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Post by NightWing on Aug 11, 2008 0:06:01 GMT -5
Point taken xD
I know something at least, anyway.
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Post by tabiris on Aug 11, 2008 0:18:03 GMT -5
well since i wasn't going to explain it i will here
Zeryn was the head of a large Clan of Drow in her world but she had an issue with attacking her clansmen in the night and feeding on them in a vampiric manner was eventually caught attacking her military leader's mate. So the clans council had her secretly sealed in the temple to the Holy Trinity goddesses that watched over the drow and were coincidentally the same goddesses that were bound to her soul at an earlier date that is not important to this explanation. and there is your explanation XD
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Post by NightWing on Aug 11, 2008 0:27:15 GMT -5
Wow More than I expected to get. Cool. Interesting occurance. Bound to her soul... that bit's got me curious.
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Post by tabiris on Aug 11, 2008 0:50:34 GMT -5
that part is indeed. but more importantly you can see she's been screwed up for a while. actually since she was 8.
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Post by ogrefairy on Aug 11, 2008 6:53:49 GMT -5
Wow. Really? Are we going to find out what happened that messed her up in the first place?
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Post by tabiris on Aug 11, 2008 22:30:04 GMT -5
prabably not. it's not really important
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Post by tabiris on Aug 11, 2008 23:06:43 GMT -5
in other news the next chapter will actually advance the plot some XP and i've just about got the universal plot done so i may get to some of the other fanfics soon toos
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Post by tabiris on Aug 11, 2008 23:43:32 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Chapter 11: Octavarium[/glow]
"Ok so how many of us are going?" Kavonn and Zeryn were preparing to go out to the site of Tabby's explosification. (yes i made up that word XP)
"However many want to go I guess. It's not like we would have a shortage of rain apparel." Zeryn manifested a couple raincoats from thin air.
"Wait, if you can make those from thin air why were you mad about yours being gone?" Tony had passed by curious about the current proceedings.
"Because mine is special. It's threads were materialized with kindness not necessity." Zeryn stuck her tongue out at Tony with a cheesy grin.
A couple hours of hiking later a group of Kavonn, Rosemary, Tony, Zeno, and Zeryn were at the mouth of the cave. Once at the cave Zeryn turned to the group.
"Ok we're here now and now you can go no further." Zeryn grinned tilting her head with a soft green glow forming around her.
"Why not Zeryn?" Kavonn tilted his staff to the side slowly.
"Because the magics that are used to resurrect the bonds of Gods are not meant for lesser immortals. Theres a distinct chance that I could be killed by this too. But I wont leave you in the rain." Zeryn raised her arms and the ground nearby started to shuffle around. Zeryn seemed to space out as a Gazebo formed into the mountain providing a small space of shelter from the rain. "Ka in her infinite wisdom gave the Dwarves knowledge of how to shape the worlds elements into strong and beautiful creations that the balance be preserved."
After the group was settled under the gazebo, gazing at the intricate carvings all around them, Zeryn went into the cave in an almost mechanical fashion.
"Well this is rather annoying. All this walking to be left out here in the rain." Kavonn observed the carvings. "Still these carvings are familiar. Ah, I remember it was when we first met all those years ago. She made this place then and showed me what the carvings mean."
"So what do they mean?" Tony looked around the carvings were quite strange all of creatures, battle, and sorrow.
"They're a life story. Over here is the start it climbs up the pillars in a circular fashion until it reaches the top center which is the present." Zeno drew circles in the air to make his point getting only stares of shock from the other three hikers. "She showed me this place once."
"So this is her past?" Rosemary looked around. "It's not a lot of stuff."
"Well she's young for her species they can live indefinitely if their careful of where they live and how." Kavonn walked around slowly. "Lets see if I remember the story correctly."
