Introduction
You wake up in a round room. A large shadowed figure stand above you. You are surroounded by others of different age and look.
The figure speaks in a booming voice.
"Greetings. Let me explain why you are here.
I have no name and face. I simply am. I've created a new dimension. A new layer. Where there is no time and no aging. Where you can live forever as if it never was. But that's not why I've brought you here. You are here because you are human's who souls burn brighter and stronger than any others. I want to unlock your potential. I want to make you as strong as the spirit within you.
I want you to fight.
You will fight for a single chance.
A chance, to be come a God.
I myself am a God. I have powers that you couldn't comprehend. I am not your "God" in case you were curious. I know you worship him but who he is, I'm not even sure. I've only known myself to exist.
But I digress.
You have one chance to have my powers. To have immortality, and that will be the least of your extraordinary powers. You will be able to truly create and destroy. How you choose to use these powers is your decision. You'll only have to deal with your personal consequences.
You will be here for one year. You will be trained. You will create alliances and enemies. I will declare when the next round will begin and who will be fighting whom. You will have free roam to this building I have created. It has training grounds, sleeping quarters and everything else you need for all your human necessities.
You will find friendship. You will find yourself. You may even find love.
But for the next year you must choose wisely if you plan to win.
If you lose 2 rounds you are disqualified. You will no longer compete but you will remain on the grounds to support your fellow competitors. You may be called back to compete another round or to assist one of your allies if the round calls for it.
Your soul is your weapon. I will teach you to release your soul into a physical form and use it to fight against your opponent. Your soul will take the form of any weapon in existent. It will have all the advantages and all the faults of that weapon. It may be a sword, it may be a staff, it may be a whip. I will teach you to summon it, control it, and improve it.
Now. If you accept this opportunity, you may walk through the main hall. If you decline you may simply tell me and I will return you to your dimension and you will live knowing you had this chance and gave it up.
Now choose."
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Staring after the blond haired woman, he imagined her back filled with daggers, her blood, seeping into the parched ground, and his blade in hand, cutting her head from her body. He quickly wiped his mouth dry, feeling spittle pooling on the side of his lips. 'Yes,' a slow grin spread across his face, and the glint of madness shown in his eyes, 'Her blood will be mine to savor.'
Dropping to a sitting position, Mikael's body fell back into routine. Yoga had always made him calm his anger fastest, and sitting in the Lotus Position for a few minutes wasn't going to kill him, he hoped anyways. 'Back straight, hands on my knees, palms up. Good, good. Eyes closed, legs crossed, and now to breathe.' His breath became deeper and deeper with each intake, and is mind relaxed. 'Just as Sensei had said: "Relax. Let go your anger. Breathe in Peace and Tranquility."' Moments had passed, but it felt like an eternity within his own mind, and his anger was swept out of his body. Soon, his eyes had opened, and he felt whole once more. "Much, better," he sighed happily. Standing up slowly, he began to stretch his muscles, testing them for cramps and strains. Finding none, he then began to pop his knuckles, smiling as each one cracked audibly. "A room would be nice," he muttered quietly, "One where I can meditate in complete silence and peace." In so saying, he exited the room, and ran almost into the Scot.
"Oops," he grinned at the man, "Sorry bout that," and walked around him, searching for a vacant room.
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He had been lucky. No one had ventured towards him and tried to strike up idle conversation. Not that he was an anit-social type, no. It's just that he sucked at being a conversationalist. His words usually were quick and to the point, and he didn't like to talk about his past. Best to leave such a painful thing alone. Yet, he made up his mind not to completely alienate anyone. A year is a long time and would go a lot smoother if everyone didn't hate him...
He then stood off of the wall with the intentions of looking at where the crowd was going. Though, for he got far, he managed to witness a man in some sort of yoga position. He said nothing and continued past, though internally he wondered if the man was crazy... "Hell, Probably." he said to himself, completing his own thought. Then he passed two women. One who had ordered the meat-shields Tom and Yuri to 'Stop' and the other who set off and yelled at everyone. "Ladies," He greeted politely, going so far as to even pat the shoulder of the quiet, "Stop" girl reassuringly before moving on. For some reason, he liked that girl. Kain saw something of himself in her...
