NationStates Jolt Archive

Prision 42 was where the most evil people in Neo Zeta were kept. Hiei was one of them. At midnight a small group entered the prision they had the right codes. They went into the controle room. The guards were all droids. They entered in the emergency shut down codes that very few knew.

With that they went to cell block D and went to Hieis cell. They unlocked the force field and walked in. Hiei Spoke

" Right on time."

The troops looked at him "we are still readying our forces. "

Hiei Nods. " good soon we will take what belongs to us"

The group made their way to a Transport. The transport took off and headed for a ship they had taken controle of. The ship cloaked and engaged its transwarp engians. Evil Indeed was Liveing on.

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Later a message was sent out by the News Networks.

Today Hiei escaped from prision with the help of unknown forces. He is at large and may have controle of a Starship. We are searching for him. We hope to find him soon please we ask everyone keep their eyes open

OOC: sounds interesting; looking forward to see where this is going (im guessing some sort of coup or counterrevolution)

"Oh there's a big surprise," Raijin said sourly.

"Oh, come on, Raijin," Kiv interjected. "There are still a few pockets of resistance on Crysalia. That was always expected. Of course, with their leader..."

"...conveniently killed by his own hand as you arrived?" Darvek quipped. "How did you arrange that, anyway. Masterful, really."

"I didn't, Darvek. He actually blew himself up." Raijin had probably told the Director this at least ten times, not that Darvek would give up on his alternate theories.

"Sure, whatever. All the other worlds are secure. Completely. Orbital platforms are set too. Safer than Adele's..."

SLAP! "Go ahead and finish that thought," Adele said menacingly. Nobody had heard her come in. Of course, nobody ever heard her approach.

"Incoming transmission," Koro said, looking at the communications console. "Neo Zeta's lost Hiei. Anybody here surprised?"

"Yeah, right," the Commander said.

Krioval is most concerned at this lapse in security. While we are committed to capturing Lord Hiei, we can only wonder at the ability of Neo Zeta to hold him. We are especially concerned at the seeming split loyalty within your own security forces. Please keep us updated as to the situation, but at this time, we cannot allow Neo Zetan forces into Kriovalian space, and Kriovalian craft will not enter Neo Zetan space unless both requested and after security having been demonstrated to our satisfaction. We do not relish intervention in a civil war, should one break out.

Director Koro Vartek
Diplomacy and Trade
Armed Republic of Krioval

For the second time in weeks, the Ascendancy, on the news that Hiei escaped, ordered an alert on the border TCZs nearest to the Republic.

The Ascendancy also knew what was at stake if the renegades took control of Neo Zeta. They lay right in the next path, if not in conjunction.

The Council response was unanimous.


To the Zetan goverment, Emperor Jayce in particular. We stand as your ally in any attempt to remove your goverment from power, and will deploy our forces in reaction to any aggressive move on the renegade's part.

We will not go full out yet, but we 'do' state that any Coup against the legal Zetan goverment will have dire consequences for the renegades as a result.

Again, the Ascendancy stands as an ally of the legal Zetan goverment.

Regards and concerns,

The Ascendancy Holy Council

Hiei who had seen the message sent one back befor the so called "Legal Goverment" as he called it could.

You missunderstand me. I want peace nothing else i see the errors i made and wish not to make the same mistakes. I wish to meet with your goverment at the border at the location of your choosing

The atmosphere in Torokara's Command Center was apprehensive yet cautiously optimistic. However this situation resolved, it appeared to benefit Krioval. If Hiei was captured, things went on as usual - Crysalia and the other planets near it were already being rapidly assimilated, and Krioval would continue peaceful expansion. If Hiei was not captured, and instead attacked the Gaian Ascendancy, Kriovalian ships would race across the border. Granted, they would have to return occupied systems to Neo Zeta's legal government, unless, of course, other diplomatic arrangements could be made. The thought of even part of Neo Zeta's territory under the red and black of Krioval was too tempting to ignore. And if full-scale war should erupt, well, two critically weakened empires would need to be reconstructed.

To our friends, the nations of Neo Zeta and Gaian Ascendancy,

Krioval stands ready to assist in any way that will not compromise our borders. As you are no doubt aware, a few technical details remain to be resolved in some of our new systems, and security at our borders has been raised due to the Lord Hiei's untimely release. We will remain vigilant for the appearance of anything unusual, and we will of course notify anybody if communications from Hiei are intercepted.

Director Koro Vartek
Diplomacy and Trade
Armed Republic of Krioval

The Gaian response was simple.


You words are heard..

...and we 'still' await a response from the legal Zetan goverment. This would consist of the Emperor's family and trusted advisors. As we remember, your brand of peace was ill founded to our benefit.

If you TRULY wish for peace, then any ideas of any claims will drop from your mind at once. Otherwise we will interpret any claims to the other ideal as was when the last crisis precipretated.

We still recognize the current Zetan claims for expansion, under the same expectations as before. As our own expansion in this sector of the galaxy is at the moment halted, we are well prepared to defend against any ill actions on our realm, or the legal Zetan goverment.

The Angel's wing is still soft at the moment, but test us and the edges of them will become serrated quickly.

Our position stands.

Lord Excellency Aleaic Saloam Kerensky
Gaian First Throne

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((OC- Was that over the top? =^^= ))

OOC: Note, Xenonier will declare war on Neo zeta if nessecary, to get this guy.

Diplomatic message from Xenonier.

He's escaped? Says something about your ability to hold prisoners and control your own people.

Deal with it, or we will. This madness has gone on long enough, just have somebody kill the man. We'll do it if you really cant' be bothered.

Arkady Gregorovich, President Speaker of Xenonier.

Plunder-Class Cruiser Fortune, Tyroc Gap

Captain Kyrillion Buckmoth, leader of the Blue Storm pirate organisation, smiled calculatingly as the message came in. An escaped prisoner, very important, someone who many nations would love to get their hands on. His list of offences may even have been longer than Buckmoth's. Very valuable.

"Leave us, Lyndi."

The beautiful young woman stood up, her translucent silk robe and raven hair swirling around her as she stepped delicately out of the room. She was the daughter of a wealthy merchant from a long line of wealthy merchants, but she had not wished to waste her life juggling figures and ordering faceless, dull freighter pilots around. She had wanted romance and adventure. She had stolen a skiff from the pad, and raced away into the void in search of her dreams. Instead, she had found a dashing young pirate captain, and fallen in love. She shut the door behind her. Even that simple movement was performed with athletic grace. Jannick watched, rapt, then snapped back, embarrassed, as he realised that the captain was watching him.

"Well, Jannick. Its going to be a shame when I finally get bored of her. I suppose I will have to fling her out of the airlock. It will be such a pity, but at least her death will be quick."
He sighed deeply, and then smiled, remembering why he had sent her from the room.
"Still, lets get down to business."

He leaned back in the plush velvet chair, his eyes gleaming with the promise of riches. He began to speak, waving his glass of vintage wine (stolen, of course) around as he did so.