"Everything starts with her birth, One of the twin daughters of the royal family of her species in another dimension. That birth left the mother barren, the father was the king of the dragons of that world. For the first 8 years life was good till her twin was kidnapped. Obsessed with trying to get her twin back believing her to be dead she spent nearly 25 years studying magic. Once she though she was ready she made the ritual settings and started but instead she opened a portal to the realm of the gods and ripped three gods from that world and absorbed them. The lash back from that nearly wiped her world from existence. Heavily scarred she escaped her people and wandered into human territory. In her world humans were vaguely aware of how magic worked and kept her kind as slaves. She was experimented on for a while and then tossed aside after an accident in trying to duplicate her seeming invulnerability, this one binding Tabiris to those five rubies. Left as a lowly maid she quickly established that she knew how to fight and was instead made into a guardian for the humans princess. After a couple years she and the princess had become really good friends but when their friendship was discovered everything changed. In under a year everything was taken from Zeryn again and she was again alone, this time she built a grand clan of drow but she was found preying on her own in feeding and was locked in a temple. After years in the temple she finally lost it an in a last ditch effort to break free from the temple she wound up here." Zeno walked around the little gazebo reciting everything as he pointed at corresponding carvings leaving everyone to stare at him even more weirded out than before.
A considerable amount of time had passed into story time and the rain subsided. Then there was a violent explosion and the entire top of the mountain was ripped off in a hail of boulders.
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Post by tabiris on Aug 11, 2008 23:45:54 GMT -5
wow major wall of text but now people can have an idea of her life story
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Post by ogrefairy on Aug 12, 2008 0:00:45 GMT -5
Wow. Poor girl just didn't get a break. >.<
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Post by tabiris on Aug 12, 2008 0:05:44 GMT -5
indeed. ultimate power. ultimate unluck
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Post by tabiris on Aug 12, 2008 0:29:42 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Chapter 12: Success with a Hint of Evil[/glow]
"Such a dank cave. What a place for you to die Tabby. Hello then whats this?" Zeryn entered the cave (yup heres whats happening inside) and noticed a badly damaged green hat. Looking from side to side she opened a pocket of her raincoat, wails filled the air and she plopped the hat in the pocket and closed it quickly.
"Onto business." Zeryn sat in the center of the cave in a meditative position. A soft glow gave light to the cave as the rubies reforged themselves. Soon after small flickering sky blue lights found their way to four of the gems the other a purple light. And thus all hell broke loose. A short alp with orange hair appeared from the fifth gem.
"The @#$@ are you?" Zeryn looked up at the alp unable to do much else as her legs and most of her arms had disintegrated from the power of the ritual.
The alp only laughed manically and blasted Zeryn, vaporizing her body. The other rubies dropped into the dirt sinking in as the mountain exploded and a green orange light flew into the night sky.
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"Oh my god!" The group ran up to the new mountain summit finding it empty and devoid of life.
"I guess she died." Tony tilted his head.
"Now what?" Rosemary looked to Kavonn.
"We go home." Kavonn shrugged and the group left.
"Disappointing." The four rubies in the earth sprouted up forming Tabiris, Andromeda, and the twin swords. "Not realizing that he could have survived. This does not bode well."
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Post by ogrefairy on Aug 12, 2008 0:31:59 GMT -5
O.O Oh my. This does not bode well.
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Post by NightWing on Aug 12, 2008 1:14:40 GMT -5
Quoting the last line of the story? xD Fitting as it is. Things are about to go very downhill, methinks...
Wow... poor Zeryn... unlucky 'til the very end.
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Post by tabiris on Aug 12, 2008 1:25:23 GMT -5
some memories are not as good as they should be me thinks. but yes things are going to go downhill eventually
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Post by tabiris on Aug 12, 2008 1:56:43 GMT -5
oh to explain the one title for chapter 11/ Octavarium refers to the Dream Theater album Octavarium which stresses the musical perfect ratio of 5:8 and the idea that all things end where they begin XP not sure how that works into the story but i like that word XD
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Post by NightWing on Aug 12, 2008 8:27:14 GMT -5
Noted xD
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Post by tabiris on Aug 13, 2008 22:30:33 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Chapter 13: Moral or Immortal[/glow]
“And so civilization shall crumble in a fast paced slide downhill, at least at this rate.” Tabiris and Andromeda were sitting under Zeryn’s gazebo watching the sun set.
“You think these two will ever wake up?” Andromeda pointed at the twin swords lying on the ground.