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(( Moon/Mihael has been RPing unlike who his character is and has been removed from the RP. ))
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His decision was made quickly mostly because of his pride. Letting someone else gain the power to rival god himself. Preposterous, no one will be stronger than him. Not even the shadow figure, but Oto isn't stupid he would obey every order the figure asked of him to the T.
Glancing around he observed some of the contestants. Most of them didn't seem worth his time, though he was never one to underestimate. Oto was on the far side the longest distance from the door. As he began walking he noticed someone leaning against a wall not really talking to anyone. Oto's eyes lowered. "Potential candidate for team, confirmed." Continuing to look around he noticed a fight beginning. "Tch, there's a time and place for fighting...amateurs."
Last Memory
"There's a time and place for fighting amateurs." Oto stated his eyes glancing around at the scum that circled around him. His hands in his pockets, and a serious expression on his face. The scraping of metal made Oto wince a little as one of the guys drug a steel bat on the ground.
"We're sending you on a long vacation Oto, hope you enjoy it." Said one guy as Oto leaned forward avoiding the steel bat coming from behind and kicking the guy in the chest making him stumble backwards into another gasping for air. "Continue if you wish.." Oto stated again with a more pressing tone.
"Don't think this is over!!" One said as they all took off running. 'Scum will always be scum."
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Now only focused on reaching the door he heard someone yelling, that the shadow figure is not who he says he is. Some other things he didn't care to hear for. "Never question someone stronger than you." Oto thought, watching everyone go into a hallway he overheard someone say rooms. As he began walking he saw the Shadow Figure again, and Oto was stuck, his presence simply left him at awe and a competitor was dragged away.
Putting his right hand to his face Oto couldn't help but smile widely. He would soon have such a presence, it was better than Christmas. Peeking through his fingers he saw a girl sitting down on the floor. Oto wasn't much for talking but it was better than being alone at the moment. Walking up to her he pulled off his hood revealing his jet black hair and dark brown eyes.
"Yo" he stated looking at Violet with the friendliest face he could muster. "Mind if I sit?"
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Toms words fell short as a wave of darkness flashed across his eyes, one moment the man was there and the next he wasn't. It happened in a matter of seconds from Toms perspective, all he was left with was a feeling of dread. Recalling the shadow's words a chill ran up Tom's spine like the icy fingers of a witch caressing the form of a sleeping child.
"THA HELL WUZZAT?!?!?!"
An uncommon sense of fear stole across Toms brain leaving him with the simple instinct to run, to hide to be anywhere then were he was now. He slumped to the ground were the gravity of the situation finally hit him.
"He coulda done that tah any one o' us...at any time... tha' whole thing with Yuri.....tha coulda been me.."
Tom remained sitting for a moment and stared blank-faced at a spot on the adjacent wall.The reality hit him like a load of bricks, this wasn't a brawl, this wasn't a bar fight, this wasn't even a battle.....this was war.
For the first time in Thomas MacGruddy's life he correctly feared something beyond what he knew he could handle, gone was the immortality complex brought on by a youth of hard drinking and to little time in a good church, it was replaced by a deep and uncertain sense of the unknown and the true possibility of fates cruel twisting.
Tom remained sitting for some time until he remembered he had to catch up with the screaming blonde girl, or Yuri but given the circumstances he'd rather have a heart to heart with the sensible blonde then the irrepressible Russian(Asian) giant.
Chuckling slightly Tom mumbled as he staggered to his feet,
"Well ah least Ahm completely sober now."
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He passed through the hall, noticing Violet hunched over by a wall, with someone sitting next to her. People were making friends, it seemed. Yuri frowned a bit - he was never good at the whole 'socializing' thing. He mostly just yelled and hit things, making it rather difficult for people to approach him. Tom, he noticed, seemed quite shook up. Yuri walked over and smacked him on the back.
"Strange magic in this place, yes?" He boomed, then laughed as he walked towards the residential hall.
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He chewed his lip for a moment, contemplating his options. Either make friends with the loud Russian and Tom. The loud blond girl. Or those two... Not a difficult choice. Besides, in a group of three, he wouldn't be pressed to carry a conversation by himself. Ah, better than nothing.
