Saga: Enemies Unmasked

[zolomon]

(OOC: Trying out a somewhat new narrative style here... what do you guys think? )

Just as the situation was about to escalate and allow some uncalled-for violence, everyone piped down and nothing came up after all. 'Bummer…' Zolomon thought and sighed. Seemed like he wouldn't be able to kick Dimitri's ass after all, since he didn't want to be the instigator. The others would probably get their panties in a bunch if he did that, and fighting them all at once sounded like very much a pain in the ass, so he decided to pass on that.

After some poetic and not-very-impressive sage words from the Samurai (Zolomon knew his name now, but he preferred calling him that name until the stuck-up bastard gave it to the vampire himself) and a long short explanation of what happened, Zolomon grinned and looked at his newly-obtained trinket with brand new respect. So it did more than complement his pale fingers. Grinning as a devilish thought sprouted in his demented mind, Zolomon suddenly spun around, and thrust his arm forward, his palm clenched in a fist, pointing at the ruined town, from which smoke still crept, forming many a dark pillar which ascended into the sky. For a split second, electricity sparked around his fist, the in the ring growing bright for the slightest of moments. A single, large spark came from it, flying forward and harmlessly landing in the grass some three feet away.

There were several seconds of dumbfounded silence on Zolomon's part, when he suddenly turned around and walked up to the unsuspecting Reiaz, aggravation and anger clearly seen dancing in his eyes in the form of a pair of small white embers. "Hey, kid... I think my shit's broken." Pointing bluntly at the ring on his finger, his eyes now narrow with suspicion and loathing. He was probably being fucked over. Being the most unpopular guy in the group usually turned out bad for you unless everyone feared you to death. Sadly, Zolomon's 'companions' didn't know him well enough.

"And, anyway, we're now supposed to go looking for your Bitch of Chaos? Or whatever it was. Is there going to be fighting? Blood? Violence? ...Chaos? If so, count me in." Though Zolomon was an unlikely associate for anybody striving for good and justice, and his motives were questionable at best, rejecting the generous offer of having Zolomon Beowulve's strength at your side was not a wise decision. Hopefully, these glory-boys wouldn't let their holier-than-thou bullshit get in the way of a prospectively mutually beneficial partnership. Then again... you never know with these hero-types. Good guys are so hard to predict. Zolomon had always considered compassion, reputation, honor in the most vain of senses, and especially principles to be an unnecessary load when making decisions. Sadly, not everyone could discard those as easily as him. 'Then again... the world wouldn't be much fun if EVERYONE was as cool as me...' Zolomon thought with a wry grin, waiting for the others to decide.

[Ryan - Loki]

Ryan listened carefully and intensively to what the young master Reiaz had to say on Dragonia’s impending, yet now uncertain, obliteration; the real question was not where this being of chaos was upon Dragonia but rather why Dragonia’s obliteration was now uncertain, the answer was Ryan. The difference between now and even an hour beforehand was that Ryan had now joined the struggle to stop whomever threatened his beloved home world. Although Ryan was just one man he strongly believed that just one man could change the fate of a world if they strongly believed in something, and that he did, he believed that Dragonia was worth saving and he wouldn’t stop until he had done just that. They’ll have to kill me before I let anything happen to this planet...and I’ve still far too much to accomplish in life to die. he thought to himself briefly, as he run over everything within his head that Reiaz had just said to him.

Ryan had now taken a few steps away from the rest of the group as he slowly moved while caught in deep thought over just how he was going to aid the defence of Dragonia, his back now to them all as he looked off over the still burning village. Slowly following the several pillars of smoke up high into the sky with his eyes Ryan’s train of thought somewhat drifted off onto his father, Katsumoto; he missed him deeply. To think…it’s not been even a year since the war that covered this planet and took so many innocent lives. Ryan sighed in-between thoughts. How can so much evil befall one planet? it was a question that he feared he would never find an answer for, at least not in his lifetime.

A particularly small bolt of electricity suddenly ruptured against the soil not too far off to the left of Ryan’s feet; it had been enough to break Ryan’s train of thought. Slowly turning towards the small hole in the ground Ryan briefly remembered Reiaz explaining the attributes of Zolomon’s enchanted ring, electricity. Tracing backwards Ryan’s eyes quickly fell upon a rather aggravated Zolomon, obviously quite a bit unimpressed by the lack of destruction that his ring had granted him. Shaking his head Ryan gave a small laugh to himself, “Perhaps its Karma.” he said to Zolomon as he made his way back towards the group, stopping just to the right of Dimitri just as he spoke.