“I’m sure they will but more importantly what do you think happened to Zeryn?” Tabiris shrugged toying with his outfit changing the colors and styles.
“Why would we care about that? You know full well that as a collective none of our self cares about Zeryn’s well being.” Andromeda shook her head. “All we care about as a collective are the three goddesses that she fused with.”
“Therefore caring about her is the same as caring about them.” Tabiris sighed. “Well why don’t we hunt down that thing since this is getting us nowhere.”
“Might as well. I mean talking with those cabin guys is a bad idea I’m sure.” Andromeda rolled her eyes.
“Sarcasm eh? Well I’m not thrilled with the situation and why should we involve those kids again. As far as they know it’s over. ‘Nuff said.” Tabiris got up and collapsed the gazebo. “Zeryn’s chapter is closed.”
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“And so there was a violent explosion and she was gone.” Everyone was assembled in the cabin’s kitchen talking.
“It is indeed a quandary.” Kavonn shrugged. “In any case it’s over now and life can return to its paranormal existence.”
A loud thud from the living room drew everyone’s attention. Curious the group moved to the living room. There was another thud; it came from the other side of the front door. The handle started turning slowly. The door creaked open an inch then, BOOM, the door blew open with a crazy amount of force ripping the door off its hinges and throwing it across the room. A small green plumed hat fluttered into the room.
“I want to know who owns that hat.” Zeryn pulled herself into the cabin. She was missing most of her right arm and her left leg. She appeared to be bleeding profusely from her wounds. Aside from that she was coated in mud and filth and her outfit was largely shredded with only bits and pieces of her pants and raincoat left; she appeared to be wearing a hooded vest and shorts from the damage. Her eye patch was once again gone and her serpent eyes were clear though her red eye seemed to be cracked down the side. “So I can kill him.”
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Post by tabiris on Aug 13, 2008 22:36:04 GMT -5
the title is a play on words combining 'moral or immoral' to show the obvious lack of morality that Tabiris has (he's quite aloof when he doesn't feel he owes you anything) and 'mortal or immortal' refering that our Zeryn is a quite hard to get rid of.
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Post by NightWing on Aug 13, 2008 23:42:01 GMT -5
A sensible one, looking at this... wow Well then... this is very interesting indeed... what's next, storymaster?
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Post by tabiris on Aug 15, 2008 21:03:17 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Chapter 14: Winter of Content[/glow]
Two months since the mountaintop was blown off and Zeryn had returned again as she did once a day. It was snowing. Zeryn was wearing a rather odd outfit of a white long skirt that reached to just at her ankles and her black raincoat with her normal eye patch and an addition of some fingerless gloves.
“He’s still walking around out there. Mocking me. Mocking everyone. He thinks he’s already dusted his hand of me; then again he probably doesn’t have any idea who I am.” As usual Zeryn was talking to herself. She crouched down and placed a hand on the ground. Removing her hand a black rose grew from where it had been. “Shall I give him despair? No. I shall simply take him out. Children need to learn their place after all.”
“Zeryn you’ll tire yourself out coming out it the snow without proper garments.” Kavonn was sitting behind Zeryn on a random rock fiddling with his light green scarf.
“Shouldn’t you be with Rosemary? Besides I’m always warm. I’m a fire breathing lizards daughter afterall.” Zeryn shrugged.
“Rosemary is with her siblings on a mission. So is this the real you? Or is this another mask you wear like your cheerful face?” Kavonn inspected his scarf rather bored.
“My masks as you call them are the real me. Every thought is my own. I simply can’t control my emotions and train of thought. When I am happy I will smile, when I’m sad I will cry, when I’m royally T’ed off it’s wise not to second guess me.” Zeryn sighed tossing the black rose into the air watching a crosswind blow it down into the forest.
“I see. So you are not trying to fool us. Just yourself.” Kavonn made to get up but found himself suddenly on the ground. Zeryn sat on him shaking her head.
“Kavonn do you know why I liked you? Because you were everything I wanted to be. Free, moderately happy, in good company most of the time I truly envied you. In any case…” Zeryn leaned close to Kavonn caressing his face. “I remember the last time I did this you ran away and I lost you. I didn’t move from that spot for a month before I finally gave up.”