"You will probably have heard of Hiei..."
"The short-lived President of Neo Zeta?"
"Quite. If you will allow me to continue, Hiei was placed in a high-security prison. Top of the range, according to my men there. Like a fortress. Well, around an hour ago this supposedly unassailable prison was broken into. They simply shut down the security systems and walked in. Good trick, when you know how.
The mysterious attackers took Hiei and left by way of a transport ship. Our scout followed it and saw it dock with another, larger ship of some kind. It then cloaked and he lost it. However, it then made a jump..."
"Was he able to trace it?"
"Please stop interrupting. Anyway, he was able to trace it, or at least roughly. We don't know exactly where it is, but we know the area. We have a Raider-class light cruiser out there, the Opportunity, commanded by one Captain Thertenes. However, I want you to go there personally and take command. Take this Seal of Authority with you, just in case he doesn't want to comply. Your mission is to capture Hiei, and bring him here. He should fetch a handsome price."

Space, close to the Opportunity

There was a brief flash as the five single-seat fighters materialised off the port side of the cruiser. Like all Blue Storm vessels, it was unmarked. It bristled with armament, the gun emplacements sticking out like porcupine quills. The fighters flitted around the hull once at breathtaking speed, dodging obstacles, looping and rolling. After they had finished showing off, Jannick opened a communictaions channel.
"Greetings, Captain Thertenes. I am Jannick, second-in-command to Captain Kyrillion Buckmoth. I have come to commandeer your vessel for a mission, and I request permission to land."
"This is the Cap'n. Permission granted."
He sounded angry. The fighters swooped in through the docking bay doors and the pilots dismounted. Jannick headed for the bridge.

ooc: Neo Zeta, TG me with what I can do. I don't want to accidentally ruin the RP.

IC: gov response grate.. just grate another threat to keep an eye on

OOC: sure whats your nations name so i can TG you...

OOC: sure whats your nations name so i can TG you...

ooc: Surprisingly enough, its Taldaan. ;)

Hiei was jamming the Neo Zetas goverments ways of communcations. He had no intrest in becomeing the leader of Neo Zeta anymore all he wanted to do was throw everything into the darkness. He sent one last message to the Gaians.

Unknown where the Cursed Wave was born...
After the stars doth cross the heavens...
The sky in the East doth darken.
And air doth fills with mourning.
From the chosen land beyond the forest,
A sign of the Wave comes.
Riding the Wave is: Skeith, the Shadow of Death,
to drown all that stands.
Mirage of Deceit, Innis,
Betray all with the flawed image,
and did aid the Wave.
And by the Power of Magus,
a drop from the Wave doth reach the heavens,
and creates a new Wave.

With the Wave, Fidchell,
the power to tell the dark future,
hope darkens, sadness and despair rule.
Gorre schemes when swallowed by the Cursed Wave.
Macha seduces with the sweet trap.
Wave reaches the Pinnacle, and escape none can.
Tarvos still remains with more cruelty to punish and destroy.
And with the turbulent destruction after the Wave.
Only a void remains.
From deep within the void arrives Corbenik.

Yet to return, the shadowed one.
Who quests for the Twilight Dragon
Rumbles the Dark Hearth,
And Helba, Queen of the Dark, has raised finally her army.
Apeiron, King of Light, beckons...
At the base of the rainbow they meet.
Against the abominable "Wave," together they fight.
Alba's lake boils.
Light's great tree doth fall.
Power - all now to droplets turned in the temple of Arche Koeln.
Returns to nothing, this world of shadowless ones.
Never to return, the shadowless one.
Who quests for the Twilight Dragon.

The wife buffeted by "waves" turns her back on the field.
The daughter that waited for the shadows repeated,
"For sure... For sure I can go home."
But the girl did not know...
The truth that waited at the end of the journey
The eternal mourning of her land.

In the place of the calamitous, only life was known.
After the circling stars
When the eastern dark void, the air full of despair
In the depths of the divided forest, in the land of Karma,

Riding fast on the path is Skeith
Bearing death's shadow, it eliminates all that seek to thwart it.
The Confusing Mirage, Innis
Deceives those that see it with illusions, rescues the waves

The wave soaring high, when its head is smashed,
A new wave will emerge
To become Magus's power.
When questioning the wave,
Hope's light will be lost when he speaks of the dark future of where
sorrow and resignation reign.
Using Fiddlehiem's Technique

When engulfed by the Waves of Calamity, Gorre will plan
The sweet snare of conciliation is Macha
The Waves, an exceeding maelstrom
Nothing can escape

When you think you have escaped, Tarvos exists
To destroy those with his exceeding cruelty
Upon violent requital, only to remain is the void, the vacant darkness
is the harbinger that Corbenik is to appear.

With that he added " Heed those words for it tells the future of your death....."

Hiei had let "them" out. The darkones the ones who had killed aura and had tried to send the world into to darkness so long ago. He knew he could not controle them but they would destroy what they wanted. With that he knew they were already relesed but they were just wakeing up.. Hiei slowly took a drink of water and took a posion pill. With his last words he cursed the Gaians.

OOC: One ship cannot block all transmissions from a twenty-five-system empire. If it's a big enough conspiracy, I'll say that transmissions are difficult, but certainly possible.

IC:

We are most disconcerted the Hiei has not been found yet. If Neo Zeta is unable to deal with rogue elements that threaten interstellar peace, Krioval will do it for you. Either find him or we will cross your border and conduct our own search, and if necessary, maintain positions there until this blatant breach of security is resolved. Our patience for this nonsense is rapidly reaching its upper limits.

Director Koro Vartek
Diplomacy and Trade
Armed Republic of Krioal

Secret IC: (Xenonier, of course, gets to know my troop deployments, everybody else knows I'm massing forces at the border in a more general sense)

Out of Krioval's approximately 120,000 fighters, 50,000 have been sent to the Neo Zeta border. Each fighter is manned by 8 crew members, and they are under the command of Captains Johan, Amelia, Tira, Bartok, and Lolithia. Also present is the capital ship KXX Torokara, which has a crew complement of 10,000, is commanded by General Leo Sokolev, and contains two Hammers of Raijin. Finally, 100 troop transports carrying 1000 soldiers apiece are interspersed within the fighters.

This still means that over half of the Kriovalian war machinery is not mobilized, and most soldiers are still home. Thus, it's more an expeditionary force than an invasion force - for now.

*Ascendancy Council Chamber*

The gathered respectively read the poem sent to them, intent for it to have a dire effect upon them.

"It strikes me of a tone of genocide." Lord Makoto quips. A few nod, the rest just remain silent.

Aleaic though was stiller than most. even hundreds of light-years distant, something was... "Dear?"

Aleaic looks over at Tsunami, but his eyes cannot hide a deep rooted fear. Aleaic considers his words for a moment, then speaks with a whispered tone.

"You....... you remember what it all felt like when our Grandmother, that Judgementor and everything... felt when we first met the Powers for the first time?"

Tsui cocks a look of worry, more than her usual, suddenly at her beloved. "Yes.. I felt an echo... some kind of echo in the back of my mind." ..as she describes it, the other 'less' attuned members of the Council hold their breath.

"...the echo felt like a wave of some kind, rising inside my mind. It made me silent, like the 'echo' wanted me to listen to it. I was afraid of not doing so, because if I did so, it would be like missing the birth or death of something... a something that was too much to ignore in the first place.

..that echo I couldn't describe, until well after we came to this world. After the Ascendants and Angelics came forth, I could describe it.

..it was like the universe whispering it's life and death to me. Like a story was told to me in my own way."

Aleaic nods. "It wasn't whispering to me at the time...