“It’s not safe to assume anything at this point until we know for certain just what we are dealing with,” Ryan replied in answer to Dimitri’s question. “But as young master Reiaz seems to know what he is talking about, and Zolomon and yourself, Dimitri, have both witnessed more than myself we can say the only feasible conclusion is that we are dealing with the missing Chaos Spirit, Will.” he placed his hand upon his chin, his fingers just covering his mouth as he slipped into thought once more. “Dragonia is a large place young master Reiaz, finding one person can be a near impossible task if that said person doesn’t wish to be found…” removing his hand from his face Ryan looked back off towards Reiaz, bowing his head slightly. “But in any case that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. What say you, our plan of action?”

[kihaku]

Reiaz was surprised when he was suddenly rounded upon by the rather angry and violent vampire. The answer seemed obvious to the young boy, but in an attempt to not make the monster feel more aggravated than he already was, he opted to give the answer that wouldn't make him look stupid. In an attempt to make it seem like it was a real problem, he sort of tipped forward and peered at the small blue stone, though he wasn't really actually looking at it.

He was more concerned with those fingers wrapping around his own neck.

"Hmm... s-since, prehaps, it's an electric attack, try opening your hand instead. You know, like from your palm, or even from your fingers?" He gave a small shrug and several small scooches backwards, further out of reach. At least now he knew that he had the... well, sympathies wasn't quite the word, but it was as close as he was going to get. "Goodly. I'm sure there will be lots of... erm... violence and stuff."

Turning now to Ryan, who seemed to be the most mature of the group, he gave a small, genuine smile at someone who he felt was going to be of actual tactical help. "I believe so too, but Elena didn't believe Dramanius could do something like this. She and I were forced to leave the OtherRealm, and come here, but now we're sepera-"

His mouth stopped mid-sentence, his eyes glazed over as if in a trance, and his whole body went rigid like he was frozen solid. "Someone... not a Chaos Spirit is tapping into our energies! Oh my gods, that is so dangerous! A new gate has opened, and... oh no, it's Kihaku! The Eye can't open a gate, he's lost his memories!"

Reiaz seemed now to be almost frothed to a panic, his face rosiate with worry, his hands wringing themselves as if washing, and his feet wiggled with anxiety. "We need to go to an island nation... it's... people live in houses that move! Houses that can cross oceans... named after a little red imp? Does any of that make any sense to you three?" His clear sapphire eyes shone with worry, his voice practically trilling with a need to close whatever "gate" had been opened.

[Ryan - Loki]

(OOC: Sorry Bro but you've had TONS of time to write up a reply, so i'm skipping your turn and posting instead to keep things moving - feel free to reply after, or whenever you can.)

Ryan was busy taking in every little ounce of information that Reiaz was offloading to the three of them, while adding it and running it through his mind with the rest, when Reiaz’s attention seemed to be snatched up from underneath him by some distant terror - this wasn’t completely untrue. Having stopped mid-sentence Reiaz had seemingly slipped into a panic-stricken trance. His body suddenly became as ridged as a plank of wood, his eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost and his heartbeat raced at almost unnatural speeds.

“…What is it young master Reiaz?” Ryan managed to ask, beating Reiaz to the punch by a matter or mere milliseconds. His voiced raced as he quickly explained the situation, the seriousness of the situation clearly apparent within the panic of his voice. “Rues.” Ryan immediately answered. “You just described the country known as Rues. A cloudless land with azure sky, rolling hills, and a bright and shining sun standing as a beacon of hope and prosperity to all whom live upon its shores.”

Realising that this wasn’t exactly the ideal time for a geography lesson, Ryan took a brief second and closed his eyes, attempting to concentrate his mind to focus on the disturbance. It was difficult to feel exactly what was happening, but a usual disturbance of power there indeed was. Still somewhat unsure just exactly what was going on Ryan pushed his lack of understanding aside and made a decision. “The panic in your voice can only mean that something terrible will come from a gate being opened,” probably an obvious statement. “We must reach Rues as quick as possible.”

Turning his body to face south, the general direction of Rues from Lavertia, Ryan crouched slightly as he looked back at Reiaz over his right shoulder. “I don’t know what awaits us in Rues, but young master Reiaz I must request that you stay behind me. I have a feeling that not only will we all need your help and guidance on these matters before the end, but I believe that you will play a bigger part in the near future of this planet than you are already. Enough talk everyone, there‘s no time to lose.” and with that Ryan looked back towards the south, and with a gentle push off of the ground Ryan took to flight - his destination the country of Rues, and possibly Dragonia’s fate.