Zeryn promptly sat up. “So this time I wont do it. Just remember that I’m crazy and everything will be normal.”
“Things have never been normal.” Kavonn sat up and got his hat.
“True. But I’m content with life as it is. Well not until I kill Olaf. That will be a pleasurable moment.” Zeryn smiled looking into the sky as though she could see beyond the clouds.
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Post by ogrefairy on Aug 15, 2008 21:09:41 GMT -5
Cool chapter. I like Zeryn. XP
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Post by tabiris on Aug 15, 2008 21:16:47 GMT -5
she's messing with Kavonn by the way. she still likes him deep down but she'll never admit it.
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Post by ogrefairy on Aug 15, 2008 21:35:35 GMT -5
I can tell. ^^ It's cute. xp
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Post by NightWing on Aug 16, 2008 9:51:51 GMT -5
Well then. Fun stuff. Interesting conversation. What's with the black rose?
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Post by tabiris on Aug 16, 2008 22:55:29 GMT -5
Good for you for noticing Night. Hold that thought close it will become a very important detail later in the another story.
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Post by tabiris on Aug 17, 2008 0:43:19 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Chapter 15: War and Love[/glow]
"Tabby mine friend you have failed."
"Shut it dirt bag."
"Exsqueeze me he who forms his body from soil. Did you just give me an order? I killed you once and I can do it again. But I want your help with something fun, so you can have your poor pieces of your shattered existence back if you help."
"You don't have Zeno to destroy me you failure of an existence."
"Oh am I? I'm afraid you're wrong. I've already identified the main pieces in this game that need to be terminated. You aren't one of them. In fact I'd like to help you get home."
"Why would you help me?"
"Cause I want you gone. I'm tired of having someone interfere and you have no reason to be here. You're a God why should you be bound to a mortal coil."
"Hmmm... fine I'll help."
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"Ahahaha!!! Weeeeeee!!! Shadow, shadow, shadow~! Kavonn your room is so much fun!" Zeryn was bouncing around Kavonn's room from shadow to shadow sometimes even sinking into a shadow and coming out of another on the other side of the room.
"How is it I've known you all this time yet I didn't know you could use shadows as transportation?" Kavonn was laying on his bed reading though a D&D manual sometimes glancing at the hyper girl bouncing though the shadows.
"Cause I've never had anywhere fun to play with my shadow magic. It's one of my natural magics to. It's the element I was born with control over." The strange girl laughed bouncing through the shadows.
"Kavonn who is this?" Rosemary had teleported into Kavonn's room.
"I'm one of his old friends. You must be Rosemary. You are lucky to have this one you know. You're really cute too." Zeryn managed to shove herself right in front of Rosemary violating her personal space leaving only three or four inches of space between their faces.
"Ummm... thanks. Now kindly explain why you two are in this room alone." Rosemary crossed her arms backing away.
"Oh you're jealous thats so cute I could just eat you up. You smell more like oregano to me. Back to your inferiority complex Kavonn is a man of principle I however am not a man and have no idea what principles are." Again Zeryn waged her hostile war on Rosemary's personal space, this time by hugging her and kissing her on the cheek.
The next hour or so was blurry from a combination of shock and fists in faces.
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Post by tabiris on Aug 17, 2008 0:49:00 GMT -5
OK before you say anything Zeryn does not like Rosemary like that she's just crazy.
9 times out of 10 what Zeryn does is purely on whim and she rarely thinks things though. Do not on any account say I'm spoiling anyones orientation cause a Rosemary/Zeryn relationship isn't happening!
and now back to your regularly scheduled story.
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Post by ogrefairy on Aug 17, 2008 0:53:15 GMT -5
*laughs* Okay. That wasn't my first thought but noted. ^^
Zeryn is very entertaining. xp
Apparently Rosemary didn't like that though.
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Post by NightWing on Aug 17, 2008 22:15:54 GMT -5
Wow, chaos xD
And I immediately dismissed the action to Zeryn's sporadicness anyway =P
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