..it was shouting. It's shouting at me again."

Aleaic smacks off the holo control switch for the screen in front of him, and he leans back.

"For the damn longest time, and I really mean this, I ignored my heritage as best as possible, because I felt the last thing anyone needed, was to have a 'god' as their leader or something. Hell, I still don't care for any of that, nor for being forced into this role. At the very least however I've grown accustomed to the ability of being a leader of an empire of dreams, or something such..

..the Power bit, I've ignored again completely...

..until now. I sense something released upon the fabric of the stars itself. It feels...

....suffocating. A dark feel that takes away the 'echo' of the story that tells of the light portion, and leaves nothing but death."

Aleaic gnaws his hand into his seat's fabric. "The message is more than a warning. Something's coming, one no one may be expecting."

Aleaic then makes a startling move. "Place all forces at Code Red-One. Full Defensive alert.

Lady Seto, I want Lord Jayce on my vidscreen as of yesterday.

Lord Azusa, Lord Tsutsumi, enact Plan GlassSteel at once.

Lady Funaho. I don't care what it takes, get me an intelligence picture of what the hell is going on in Neo Zeta."

"It will not be enough.."

Aleaic looks over at Lady Belldandy, of 'all' people all of a sudden. "What do..."

"(~ You know what she means. ~)" Everyone turns to see Lord Ackronus and two Arch-Angel's behind him. Aleaic rises. "What say you?"

The massive Avian Lord stabs simply. "(~ There are not always solutions to everything that can be accomplished by conventional means.

You presume correctly who you are facing. Your blood of the Powers senses it too readily. Upon the other side of the die lies the effect upon the friends you subscribe to, but have trouble seeing as the same in your mind, in light of the threat to us.

Some portions can be dealt with by normal means.

The others such as we used to deal with, require more striking measures. ~)"

Aleaic then asks, almost knowing.. "You don't mean..."

"(~ How else can you explain a Tree unlike any other? have you even tested the 'true' depths of what grows inside? Even 'we' were not blind when it's Seed came from outside this dimension.

Strange that you ally yourself with those souls that in other realms of reality, lay upon themselves with the same powers, unique to their own, and now yours to claim as the Power of this Dimension. ~)"

Aleaic STABS to a standing position. What do you say avian? That something I deliberately ignored is a key out of this mess?

Ackronus leans his immense size over the Council table, between a suddenly meeker (ant teardropping) Peorth and Skuld. "(~ It is EXACTLY my point!

...how else would a race elder than yours by Eons, consider any such alliance or even pay attention to your race, if not for THIS reason!

We promised the Powers to be their servants, because even 'they' were capable of abilities that 'we' could not consider. The Angelics see this as well.

..the other races of the stars follow false gods and even more of the ludicrous for power. We SERVE one that is of a mortal, a power BEYOND that! ~)"

Aleaic has great trouble with looking at Ackronus in the eye. He has trouble even looking at anything except the table suddenly.

"But power is corrupting. I can't just... what if it...

..what if..."

"Your Grandfather chose you son." Everyone suddenly LOOKS at the suprise arrival of Aleaic's own father, the one who was supposed to be the next Power. Terrai with Jeain next to him, has been nearby for much of the above. "Dad?"

"I..... think it's time........ the truth was told son."

Aleaic just looks at Terrai like a mutant, but can't avoid 'his' eyes. Aleaic just says.. "Truth? What do...."

Ackronus suprising adds.. "(~ It was Lord Kamatcha Kerensky, your Grandfather, over a billion years ago, that oversaw the Ascendancy of 'our' people. It was him we entrusted the care of our works to, and him that also told us a prophecy. ~)"

The last part suddenly makes Peorth moan.. "Not the prophecy thing again." Which Skuld whaps a Padd tablet upside her head. But the mentality isn't far off. Aleaic has heard this all before... "Why do you think I ignored it all, all these decades? I read the Stone Words... I read what 'could'..."

"(~ WILL.....!!!!! ~)" ..Ackronus's voice THUNDERS the Council chamber suddenly with..

"(~ ....'will' occur. The Prophecy said the new Reign would begin against the test of darkness..

...that Test is before us all. We cannot ignore or avoid it.

Instead this is our moment to show what the real Power of the Light can do!

This is 'your' moment, Kerensky of the Power Bloodline, the one 'meant' to become the Power, 'not' your Father. ~)"

That one 'is' new to Aleaic. "What? But I was told..."

Terrai suddenly laughs well and good, which Aleaic and the rest cock an eye to. "Funny it is dad?"

After a bit.. "Only that... you expect all answers to be laid at your feet.

Only the best known stories hold the greatest secrets."

Aleaic only blinks. Terrai adds. "I was 'never' supposed to be a Power in the first place. Only give life to the 'real' successor. Even as I held my youngest child upon your birth son, even after five prior, poor ill to your mother.. *gets jabbed for that by Jeain* ..I 'felt' the truth in the Prophecy I once read from the 'same' Stone Words you did, as I once traveled to this world before settling on Earth.

*clearing his throat* ~ Thou existence, merit to all, driven into a time of cynicism, driven by greeds not prolific to life incarnate, will draw blood to the scent of the darkness. Agents of Entropy.

The Light will then choose it's own Ambassador, chosen by Powers that be, to lead the Light to snuff the Darkness out. The Light will sustain an Existence and Reality, where life will retain it's path, but under the hand of the True Guardian.

..his soul will tell for him, not his makes, and not by other word. His Soul will say more than any word, and that Soul will lead all to a new Age of Life, where 'all' can flourish, out from the fear of Death.

His is the last of six, the one that an empire of life is carved, and dreams are given true power. Teal and Raven sit between Dirty Blond, Four races carved from one dream, and allied to begin the Guardianship.

Begun at the life and power, behest of the Seed. ~"

Aleaic nods.. "And I read those from the Stone..."

"And the end result son, lies beneath your feet. The same Power beyond namesake, and beyond understanding...

..at least until you open the Sealed Doors."

Aleaic backs, up, nearly tripping into his seat. "No Dad! No, Not that DAMMED door again!" ..and suddenly everyone else knows what's 'actually' being talked about.

"..the... the last time I tried..."

"You were not ready. The power behind them was not meant for you to know back then.

...several decades tends to change things, especially for the beings inside there. Mind we all here, that no one inside of Republic space has aged more than a year in the past several dozen?

Like it or NOT, the Power within this Tree is the reason, and it gains that power from..."

Aleaic SLAPS his hand on the table. "We are 'not' going down that.."

"Yes we are..." Aleaic SHOOTS a look at Tsunami. "But.."

"NO! Even I by this point, can't ignore it anymore, and I'm not a Power!!!

Father-in-Law is correct. It's time beloved."

Aleaic jabs back.. "No it's not.."

"Yes it is."

"Nay."

"Yeeeess.."

"NOOOooooo"

This goes back and forth for a bit, before Tsunami suddenly NABS Aleaic by the collar of his robes and ROARS.... "YOU had BETTER go down there and become a living god, or so swear me, I'll throw you down this Tree's shaft and have Washu pick your bloody pieces up, reclone you, and have you thrown back down again and AGAIN!!!"

Aleaic just blinks a ton.. "It's.... it's not that time of month aga... YAGAGHHHHHH!!""