Kain made his way to the opposite side of Violet and the new fellow, and leaned against the wall nonchalantly. He nodded towards both of them and spoke in a melancholy voice. "My name's Abel. Kain Abel." he said simply to the two of them before he crossed his arms and tilted his head downwards. He continued without making eye contact. "Curious events, huh?" Kain said in a low voice with tilt of his head, indicating the area where the shadowed figure whisked away the man.
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She looked over down the hall where the three people were lounging, a timid looking girl sat on the ground next to a guy with dark hair and an older looking man leaned on the wall. The older man said something that Raven couldnβt quite catch. The lot of them did seem nice, even if they were a little shy.
Raven took off from the wall she was leaning on and sauntered down the hall until she was in close proximity from them, leaning back on the cool wall, the feeling absolutely wonderful against her bare shoulders. She started to unconsciously toy with the small key once more, twirling it around in her fingers.
βHey,β she said, smiling at the trio, βNameβs Raven.β
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Suddenly glancing up he noticed another girl approach. "What did I start..." Oto questioned with a small sigh. Though this time he felt obligated to answer with his name. "Oto is fine..." He stated nonchalantly. Glancing at Violet, who he first came to talk to. She hadn't spoke a word since he had set down. He also had a hard time figuring her out though he could tell she wasn't the social type.
Now surrounded by 3 presences Oto felt a slight uneasiness. "Making companions of these girls could become very disadvantageous. I would like to at least test to see if they will past the first round somehow. Though at this time that seems very difficult." Oto almost completely lost himself in thought as he remembered he was surrounded by potential enemies and slid his legs in, crossed his arms and placed his chin on them. "So how do you all feel about this contest, though be weary of your words." Oto questioned calmly.
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Suddenly, she felt someone bump into her. Evangeline turned to see a somewhat reticent young woman with long, dark hair step back.
βIβm sorryβ¦β she said with a flat tone, her hair covering most of her face. Evangeline tilted her head to the side like a confused dog. Moments later, though, both she and the younger girl were greeted by solemn looking fellow with spiked rust-colored hair. He patted the other girlβs shoulder before moving on.
Eva opened her mouth to reply to the quiet girl but was stopped dead in her tracks by goings on just down the hall. The Shadow made yet another appearance, only this time he (could one call it a he? It could be a she for all Eva knewβ¦) seemed thoroughly pissed off. It pulled the dramatic blonde man into the ground, never to be seen again. βLet this be a warning to you all. If you choose to act of character or make a spectacle of yourself you will risk losing your chance at greatness. I only desire those who take this seriously and are willing to do their all to win."
βOnly those who are willing to give their all to win, huh?β Evangeline pondered this a moment. She had no intention of winning, only to survive. That, and to thwart those of ill-intention; she refused to let someone like that further corrupt Yeceniaβs world. A young man with black hair sat down next to the shy girl. Evangeline figured the girl was fine and left her be. Sheβd said enough already, that was for sure.
βWhat was I thinking, yelling at everyone like that?β Sheβd been trying to sound more sensible, but in the end her irritation at that emotional blonde guy got the best of her. At least she had a year to rectify the impression sheβd left in her would-be comrades if she so chose to. It might be better to maintain it until she knew who her allies wereβ¦
She heard the booming voice of Tsuyoi down the hall, coming this way, with Grudder not too far behind. They probably wouldnβt appreciate the comment she gave as she left. Evangeline had no intention of furthering hatred in any one of these people, she figured itβd be best for her to get a move one. The blonde turned around to see the melancholy man whoβd greeted her before. She nodded to him as she passed, hearing him introduce himself as Kain Abel to those that remained.
Evangeline stopped and wondered whether she should stop being antisocial and return to the group. After all, sheβd be spending a year with these people. Didnβt it make sense for her to get to know them. In the very least, it would help her in combat. Was that the best reason for going back? Boy, was she out of her element, here. What felt natural was for her to return to the forming group, so return she did.
"Curious events, huh?" Abel spoke. Shortly after, another girl identified herself as βRavenβ. The guy sitting next to the shy girl responded.
"So how do you all feel about this contest, though be weary of your words." Oto inquired.
