just being an a**... Even I can't tell sometimes. Beginning to get annoyed, Vincent cut off his thoughts as much as he could to the voice, silencing it a dull whisper. "Why do you never shut up..." Vicnent whispered as he made his way back over to the house. He was going to see if he could join in, in case Dante had really not shown up.
Once he entered the house, he looked around carefully. It was truly amazing to see such a numerous amount of people with such strong powers all gathered together in a room. He recognized Cain, Liliana, Tombz, Raph, and Noctis among them, but was not too sure about the identities of anyone else that stood amongst them. Dante wasn't present, as Vincent had suspected...
Bowing his head politely, he spoke to no one in particular. "I see my lord, Dante, hasn't come to this meeting. As I expected of him, but nontheless..." He raised his head, revealing a politely smiling face. "If I may be so bold as to ask, may I, Vincent, Knight of Indelca, take part in my lordship's stead? You need not worry about blurts or uneeded words from me, I simply want to be able to pass on the events of this meeting to my lord. Also, if anything needs to be asked on behalf of Indelca, I can do so."
The Black Blood
Necromancer
Journeyman
1000/1000
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:01 pm
Noctis yawns out of boredom, he had everything set and his mind was seeing things as rather dull. Fighting was pointless at this point, this darkness could be made out to be anyone or anything. He laid back against the wall and flipped his visor out of his pocket and places it on. It comes to life and his energy disappears. He tapped the side of it three times and starts to fall asleep. The night was coming soon and he needed to rest just alil
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:38 pm
XXXXw a r r i o r X|X m a s t e r X|X l o r d XXofXXm a u X|X c r i m s o nXXl e g i o nXXX Accepting humanity is accepting mortality. In the beginning, before you were even conceived, it was already decided that you were to die.
XXXXSo what does it matter... if I am the one to bring about your fate?
Looking over at Beth as she called his name with a bright smile on her face, he, at first, could only respond with a strange glance. ''Eh?" He didn't really know what she meant by "save me from the ego", but he sat down next to her anyways. Perhaps she was happy -- proud -- to bear her first child. Not unexpected. Raphael, on the other hand, was just... confused. That was the word, though it was not enough. ''Now you're calling me Raphy, too? Psh, women," He said, with a playful smile on his face. ''Is it just me, or did this meeting suddenly become very, very awkward? And why isn't the leadership of Devil's Eye here? We've been waiting here for... a bit. Maybe we should just commence it without them?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:53 pm
Noctis slowly hums to himself as he listens to the rest speak. He couldn't sleep at all. His visor blocked his eyes so many won't know that. He begins to sing softly to himself almost in a whisper.
Can you hear the sirens resound?
From the coastline of The Spire tonight
It's the song of a promising heart
Of the souls that the ocean unite
And she stands by the window alone
Staring into the rain
She is trying to guide his way home
From the waters that keep them apart
So she lights up a candle for hope to be found
Captive and blind by the darkness around
Firm as a mountain, she never will mourn
Timeless awaiting the break of dawn
Can you hear the sailor man's hymn?
As it comes with the rise of the tide
It is sung where the rainbow begins
As a comfort for the tears she has cried
She remains by the window alone
Staring into the rain
She is trying to guide his way home
Keeps on praying for god to protect him
She lights up a candle for hope to be found
Captive and blind by the darkness around
Each wave a promise, a new hope reborn
Sunrise consoles at the break of dawn
He slowly begins to close his eyes going over the song. He had always had the song in his mind, it was trutly the first time he had sang it even softly.
(What think?
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:01 pm
█████████████████████████ ██████████ ████████████████ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx███████████ Black Claw of the Shadows of Mau M A Uxxx↺xxxM A S T E Rxxx↻xxx3 0 0 0 ll 3 0 0 0XXX XXXXXXXXXX█████ :♥ Elizabeth ▪▪ Bishop ▪▪ Lady of Mau ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
(everyone here is full of themselves up to the head...their ego...)
Beth nudged him in the side jokingly, "Yeah, but I'm allowed to call you that." Beth then leaned into him, resting her head on his shoulder. She then looked around the room, seeing the jumble of people just standing around. "Yeah, a fight almost already broke out, we should get this rolling before we lose our cool again." she said, looking at both Noctis and Tombz
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:12 pm
Tombz cracked open the door and put his head in. "Fight my a**. Those two won't move a muscle." he said, closing the door back. He sometimes wished he could still smoke. Now would have been a great time to smoke. He did miss being human sometimes. Smoking home wrapped cigars, drinking alcohol. He wondered if he could drink alcohol now and spit it out as fire. He considered the thought as he pulled his legs closer, rested his arms on his knees, and bowed his head.
(Pfft, I'll show you ego)
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:57 pm
XXXXw a r r i o r X|X m a s t e r X|X l o r d XXofXXm a u X|X c r i m s o nXXl e g i o nXXX Accepting humanity is accepting mortality. In the beginning, before you were even conceived, it was already decided that you were to die.
XXXXSo what does it matter... if I am the one to bring about your fate?