Tsunami swings Aleaic around her and down the chamber towards Terrai. "Get your butt down there already! This post has taken way too long as it is!"

As Aleaic spin-stumbles down the chamber from inertia, Funaho leans near Misaki. "She didn't get that from me." ..the latter fails to stifle a giggle.

When Aleaic reaches Terrai and Ackronus, after enduring some badly needed laughter from the Council members, he then straightens himself and sighs. "Fine.. fine....

..but don't say I didn't warn ya and that Sealed Alcove thingy makes me a power mad monster." ..which pegs a 'woowhoo!' from Keiichi for effect.

But before Aleaic leaves with his Father and the Avian Lord...

"Send this message to Emperor Jayce and the Kriovalan government if you would, and maintain my military orders." The Council nods, actually quite confident suddenly...

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This message comes without formality, but rather in the name of life and all that it retains.

The people of Neo Zeta do 'not' deserve war. But we feel the following is justified to prevent a genocide from occurring at any level.

The Ascendancy Forces Command places our republic at a war footing. This however will not be used to attack the Neo Zeta people, nor 'any' resultant action on our part to harm their people, if it comes down to military action.

Our stance is to defend the Neo Zetan people, as if they were our own kin, down to the blood and life given the same.

There is no expectation, nor any threat we levy. But we hold worry that a certain force exists within this realm that threatens 'all' stability in the region as a whole. What this force be in name, we ask Emperor Jayce to tell us, so that we can defend your people along with you. We ask the Krioval forces, and 'any' other forces that deploy forces, be used to combat this dark, unknown threat alone, and not the Neo Zetan people.

By words, we cannot explain how we 'feel' this is so, except that we ask that in the conflict that may occur, that forces that care not for 'any' life, is at the culprit of this all.

The Ascendancy calls this evil it's 'only' enemy, and all other forces beyond it, ally.

Our war may not even have a true casualty on any side. But if nor, the casualties will lay at this unknown darkness itself, rather than to the living.

This is what we call our war by, and we stand as the defender in it. And no word of disbelief or cynical mindset will deter us from seeing this dark enemy, that will eventually reveal itself all to readily.

Zeta, Krioval, Xioniner, and any other.. the Ascendancy is the ally of the light.

--

Within hours, the TCZs bordering Neo Zeta space are starting to brim with military hardware.

...and Aleaic on White Diamond reaches a turning point in his life.

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((OC- Sorry NZ, but you gave me the 'perfect' rp outlet to this route I'm about to take. And if some if it is confusing, good.. I intended it until the next post..

..I'm 'going' to somehow make the next post convincing.))

The war was brewing to the point of unbearability. Forces were being deployed, weapons being readyied, soldiers,ships, tanks, guns, infantry all being rushed to the defense of their homelands.

Ironically, the superstituous peoples of the Gaian Ascendancy would certainly be dsiturbed. Krioval would be wary, Neo Zeta apocalytpic. The threat was certainly psychic in origin, of tremednous power, enough to threaten all life in the galaxy.

Arkady had been there, done that all before.

There was only one possible course of action, one decision to fix this problem. Although their numbers were still few, they were best eqipped to deal with this threat.

Ever Xenonian, across the neuralink network heard a single message. To every one, it represented the greatest threat to their nations existence since Tyraelia. Alpha level warnings, and one single command that resonated across all fifty star systems Xenonier controlled, telling all of the magnitude of the threat.

Summon the Grey Knights, and do it quickly.

OOC: Omg teh uber troops. Thirteen of them at the moment. Will only use 6 here.

OOC: I just read Hiei's poem and I just had to say congrats.
"Why do people always look to the stars for light without seeing the endless oceans of darkness beyond them..."

2 nano tech combat driods from the sephrioth millitry infiltrated the prision thier mision was to break Hiei out of jail

2 nano tech combat driods from the sephrioth millitry infiltrated the prision thier mision was to break Hiei out of jail
OOC: um... isn't Hiei dead now (he committed suicide)?

the sephrioth imprium can reserect him

"So it begins," Kiv said impassively. "It will come to war after all. What of the Ascendancy?"

"They've been honest," Koro said, "but they're hiding something. And we need to know what that is."

"My boy," Raijin looked at the Director. "I think I may have just the way to force them out of their reluctance to speak."

To all Involved:

Krioval has had enough of hedging and double meanings. Unless we are told not only the nature of this threat and how we are to combat it, we will go looking for answers ourselves. Our forces have been instructed to cross the border and enter Neo Zeta in two hours unless this information has reached us by then. And if we are forced to enter Neo Zeta's space, we will not be leaving until this matter is resolved.

Commander Raijin Dekker

"Send word to the fleet that they are to push across the border in two hours upon confirmation from Command then. Tell them they are not to use the dimensional drive, but to limit themselves to standard low-grade superlight drive. They should charge the Hammers as well. I hope we don't have to destroy an entire planet, but then, I'd rather be prepared than not. And pray that our 'allies' in the Gaian Ascendancy and Neo Zeta decide to talk rather than hide." The Commander turned to leave.

"Where's he going?" Koro asked.

Darvek answered. "The Temple of Solokaro."

"No!" Kiv said, in shock. "The sword?!"

The Security Director nodded grimly. "It's time. He'll break the seal to the Forbidden Chamber and retrieve it. Knowing Raijin, it'll take all of five minutes."

"So the Reckoning is upon us. Well, I suppose it's a good thing that it's the second one," Kiv said, and turned to issue commands to various fleets. It was going to be a long week, that was for sure. A long week in an interminable year.

incoded coms to the ruller of Krioval if your forces enter neo zetan space be prepared for a full out totol war with the sephrioth empire coms ends.

(OOC: I've just got the feeling that no amount of troops, ships, Uberweapons, or Acts-of-god will be able to stop whatever Neo Zeta has in plan. The implication is that 'they' are near invincible, and will only be repelled/sealed away/killed/put to sleep by one of the 'heroes', such as via artifacts, rituals or something along those lines. Well, I'm going to sit it out on the sidelines until this great darkness has been released. Then I'll throw ships at it in a futile attempt to triumph over it.)

incoded coms to the ruller of Krioval if your forces enter neo zetan space be prepared for a full out totol war with the sephrioth empire coms ends.

OOC: Wasn't your entire homeworld recently destroyed?

((OC- Aye, Hiei comitted suicide, and we should wait till 'he' decides otherwise. And besides Sephiroth, 'we' cloned a new Aura for them in an rp.

..but we digress from thinly vieled ego...))

--

While events seemed to conspire against a peaceful resolution, Gaian radio signals sent throughout the Republic, in the midst of news updates and such, also found time to send respective poems of their own.

These three found more air time over a period of a day of preparation. they also found their way through HPG broadcast stations to ones outside the Republic.


The Last Word
by Matthew Arnold

Creep into thy narrow bed,
Creep, and let no more be said!
Vain thy onset! all stands fast.
Thou thyself must break at last!

Let the long contention cease!
Geese are swans, and swans are geese.
Let them have it how they will!
Thou art tired; best be still!

They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee?
Better men fared thus before thee;
Fired their ringing shot and passed,
Hotly charged -and sank at last.

Charge once more, then, and be dumb!
Let the victors, when they come,
When thy forts of folly fail,
Find thy body by the wall!



