Evanescent Fairytale {RP}

Earthly World

Riley listened to his i-pod while leaving his band's rehearsal. He walked along the gray, littered alley to where a local bar across from his apartment was. As he enterd the shop filled with smoke and the smell of booze, Riley immeadiately turned the other way. He couldn't stand smokers in confined places. Waiting outside with his guitar case in hand bobbing his head to the beat a big television in a window started forming a small crowd. Riley walked over to see what the big commontion was about. It was a news story.

"Hundreds of thousands of prisoners have escaped from jails all across the world just hours ago." the newscaster reported. "For unexplained reasons, these prisoners have found a way to all be released at once."

The shocking news was the only thing that had Riley take off his earphones to hear more. People in the crowed stirred, some gasping, others with suprised looks. "All we can do now is stay inside and lock your doors so that the police forces of your town can round up these criminals. Even army officials have agreed to join in." Said the newscaster. "The government has been trying to keep this quiet-"

"Is there a prison in Newyork?" a tourist from the crowd screamed in panic.

"We have to get outta here!" said a man rushing from the crowd.

One by one voices of panic could be heared across the city, across the world echoing. Riley grabbed his guitar and rushed to his apartment as a crowed of hundreds flooded the streets on which he now walked. He shoved and pushed through the crowed for minutes until finally he had reached his building. He tried the door but it wouldn't budge. "Hey!" Shouted Riley. "Hey! Open up!"

There was no reply. "Dammit!"he muttered.

Just as he said this panic horns began to blaze all across the city. Everyone was in danger.
 
Virginia payed no mind to the man who felled 2 of the demons or the larger man who grinded another one to dust. Rather she focused on the one wraith that was left charging at the man. Virginia however was faster, intercepting the demon and then stabbing it twice in the chest area, followed by a fist to the face, knocking it down.

Putting her dagger in her holster she turned slightly to learn who these people were.
 
As the robed figure sheathed it's blade, Ahrexian followed suit, discharging his lightning into the ground harmlessly and stowing his sword.
"And who might you be?" he asked "My name is Ahrexian, a mercenary of sorts" he grinned, extending his hand to the turning figure.
"What brings you this way, never mind that, it seems to me our meeting here is more than just chance, especially with such foul creatures about..."
 
Seridaxon watched the people begin to converse.

"Aeva processor re-engage targets?" the feminine voice asked.

"Hmm... give me a minute" Seridaxon said aloud.

"Which one of you created the earthquake which awakened me?" Seridaxon asked scanning the group of smaller people through his helmet visor.
 
"And who might you be?" The female assassin turned around completely and said in an Italian accent, "My name is Virginia, Virginia Venierno." "My name is Ahrexian, a mercenary of sorts" Virginia shook the mercenari's (mercenary) hand.

Ahrexian then continued. "What brings you this way, never mind that, it seems to me our meeting here is more than just chance, especially with such foul creatures about..."

"I was only heading on my way to Siard, I assume you were heading in that same direction?"

The large man went ahead asking "Which one of you created the earthquake which awakened me?" Virginia then thought of how the earthquake was created. "I really do not know, signore. (mister)"
 
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"I was only heading on my way to Siard, I assume you were heading in that same direction?" Virginia stated.
"Yes, I was escorting a man there, as part of a contract, but it would appear he was lost during the confusion"
Turning to the larger man who had previously tried to kill him, Ahrexian said,
"Well it wasn't me, I just get to play with electricity" as he said this he demonstrated by sending flickering arcs of lightning between his fingertips before slowly earthing the sparks. This guy was obviously dangerous, and any sudden moves could result in what Ahrexian considered an undeserved and untimely death.
"And I could hardly imagine it being her either" he motioned towards Virginia, "Certainly not if she relied on nothing but a dagger to fight these things off".
 
The third demon let out a howl as Ascendent Justice dug deep into its chest before being aruptly cut off with Auralises' Deliverance decapitating the beast. The other two laid in tatters on the ground arond her and Phallia gave a look of distate at the sudden attack. She had just arrived less than a few days ago to this land on her pilgrimage and she was attacked by such unholy beasts.

To think these monsters roam this plain.... In any case, what in the world was that explosion...?

With her weapons holstered, Phallia drew her cloak around her further and fixed up her hood to cover her face. From the corpse of one of the demons, she yanked out her pole arm (has a fleur de lis spear head as well as the scythe. Replace the fleur de lis symbol with Phallia's chruch symbol.) and swung it with a flick of a wrist, ridding the weapon of any dirt and residue from the fight before putting it in front of her, grasping the shaft with both hands. Bowing her head as if in penitence, Phallia made her way towards the town of Cia. A rest was needed as well as directions.
 
"Hmm. indeed you do raise a valid point... Aeva disengage targets consider them friendly" Seridaxon said as the helmet covering his head retracted.