βCurious is an understatement.β Evangeline gave a slight smirk as she walked up and replied naturally- nodding to Abel to indicate her reference to his comment, βWhile weβre introducing ourselves, Iβm Evangeline. Sorry about yelling, earlier. Lack of common sense bothers my inner mom.β She shrugged a bit with a flat, sarcastic look on her face.
"I'm not one to live in fear. Anyways, that shadow can't expect us to be quiet and acquiescent. We are the strong in spirit, after all." Evangeline put a hand on her hip. "In the very least, we should be safe so long as we don't badmouth it."
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Then he thought about himself. Why was he here? He turned his body and sat up with his legs hanging off the side of the bed. For a moment he just sat and thought with his eyes closed. Soon he opened his eyes with his conclusion.
"To gain the power to protect people." He muttered to himself.
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Then the speaking began. First, Kain responded to Oto. " 'Weary of my words?' " Kain repeated, "I don't like how you said that, boy. Sounded like a threat." Kain said with, staring at the man with his dull eyes for a moment. He then stopped pursuing the subject and shrugged. "The contest? I'm not sure yet. We have been only hear for a couple of hours... haven't had time to have an idea about the thing... Though, it sounds like a once in a lifetime chance..." Kain said, voice even and emotionless.
"Though, I wonder if these are death-matches, or until one of us is incapacitated... I may not have much to live for, but I still wish to try and live for it if I lose." Kain said, alluding to his personal life. Though, his question was a good one. The figure did not make mention of the type of tournament this was.
He then continued to listen to Evangeline and her points, nodding all the while. Him? Strong in spirit? Maybe once upon a time, but time had crushed that spirit long ago... Though, he did unquestionable agree on one point. "Yeah, I wouldn't even think bad thoughts about.. Him? It?" Kain said, finally with a little bit of emotion, though it be confusion. A chip in the shell.
Then suddenly, Violet ran off. Probably having something to do with the congregation of the group forming around her. Kain looked up for a moment in surprise as the girl bolted, taken aback with the girl's rashness and unsettling demeanor. Kain, with an eyebrow raised in confusion, asked rhetorically, "The hell was that about?"
With a smile beginning to crack at the corners of his mouth, he turned to Evangeline with a dry humor, "You're not going to bolt away from me, are you?" Kain turned his head back to looking directly ahead of him mulling over his next words... "Think someone should go check on her?" He asked.
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Oto couldn't help but give a small sigh as the girl who introduced herself as Evangeline kept talking. Though he was glad that someone was keeping the conversation.
"Yeah, I wouldn't even think bad thoughts about.. Him? It?" Kain stated agreeing with Evangeline.
With that Oto remembered the other guy vanishing and the Shadow Figures presence. Clenching his fists, Oto felt his adrenaline start to flow. Just the thought of that guy set his blood on fire. Oto stared straight ahead of him, not staring at anything in particular. "These moments are the times that I wish I had a sparring partner."
Suddenly noticing Violets breathing, Oto reached out to touch her shoulder. "Hey are you alr-" before he could finish she had stood to her feet and ran off somewhere.
Sighing Oto made it to his feet, and slid his hands in his pockets. Staring in the direction she went, debating on whether or not he should go after her. "What am I debating about?? What do I care if that girl runs away?" Oto thought to himself as he shook his head slightly forgetting about the girl. Glancing around at Kain and Eva, he wondered if they would fight with him for the hell of it. Though he decided to wait to ask that question as he leaned against the wall folding his arms. Another small sigh escaping him.
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"I fight not to become a god, but to prevent incapable idiots from gaining the power I'm smart enough to shun"
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And I had a good idea for Kain Abel too.
Not ever day I can make a name that biblical, nor a character that deep and dejected...
Alas, perhaps I will find another home for him.
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I tried to have Kain speak to everyone in the immediate area so they could interact a little better. Even if Kain is anti-social, I know what keeps a good RP going...
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I just can't make a post right now...
But tomorrow. Maybe.
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You need to adjust your attitude, and confront the problem at hand, instead of talking about it behind a person's back. Talking about a problem is so much easier than brushing it under a rug, wouldn't you agree? Because then it wouldn't come back and bit you in the rear.
This ain't a threat, only a warning. Talk about the problem with the person, or you'll end up hurting yourselves in the long run.
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Sound good? :]