Hymn to Adversity
by Thomas Gray

Daughter of Jove, relentless Power,
Thou tamer of the human breast,
Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour
The Bad affright, afflict the Best!
Bound in thy adamantine chain
The Proud are taught to taste of pain,
And purple Tyrants vainly groan
With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone.

When first thy Sire to send on earth
Virtue, his darling child, designed,
To thee he gave the heav'nly Birth,
And bade to form her infant mind.
Stern rugged Nurse! thy rigid lore
With patience many a year she bore:
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learned to melt at others' woe.

Scared at thy frown terrific, fly
Self-pleasing Folly's idle brood,
Wild Laughter, Noise, and thoughtless Joy,
And leave us leisure to be good.
Light they disperse, and with them go
The summer Friend, the flatt'ring Foe;
By vain Prosperity received,
To her they vow their truth, and are again believed.

Wisdom in sable garb arrayed
Immersed in rapt'rous thought profound,
And Melancholy, silent maid
With leaden eye, that loves the ground,
Still on thy solemn steps attend:
Warm Charity, the gen'ral Friend,
With Justice, to herself severe,
And Pity dropping soft the sadly-pleasing tear.

Oh, gently on thy Suppliant's head,
Dread Goddess, lay thy chast'ning hand!
Not in thy Gorgon terrors clad,
Not circled with the vengeful Band
(As by the Impious thou art seen),
With thund'ring voice, and threat'ning mien,
With screaming Horror's funeral cry,
Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty.

Thy form benign, O Goddess, wear,
Thy milder influence impart,
Thy philosophic Train be there
To soften, not to wound my heart.
The gen'rous spark extinct revive,
Teach me to love and to forgive,
Exact my own defects to scan,
What others are, to feel, and know myself a Man.



Evening Solace
by Charlotte Bronte

The human heart has hidden treasures,
In secret kept, in silence sealed;--
The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,
Whose charms were broken if revealed.
And days may pass in gay confusion,
And nights in rosy riot fly,
While, lost in Fame's or Wealth's illusion,
The memory of the Past may die.

But there are hours of lonely musing,
Such as in evening silence come,
When, soft as birds their pinions closing,
The heart's best feelings gather home.
Then in our souls there seems to languish
A tender grief that is not woe;
And thoughts that once wrung groans of anguish
Now cause but some mild tears to flow.

And feelings, once as strong as passions,
Float softly back--a faded dream;
Our own sharp griefs and wild sensations,
The tale of others' sufferings seem.
Oh! when the heart is freshly bleeding,
How longs it for that time to be,
When, through the mist of years receding,
Its woes but live in reverie!

And it can dwell on moonlight glimmer,
On evening shade and loneliness;
And, while the sky grows dim and dimmer,
Feel no untold and strange distress--
Only a deeper impulse given
By lonely hour and darkened room,
To solemn thoughts that soar to heaven
Seeking a life and world to come.


If nothing else, it was hoped the war would only consist of a war of poems.

Course the Gaians were not still convinced themselves of any war in the first place. Still, defensive preparations continued.

Raijin entered the temple. The few citizens there looked up at the Commander in wonder, rivaling that they showed before the Gods. He looked at them and said simply, "I am here to open the seal to the Forbidden Chamber. You may watch if you would like, but do not interfere." There was little chance of the latter.

The seal had been placed by priests over five centuries earlier, before Krioval had been founded. Back when Torokara was a normal, if ancient, city, isolated from the rest of the universe. It had never been opened since, though not for lack of trying. As it turned out, the FTs who examined the seal figured that a TK+MB level of near 10 was needed; the telekinesis to overload the seal, and the metabolic strength to channel the needed power. So he began. Concentrating, the Commander focused on himself, slowly expanding his consciousness to include more and more volume. He would tap the collective unconscious of all Krioval, and use it against the seal. His mental projection covered the islands of the Pacific, and then shifted upward. Dimensional theory had led to more than development of space engines, after all.

Raijin began to accumulate a brilliant aura as he gathered power for the coming challenge. He was restrained in his collection, taking only ambient power rather than trying to drain a living target. And now, he outshone the sun, at least inside his patron God's temple. The Kriovalian's normally animated features gave way to one of stony determination, and then to something far more primal altogether. His eyes snapped open, and bright light issued forth. When Raijin spoke, it was in the ancient Kriovalian known only to academicians or museum curators. "Seal of the Light God. Open before the Successor." Its guttural timbre sent shockwaves through the assemblage. Finally, the Commander's right hand, balled into a fist, struck the stones with the inscribed sigils.

Slowly at first, and then gradually increasing in intensity, the runes glowed. His fist now embedded in the rock itself, Raijin grunted from the exertion. Whoever had constructed this psychic barrier had known their stuff. A few minutes of channeling was what it ultimately took. The aura dissolved from the Kriovalian's figure, and to his immense satisfaction, the rock wall shattered from the force. Settling back to the ground, Raijin ignored the gasps of onlookers and strode into the Chamber. "Ancient psionic weapons, and not a few shields too," he said, in almost unrestrained relief. "Thought there was going to be some sort of demon in here or something, ya know." With that, he gathered up the various contrivances of war and returned to Central Command, sizeable crowd in tow. All were waiting to tell how Raijin had received the Light's blessing.

Sword of Solokaro - can drain life upon striking, can also restore health (requires TK+MB=8 or above)

Ashiar's Shield - makes Earth tougher to attack.

Amulets of Interference - make Kriovalians resistant to psionic effects (telepathy and illusion)

OOC: Well, if I'm going to potentially be fighting ten times my size in military force, a few plusses in my column shouldn't be a huge deal.

The various Directors had been worried that the deadline would come and go without Raijin's return. Their fears were unfounded. The Commander entered the building with ten minutes to spare. Kiv was the first to notice the throng outside and the slight but detectable transformation in his beloved. "How did it go?" he asked in uncharacteristic softness.

"I've got a shield right here that says it went wonderfully!" Raijin beamed.

The General held the ancient shield. "Is this..."

"Yup."

"So," Darvek said. "We going to cross that border yet?"

"I say we send them another message," Koro said. "They've still got a few minutes."

To the Gaian Ascendancy:

Your poetry, while very nice, does little to address Krioval's primary concerns. To be blunt, we'd like to know what in hell is going on. To demonstrate that we are not warmongers, or for that matter, that we even want to enter Neo Zeta at all, we will allow an additional hour for your consideration on the matter. If there is something that threatens us both, now is the time to tell us what it is. Otherwise, the Bringer of Light will soon go forth.

~ Raijin

"Bringer of Light?" Darvek asked. "I'm going too. Makes us the 'Four Riders'. Let's just hope the end isn't really upon us."

The Gaian response...


~ To be blunt, if you are able to feel the disturbance within the Zetan worlds, then your preparations are warranted as well.

Until we have a response of our own from within Neo Zeta, we honestly do not know ourselves to true scope of the situation within the Zetan realm since the last communiqae. Until then, we have to maintain our stance.

We recommend waiting for a real sign of the situation within before acting rashly. This does not meet our mindset of a act first situation. We feel the Zetan people would only be harmed unneccessarily.

As for ourselves, we are... how to say delecately to help understand, are not preparing only along military asset lines. To describe it would be poor in words, without the reality that will occur anyway within a short time.