"disengaged targets, restarting general processors"

Seridaxon looked down at the smaller people.

"Sorry" he said as he sat down cross legged so he was on a more even height ratio with the others.

"So what business do you all have here?"
 
"I was travelling to Siard castle" Ahrexian replied. He chose not to tell these people of his misfortune and they could well take advantage of this fact.
"I am looking for work, and have heard that there are jobs to be had at the castle"
He then waited to hear why the woman was on the road whilst fiddling with ring on his middle finger, and wondering where the man he was protecting could possibly have gone.
 
Kyrie had reached the Mana Tree just as the sun was beginning to descend below the jagged, mountainous horizon to the west. She felt a gnawing unease growing inside her with each step she took in the direction of the arboreal giant. She knew it still stood, as the tree was in her line of sight for the duration of her frantic journey. But she knew that it had been altered in some manner, perhaps damaged. Perhaps irreparably.

Kyrie had never been to Cia before, but the Scouts and Hunters who had always returned to the Aerie with stories of the villagers' ability to weave Mana. They also marvelled at the raw Mana they could feel emanating from the tree, radiating out in waves and becoming stronger the closer they got to Cia.

It had to be more powerful than this.

Kyrie could hardly pick up the pulse of the Mana Tree. Haari were only slightly more in tune with the Tree than the average human, and far less so than the inhabitants of Cia. But she instinctively knew that the Tree's power was dwindling.

When she finally reached the village, she found the people in a state of barely-controlled panic. Their lifeline had been attacked, none knew how, or, for that matter, by who. The homes and other structures closest to the Tree had been destroyed. The devastation lessened gradually the further away from the Tree a building was. At the tavern near the edge of the village, Kyrie finally found a few answers in the form of an old man sitting on the building's porch. After a brief conversation, she thanked him for the info, went into the tavern, and booked lodging for the night.

One thing the man said stuck with her. "The elvish fella, he was a strange sort. Spoke in sing-song. Came in, wanted a tour of the tree. He left in a rush right as the Tree started shaking. Ran right in front me, then headed for Siard."

With no other option, Kyrie would make for Siard early the next morning.
 
"So what business do you all have here?" Virginia responded to the very large man after Ahrexian, "I too am searching for work. That is why I was heading to Il Castello Siward (Siward Castle). At least till the earthquake hit and I lost my horse." Virginia then looked at the mercenari playing with his ring on his finger.

At this time, Virginia started smelling the faint smell of blood, since her race descended from cats instead of monkeys, it did not come as a surprise that some of the traits that cats have were used by her race. In one case they have a more acute sense of smell than humans could, and thus she could smell blood from a farther distance than a human.

Virginia then said to the mercenary, "Didn't you say you were escorting someone? I have a bad feeling he may be lost in the woods. Vieni e seguimi!" (Come, follow me!) Virginia said as she headed towards the woods.
 
"Didn't you say you were escorting someone? I have a bad feeling he may be lost in the woods. Vieni e seguimi!" (Come, follow me!)
"I... I... Yeah OK, we ought to try to find him I guess"
Knowing that he had disappeared from right behind him with a sound Ahrexian drew his sword.
"You should know, for whatever reason he's gone, he vanished without a sound, so I doubt there is much hope of him being alive, he was... talkative shall we say, and whatever took him could still be out there."
He started after the woman who had told him to follow in a foreign tongue he had heard of as a child, though he could not place a name to it...
 
Orin could barely see the castle in the darkening sky. The moon wasn't coming out tonight. He rushed on, with the emerald pendant in his hand. "Surely the king will be delighted that this task went well." chuckled Orin. "But the consequence for that would be the monsters spawned from hell!"

He had finally gotten to the castle gates as the sky had grown to be a thick, black color. "Hehe! And it's a night of no moooon!"

Orin had leisurly walked into the castle. The guards had seen him talking with the king before. They wouldn't dare to harm the king's company. Orin had finally walked up the stairs and into the throne room. Seeing him, the king stood with haste and commanded the guards "Begone!"

With that All of the royal guard hurried from the room. "I felt the vibrations..." spoke King Henry Siard XIII. "I trust that your job is finished?"

"Why yes your highness." responded Orin in a singsong voice. "Project Alexis will be good to go!"

The king narrowed his eyes. He felt guilty for carrying out such a deed, but it had to be done. "You have served well Orin. But I must ask, did you have anything to do with those monsters appearing earlier?" asked the King.

Orin gave the king a sharp look. "No sir, but I also found this, very high grade." Orins showed the emerald crystal he had taken from the rich man earlier. "It is enough to power your machines for a decade!"

The king looked startled. "Oh! Take it to the lab right away."

Orin did just as he was told, leaving with a sly grin on his face.

The king stared out at the starry sky. "Soon, the age of machines will come and this "mana" will cease to exist..." began the king. "and my beautiful Alexis, you will be brought back to life!"
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Event:

Church History-Sidequest(optional)-Kyrie, Phallia
-investigate the church killings and learn a little about the religion of Agia. It may have good notes about past demons. The head priestess will be waiting by the church temple.