''Nor should they," Raphael said, glancing at Tombz as he made his "they won't move a muscle" comment. ''If they did, they'd be childish. Why would we fight at a time like this? There is no justification for a leader acting like a toddler. No justification at all." Although Raphael preferred not to show his serious side, there was nothing that disgusted him more than grown men and women aggravating eachother like stupid pre-teens. ''Now, let's get this moving. I'll share what I can with the Lord and Lady of Devil's Eye when I go there next -- which will be soon. However, before we start, I'd like to make one thing clear: if anyone acts like an un-behaved child during this meeting, no matter how much help your country will need, no matter when that country will need it, and no matter how hard you scream for Mau to come to your aid, they might, but I won't. And as much as military fleets are of importance, we all know that the Lords and Ladies themselves are what define the entire nation's army. So think rationally before you do something to weaken the potential of allies -- even if only by a bit." With that, all he really needed to say, he simply sat down in the chair -- a comfortable one -- and held on to Elizabeth's hand through the process. He wondered... if she would show any signs again? ''She may be upset with you, Raphael. That was a rather bold statement you just made. However, it bears some truth; neither you or I should be wasting our time helping hooligans, if it comes to it. Nor should we, however, help Jiaum or Ernya either. Cain and Liliana are unstable -- it is best if you let both of them die in the process of this battle. Amaterasu is simply one of those better-than-thou idealist know-it-all's, so I wouldn't really flinch if she were to fall in battle." Looking at all of the people within the room, he finally, slowly noticed that Vincent was there. ''So he'll be taking Dante's stead? Tch, that guy's a lazy b*****d. Maybe Vincent should be the lord..."
''Hey, Vinc. Welcome to the world of politics. Leave all hope for intelligent conversation at the door, there's none to be had when it comes to foreign affairs."
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:12 pm
█████████████████████████ ██████████ ████████████████ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx███████████ Black Claw of the Shadows of Mau M A Uxxx↺xxxM A S T E Rxxx↻xxx3 0 0 0 ll 3 0 0 0XXX XXXXXXXXXX█████ :♥ Elizabeth ▪▪ Bishop ▪▪ Lady of Mau ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Beth looked at Raphael as he gave a pretty ballsy speech. His words were true, the leaders were ultimately what made their nations great and a childish and rash leader would lead a nation to ruin, but he should be wise to follow his own advice. "Raphael, please dont make such bold statements. Tension is high and we're still pretty new to the - whole - ally - thing" As she neared the end of her sentence, her coughs returned. They were pretty rough, but nothing too bad. She pulled out a small cloth and wiped the black blood from her hand and put it away. She looked back at the room, and waited for the meeting to start.
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:21 pm
Vincent "Everything dies. Some just faster than others." Not being able to contain himself, Vincent laughed at Raphael's words. "Well then, it'll be just like talking to Dante." He moved himself to the side, finding a comfortable spot on the wall to lean. He gazed over the crowd, expecting a fun evening to ensue from this gathering. "I swear, when it comes to politics, he's more of a child than me... Though I'd still follow him to the gates of hell and back. Plus, he managed to talk to Liliana and Cain alright when I was incapacitated a few days back, and that's enough of a surprise for me to last quite a while." Vincent looked to Liliana, and spoke in his head. How did that go by the way, Dante's meeting with you the morning after your wedding... I unfortunately did not have a chance to ask him. Would you be willing to fill me in?
The Black Blood
Necromancer
Journeyman
1000/1000
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:46 pm
XXXXw a r r i o r X|X m a s t e r X|X l o r d XXofXXm a u X|X c r i m s o nXXl e g i o nXXX Accepting humanity is accepting mortality. In the beginning, before you were even conceived, it was already decided that you were to die.
XXXXSo what does it matter... if I am the one to bring about your fate?
''I can imagine, haha," He said, laughing at Vincent's response, as he turned to Elizabeth and began to pout. ''But I like being bold, Lizzy. Gets the point across easier... ahem, anyways," The man muttered, turning back to Vincent, giving him a content smile. ''Hey, you don't have to lean against some wall the whole meeting? Wanna sit next to me and Elizabeth? Next to me, to be more exact?"
''Hm. How rash of you. You may not know it, but making friends with a child playing politics will only make you look less mature than everyone else. Whether they are simple-minded or not, to them, Vincent will always seem like the underdog, even if he surpasses most of them in intellect. And becoming friends with the underdog rarely ever does much for popularity."
''But at the same time, who would want to be popular with the apes?"
''The apes had to be apes before they were human."
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:59 pm
█████████████████████████ ██████████ ████████████████ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx███████████ Black Claw of the Shadows of Mau M A Uxxx↺xxxM A S T E Rxxx↻xxx3 0 0 0 ll 3 0 0 0XXX XXXXXXXXXX█████ :♥ Elizabeth ▪▪ Bishop ▪▪ Lady of Mau ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Beth sighed at him, "Well, just be sure to choose when you're bold." When Raph offered the other man to join in with sitting with them, she scooted closer and wrapped her arms around his closet and snuggled the side of her head and ear on his shoulder.
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