Trust us only when we say, that it will be spectacular, and [i]helpful to hopefully stabilize the situation.

That is all we can say for now. Not for hiding any.. but a lack of proper words to describe what we feel, or.. what my majesty feels.

Personally I'm taken aback by all of this as well. ~

Safe Regards,

Lady Seto Kamiki
Gaian Foreign Advisor

OOC: I'll stretch my definition of "one hour" to mean "until Neo Zeta posts". :p

Jayce himself was wondering about the darkones. Sure he had heard of them but knew little. However Aura knew alot about them and he let her send the transmission.

To all who stand agianst the cursed wave.

The Dark Ones are the servents of the cursed wave. They Destroy all who stand agianst the wave. The wave it self it controled by my mother morganna. She wishes to destroy all who stand agianst her rule. Even i will be if we do not stop it. They were born out of human nature. They are how my mother views humans and all the races. However i dont know much more. Other then to say they can be anywhere they want anytime the laws of time and space matter not to them. Skeith will be the first to appear....

With that Jayce sent his own message.

We arnt picking up anything werid. However aura says the target of this attack at first will be the Gaians and then everything will be covered by the shadow however we are not picking up anything. We also found hieis body he seems to have killed himself.. No other information was found on his ship.

A thought occurred to Kiv as he listened to the Zetan transmission. He opened communications to Jayce. "Do you still have the body?!"

Jayce sent another transmission. " It is being sent to his familys grave yard as we were asked by his family."

Jayce sent another transmission. " It is being sent to his familys grave yard as we were asked by his family."

"Don't bury him yet!" Kiv was practically bounding around the Command Center. "His mind. Still intact! I could read his last thoughts still! Then we'd know what we're up against!"

" we thought of that but hiei was not fool. The posion he took seemed to have broken down alot of his brain. However Albedo was able to get a few things and once we understand what it all means we will send a transmission"

Meanwhile the Gaians interpreted the messages literally.

"It seems were the actual target of these... whatevers.." Azusa mentions in the Council Chamber.

One of the Arch-Angel Angelics in the room, a male, then describes. "~ The mention these beings, as if they use the shadow as their method of transport. If these be as such, normal weapons would have to be modified to combat them more effectively.

An Avian Lord also in the chamber in Ackronus's wake, mentions in a calm feminine voice. "~ This can be done realtively quickly. Remember the Shdow Incursion long ago?" ~" ..she speaks to the Angelic as if they were long, well known friends..

The Arch-Angel then nods. "~ They acted in a similar manner. Darkness tends to have a limited method of transport. ~"

"How does that help us?" Lady Misaki asks..

"~ That with the following modifications to your weapons arrays, you can deal great damage to any such incursions, which will give time to his Majesty to assume the full mantleship of the Powers.

And then they can be stopped cold. ~"

Azusa nods, and then pegs Comm-Tech Central from the Command Center nearby. "Comm... inform the allies of the following."

--

While Aleaic, Terrai, Jeain and Ackronus delved very 'deep' into the hallways into the deep of the Palace Tree, Comm sent out the following message.


To all allies.

If you wish to assist us, please do so on these terms.

Allow this enemy to attack us, and reveal themselves. Where they do so, will be where you can then assist in kind. We ask of this also to buy us time.

When we are ready, we will drive out the enemy, and then lead the proper liberation of the Neo Zetan realm from these cretins of the darkness.

If they intend war on us, we are ready in kind.

The Gaian Council


--

Moments later, every world was placed at Full Alert, and the war warning was moved to the last stage. The Gaians expected an attack..

..and would relish the chance to fight a worthy foe.

Both the Neo Zetan and the Gaian transmissions arrived. The room was deathly silent, until the very soft voice of Vakia Pasko, the Education Director, uttered, "Oh fuck."

Raijin hurriedly clarified. "All troops are to hold position until ordered otherwise. It's going to get interesting pretty fast, ya know?"

"Well, we live for this, don't we?" Darvek said.

"Oh?" Kiv looked at the others. "I thought we lived for power, money, and wild orgies?"

To...just about everybody:

Troops are in position and holding. Good luck with whatever it is that you say's going on. Not that we trust you completely yet, but what's a few hours going to cost us? We want details when it's over though.

~ Raijin

A small rift in space opened in the councle chamber. Threw it came a dark figure. It could be seen it was not human right away. It carried a 14 foot red staff. It was around 15 feet tall and it floated on air it seemed. It muttered only a few words. " I am Skeith The Terror of Death"

OOC: Like, boom. Time for da big boom! I've already dealt with something of their firepower, from a larger nation. Eventually, when I get to around 2-3 billion, I'll have an entire army of these soldiers. What fun that will be!

That thread is here. Still working on it, but yeah, you get the idea. It also gives an insight into why we aren't worried at all. You might all die, but not us. Of course, that's not the point now, is it? Anyway, I'd love to do the "I hold you bad guyz off while the others kill the big bad boss" thing. So, if push comes to shove, it'll be not only storyline awesome if these these guys holding the line against the bad dudes while you lot enjoy the goody-two-shoes-hero-always-wins-thing, but it's probably in line with my characters too. :)

Thread.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8368505#post8368505

IC:

The Grey Knights were ready, as they had always been. These warriors were the strongest ever known, and would never falter. Arkady surveyed ecah and every one, their bodies having only grown stronger thanks tot the Tyrealia conflict, even when some had been hacked apart and put back together, they had never lost faith.

Xenonian faith took on a different line of thinking. Terms such as "the Light" and "The Darkness" had never existed to them, for they were weaknesses, inefficient terms to describe shades of grey. There was only cause and effect, and the power a single people had when every one fought for each other.

Ships were assembled, Three Miaks, each one wearing the Xenonier, their symbol on the side, as always. Graffiti bedecked the ships, as was customary for all Xenonian equipment, and everything was loaded. The Kriovalians had already been notified, and the Xenonians would wait it out, observing the battle, and when nessecary, they would strike.

Arkady was one of them.

Raijin's voice became distant suddenly. "And...so...it...begins."

Raijin's voice became distant suddenly. "And...so...it...begins."
OOC: If I had a dollar for everytime someone said that ....

Reminds me of the "National leaders, the Panel" That Somebody did. Da, Roach Busters, Sarzonia, Farmina and everybody else. God, what a funny and stupid thread that was. Great rp writing for comedy.

((OC- And here we go...............))
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About like a bunch of ants scattering from an approaching beam of light from an magnifying glass... (kinda of a poor analogy..) ..the Council members leap/scurry away from the being's presence.

However Tsunami and Tenchi are semi-trapped between the creature and an escape... if any.

Azusa simply SMACKS his wrist comm... "FORCES TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, NOW!!!!"

..within seconds, several Angel Gods teleport into the chamber via a masss swarm of angel feathers in their wake. About 30 in all in the large chamber. The Arch-Angel is joined by two others in kind.

..every Key Staff and Angelic Spell is aimed at the creature.

Tustsumi however steps froward, seeing the danger Tsui and Tenchi are in. "Why are you here? And name your depature method, living or dead?"

--

Meanwhile, deep in the Tree, the four are moving down a large intracite stairwell, when the overComm sounds.. ":: Intruder is in the Palace! Intruder is in the Palace! All Angel Gods to the Council Chamber! ::"

Aleaic suddenly looks up with a SPIKE of terror. "Oh dear goddess NO!!"