Siard festival-optional-all
-A festival will be held in both of the Siard towns showing off inventions.
 
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Mystro watched the sun fall. As the stars began to fill the night sky, his glowing red eyes faded to the normal yellow that they should be. His sanity was returning. It was the night he waited for. Time to escape from this place and find his memory.

Standing upright, he stated aloud, "Night with no moon, dragons within will fester tonight, and they shall manifest our bodies this night!" In saying that, he began to feel extreme pain within his head and and back. His upper and lower back especially, as the middle had only minor pain in comparison. He even began to shiver from the pain, and soon the shiver turned to compulsions, which then lead to even a seziure. His bones began to snap and shift to new shapes. Eventually, new bones started ripping out of his flesh, dripping blood. When the bones were completely out, the blood dripping off of him began to swell into a more flesy material, eventually showing to be muscle, then skin. However his horns remain only bone.

With a laugh, a run, and a leap, Mystro took flight into the stary night sky. He could see the ocean, glimmering softly with the reflections of the stars. as he approached he eventually was able to see the land that he wished he could land on, but he knew where he had to go. He noticed an evil disturbance as he closed in. It was safe to assume it had something to do with the tremors. Of course due to his amnesia he still had no clue where civilization was, or what any places were called, but for some reason, when he approached the land north of his previous location, a word echoed in his head...Dragona...over and over.

After many, many miles of flight, Mystro eventually saw an unrealistically large tree, and felt an odd feeling near it.

Mystro was thinking of what it was, and something like that with the feeling of evil he had, it was time to stop. He gently landed in a wooded area.

He heard voices and feared he had been caught, but he would not hide. If they found him, then so be it, they found him. He would try to rest for the night...
 
Virginia followed the smell of blood throughout the woods, however, a stronger smell of blood struck her, coming from a different part of the forest. Wondering as to who could have just died, she turned in the direction of the new trail. Continuing down this path, she encountered a small dragon resting in the woods. "Un drago? (A Dragon?) Here?" Virginia walked closer to the bloodied dragon, "Vienne! (Come)" Virginia said to the mercenary.
 
"Vienne! (Come)" That strange tongue again, he wished he could remember the name, then perhaps he could figure out more about who this person was.
"What's the problem?" Ahrexian asked as he arrived at the woman's side. However his question was answered as he looked at the floor.
"That's too small to be a dragon, it's nearer to human size... Anyway, it doesn't seem to be dangerous, we should help it. Perhaps we could take it to North Siard? It would have time to recover from it's wounds there if we could keep it hidden for a while..."
 
"That's too small to be a dragon, it's nearer to human size... Anyway, it doesn't seem to be dangerous, we should help it. Perhaps we could take it to North Siard? It would have time to recover from it's wounds there if we could keep it hidden for a while..." Ahrexian said, Virginia responded, "Well, if that is the case, then we will have to get there as fast as possible so it does not bleed out. How far are we till Siard?" She waited for answer while she started to carry the winged thing on her back.
 
Mystro felt himself being lifted, startling him. he was beginning to sleep and had not seen this comming. He was far to physically pained to move quickly, instead he moved lightly, but it was as hard as he could. With the way he was being carried, one of two things was happening, he was being helped, or he was being captured. He did not think he was being captured, so he stated aloud, "Where are you taking me and who are you?" He had no hostility in his voice, and attempted to speak softly, which was easy for his state. His words had to be struggled out.
 
"Hmm, well if we head north-east, we're not too far, we can easily be there before dawn, try to find somewhere safe to put it before people start to move about outside" Ahrexian shouted after the woman, who was running faster than he could have guessed feasible considering the weight she was carrying.
With that he began to chase after her, still wondering where the man he was guarding could have gone, and why the woman had changed direction after heading into the woods...
 
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"Hmm, well if we head north-east, we're not too far, we can easily be there before dawn, try to find somewhere safe to put it before people start to move about outside" Ahrexian said, Virginia said to the man, "Bene (Thanks), I'll get to Siard as soon as possible, I hope we find the man you're looking for when we are done here." With that, Virginia ran northeast towards Siard. Despite carrying a thing that weighs as much as a skinny teenage kid, she still was able to move faster than a regular human, traveling as fast as 14 miles per hour along the road to Siard.

On the way there, she heard the thing weakly ask Virginia a question,"Where are you taking me and who are you?" Virginia responded, "I'm taking you to a place where you can rest and heal your injuries, don't worry about who I am yet."

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After several minutes of running, Virginia finally reached North Siard. Virginia headed into the town, and after catching eyes with a few of the populace, reached an inn at the edge of the city. Paying the innkeep money for 3 bed room, she put the dragoon onto one of the beds.
 
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