Before Aleaic can react in total instinct, Ackronus and Terrai react by holding him in place. Ackronus's impressive strength alone is enough, but the impact is in the words..

"No son! Whatever it is, you cannot help as you are now!"

"(~ Listen to your Father kinseth! Your path is not back up there yet! ~)"

Aleaic looks between the two with anger. "You would leave them to..!?"

Aleaic is suddenly spun around and SMACKED across the face by his Father. Aleaic is stunned enough to hear.. "To be dead 'now' among them, will not help you save them. After you understand and achieve, 'can' you help them. More than you can actually understand.

And if I must, I will drag you the rest of the way myself son!"

Aleaic is too confused to answer, and Jeain decides to take advantage by yanking Aleaic along with her. The others follow suit very quickly.

They only have a few hundred meters to go.

((OC- And I'm totally used to playing the 'goody-two-shoes-hero-always-wins-thing'...

..had an rp series once where the character Aleaic (another rp, Tenchi-based world/universe..) was the recipient of an ancient 16,000 year nemesis war against a Dark Jurai Lord named Mulhorand..

..only after.. oh, seven of eight major events between the two, with tons of characters, some tragedies, and two major universe spanning wars, was Aleaic and Tsunami finally able to defeat Mulhorand, by trapping his spirit back into the Negative Dimension realm, where he poped up from in the first place. (Nasty place that was actually 'alive' in a sense, in regards to trying to destroy all life in a MASSIVE Genocide that even consumed whole Galaxies.

..so... this stuff is in my pure forte. =^^= ))

OOC: Xenonians are usually used to the same thing, but never against one foe. They fight thousands at once, every Xenonian fighting numberless hordes of all powerful bad-guys with Arkady at the front, usually hewing into the biggest and baddest dudez around.

"Thats a given. Boyo, just like Nogayoaka. Can't miss that son of a bitch. Red blot on the galatic map if there ever was one. Those gaians are so f%^ked right now"

The Grey Knights were providing some smalltalk, presumably to remove any essence of doubt before their battle. They had sensed it, Arkady had sensed it, everyone had. This merited action.

Seconds later, the Miak containing the Grey Knights sent a tranmission to the Gaain ascendancy, asking exactly what had happened, and if nessecary, what needed to be done, along with permission to enter. The Miak hovered in place, waiting for confirmation to enter Gaian Space, and confront the massive psionic prescence.

Skeith moved forword. " ..........no.....chance.......for.......you" Skeith then readyed for the on comeing attack. However it did not fear it. Then he cought eye of the two who had got traped in the wroung place. " Ready to die.?"

OOC: So we all go in for the epic kind of stuff? Huh. Somehow I'm not surprised.

BTW, how does one kill/banish Skeith, anyway? I have an idea, but I'm not sure if it'd be cool.

IC:

"Not standing here any more." Raijin walked toward the door.

"And where, exactly, are you going?" Kiv asked him.

"The Gaian homeworld."

"The HELL you are!"

"Kiv, this is what I do. I'm possessed of the spirit of Solokaro, and have been made, through whatever those bastards did to me years ago, an arbiter of Life. Who better to fight an incarnation of anti-Life?"

"Well then, we're going too. Bring a Hammer."

"Kiv! We've only got six of those!"

"Better safe than sorry. Let's go."

OOC: I talked with the gaians and i came up with a idea the power Aleaic is what is able to destroy the immortal part of the darkones however he will have to use it on each one and he would have to weaken it first to use it on it. Skeith is the first of eight.

IC: Skeith starts it attack on Tsunami and Tenchi. Useing its Staff it hits them missing a few times. Skeith then backs up and useings a shockwace from the staff to blow them back a little. Skeith then smiled. " poor foolish ones. Your time is now over."


OC: Hope that wasnt godmodish... The first battle skeith is supposed to be pretty much unbeatble however not in his next fight...

OOC: Well, GA is offline, so we can't do anything major until a post is up from that side of the ballcourt. Which means time for me to ask questions.

Have any problems with my suggestion?

Well, GA is offline, so we can't do anything major until a post is up from that side of the ballcourt. Which means time for me to ask questions.

Have any problems with my suggestion?

OOC: Questions are good.

OOC: Alright, I'm going to go and play some online videogames for a while. Anyway, This is pretty much what I'm going to do thus far.

Grey Knights and Arkady watch people get killed, Arkady helps to weaken bad dudez while Alieac kills them. Arkady may confront this guy, possibly a draw between them, or something like it. Grey Knights hold of any lower demonspawn or anything else cooked up. Meanwhile, my ships hang around and look cool.

Any problems with that?

OC: well the poem names them all.
Skeith,Innis,Magus,Fidchell,Gorre,Macha,Tarvos, and Corbenik. The leader i guess would be morganna. Who is Corbeniks last form.They each have their own job to do.

Skeith is supposed to destory most of the restince to Morganna.

Innis is supposed to hide the destruction and trick others into doing things.

Magus is the reproductive part of the Wave thus in the poem in creats a new wave when the old is destroyed.

Fidchell is to tell the dark future and spread hoplessness.

Gorre Plots the waves moves.

Macha tempts people to join the wave.

Tarvos is to destroy all who remain.

Corbenik is to come when their is only a void and creat a new world where morganna rules all.

OOC: All being aimed at the Gaian ascendancy, all probably going to do major damage. Alrighty then. We've got that sorted.

Alright I'm almost done.

I don't really mind. I just want something to do at some point. Otherwise this is a huge war teaser. I guess I could have Raijin and company show up as the battle's finishing up. Some of them can heal up the wounded, then we can all discuss battle plans?

EDIT: All hail anti-illusion, anti-telepathy ancient devices. Woot.

EDIT2: Could we somehow parallel how there are eight manifestations to different groups of characters responsible for matching up their strengths to the manifestations' weaknesses (like, for example, the one who "hides the destruction" would be vulnerable to people who could see through the illusion)?

I don't really mind. I just want something to do at some point. Otherwise this is a huge war teaser. I guess I could have Raijin and company show up as the battle's finishing up. Some of them can heal up the wounded, then we can all discuss battle plans?

EDIT: All hail anti-illusion, anti-telepathy ancient devices. Woot.

EDIT2: Could we somehow parallel how there are eight manifestations to different groups of characters responsible for matching up their strengths to the manifestations' weaknesses (like, for example, the one who "hides the destruction" would be vulnerable to people who could see through the illusion)?

OOC: Hey, that would be cool. I could have my characters not actually do anything, just offer comments in a yoda-like fashion.

OOC: Aleaic i think will need much help they are all stroung and have few weakness. The Darkones are on my main page on my site. i didnt want to go to much into detale about them so i wouldnt give much away. You can see what they look like. Innis,Macha can look human when they want and they can hide what they are from everyone they are shape shifters. http://www.freewebs.com/neozeta/

((OC- Well I finally know why 'Skeith' was such a familiar name..

..that is for those that like .hack and know of Kite. =^^=

..worse using all 'seven' of those bastards. Man fighting them in the games was hell. Beating them was such the sweeter... ))
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Tsunami and Tenchi saw the 'look' and cursed quite blatantly. But the attack hit with terrible effect, slamming the two with the dark lances..

..before they even hit the floor, they were... 'not there' anymore. When the two hit the floor.. "TENCHI!! DAUGHTER!!!!!!!!!!"

The leading Arch-Angel saw this and.. "~ FIRE!!! ~"

One huge mass of Angelic embued pulse fire SLAMS towards the dark creature with as equal a lethal force as it's 'look' intended. However the effect is terribly 'muted' for some unknown reason.

The Arch-Angel sees this and responds.. "~ Reattune to drive away! Drive it out NOW!! ~"

The Pulse fire then begins to become replaced with sonic waves and Angelic Spells of Disruptions. The remaining council members are dragged away by other Angel Gods, especially a kicking and HELLSPAWNED screaming Misaki, as the room is filled with Angel Gods and Angelics as a result.

The chamber quickly turns into a charred wreck...

----

A terribly dusk hallway, led from a dusk stairwell...

..the journey was strange in of itself, as there had been a noticable lack of teleporters, with nothing but hallways no less different than the rest within the Tree, other than the above..

..a suffocating darkness, deliberately left such to dissuade the curious.

Still, there were those that stumbled upon the Sealed Doors, a place that when one approached it, wouldn't leave unchanged. Just approaching the doors of ancient wood, steel, and precious metalics, all arrayed in a pattern in monicers of that lain within the Doors.

Finally, the four approached them, where seventeen had done so previously by accident, not had the one actually intended approach them. About them was shadows lit by only the dusk light of deep blue from sparsely placed hololamps along the walls and floor notches where the trunk melded from the walls of tritanium and marbles.

But the Seal Doors were different. As if by it's own accord, was lit from an aglow within it's very material and surface.

Upon the Doors Aleaic saw images carved in of strange patterns of three angles and trees that looked strangely normal for a door like this. Wavy vines or something such abounded in much of the spaces of the over one-hundred meter tall Doors.

Aleaic, unknowing of the situation above, only asked despite himself. "Is it sure this is wise? And what is all this on the Doors anyway?"

Ackronus onlylooks at Terrai and Jeain, and the three say nothing.

Another voice.. "((~ Come out of your coccon at last have we whelp? ~))"

Aleaic instinctively looks around. "Who said.......!?"

Ackronus only smirks, though Aleaic's parents blink and look around themselves despite knowing better.

A thick ethereal *sigh* suddenly echoes from the very walls. With... "((~ Oh for the love of eternity..

..if I must reveal upon an optical level.... ~))"

Aleaic's bewilderment is greeted by the sight to end all sights.. (at this point in his life that is...)

.......as a shimmering being suddenly appears from literally thin air, not with all that wave hair thingy or such..

..rather a simple humanoid form of a beautiful female, one with a raven black kimono/dress and ultra raven black mane of 'long hair. Skin of white, and eyes....

...not just the eyes...

..the kimono and hair are filled with stars, stars that wave and shimmer as with the movement of her body, and the eyes filled with an eternal light in the cornea whites, and the pupils of pure black with the glint of simple shite stars within them, as if they were reflecting them in her eyes.

But this all ignores the sheer aura from her presence.

One Aleaic knows 'too' dammed well.

Aleaic can feel it, and blurts out from some kind of internal response.. "Lady... Creation......... if I fell it right..?"

The etereal (literally) goddess smiles. "((~ Not quite as limited in the mind as I feared.

...appealing, if annoying. ~))"

While Aleaic muses that over for a moment, Lady Creation looks at Ackronus and the two exchange nods. The story runs deep it seems..

She then looks simply at Aleaic. "((~ Well then little one, come on, they've been waiting ever since your Grandfather abstained the Power for this moment. ~))"

Aleaic shakes his head suddenly.. "No wait.. I have a feeling of what's in there, and I'm not sure it's such a good..."

Before Aleaic can say futher, the Seal Doors sudden makes a SNAP-CLANK-rattle-rattle-rattle-...... sound, and the feeling of the power within the hallway suddenly 'spikes'. Lady Creation only snaps back with the feel of a bag lady after a long day checking out old people from a grocery store. "((~ Oh do please get over your pathetic fears.

..'they' are not afraid of you. Let's not delay, less more tragedies occur as a result of worrying about morality. ~))"

..when the Doors suddenly break through the seams with an expectant, blinding light from within, Aleaic's heart races beyond uncertainty, yet the hand forced by a HUGE spike in curiosity and a good 'hurry' guesture from the star filled goddess. That guesture is followed by a rough tug of his right arm by her mental 'imposing'.

That tug 'walks' him to the slowly opening Doors, where he looks back at a barely visible set of parents and Avian Lord, due to the sheer light starting to swamp all vision.

One more silent tug, and Aleaic is 'shoved' through the Doors, which quickly close behind him.

As they do, Terrai sighs... "My own son given to a bunch of old, fuddy words...

..if for good, I will gladly thank the prophecy...

..if ill, I will curse the Powers for all time, within this Existence and the Next."

Ackronus chuckles in an avian 'chirp'...

"(~ Worry not..

..after all, not even I was allowed to see the wonders of the Seed. And you readily gave up that right.

..and I was told... the wonders are all worth all the agony and the time stolen as a result. ~)"

Jeain, the least understanding of the group, only asks. "What if they reject him? You both mentioned...."

Terrai shakes his head stiffly. "The Powers chose 'him'.

And their Supplicants will do no less."

All they can do now is wait.

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Meanwhile, no signals suddenly come from the Gaian Capital System.

..the entire System goes silent for no apparent reason. The allied calls and comms are unanswered.

"Still nothing."

"See? What did tell ya? The Gaians are screwed in every possible way. And beleive me on this, I know a lot of them. They are done for, gone, kaput, screwed, doomed, soon to be realising Ye olde end is nigh."

"Oh shut up. True, we can't intervene in the destruction of these beings, but we can stop them."

"Yay! We stop them, they appear elsewhere and kill even more! Really, I never covered that eventuallity in my tactical overlay! Oh My god you are so brilliant!"

"God, you are such an idiot"

"Burgoiese who expects too much from me! You got a problem with my realisim, then do something!"

"Lazy moron who can't give anything to the protectorate! Have at you!"

The Grey Knights continued to "discuss" how the situation was occuring. Meanwhile, Arkady had lef them to their preparations. The Grey Knights would have work to do outside of combat, most important in advice.

Sending the updated plan to the computers with a mental afterthought, Arkady appeared seconds later, right in the middle of the burgoening psychic prescence of what could only be The Gaian lord and his gods, and the terrible pall of death, combat, and utter fear that encompassed the arrival of one of the great enemys of the Gaians.

Everyone in Xenonier, knew he could not kill the thing - that duty could only be done by the one they had sworn to destroy, but Arkady could at least confront the thing, perhaps fight it. If Skieth was a creation of Human nature, then Arkady would probably be able to match him in power, at least.

Arkady set off running, moving far faster than any biped should have been able too.

"And so it begins? Honestly, Raijin, even for you, that was pretty lame," Darvek said, laughing. "The more some things change...

"Let's go." The Commander was already moving toward the teleport pad. Koro and Kiv were already following.

"Don't forget us." The men spun to face seven others: Andruik, Melena, Vakia, Kara Tyvok, the "ninja" Jarolar, Adele, and even Selene Kital.

"The Host is summoned?" Kiv asked, stunned.

"Looks that way," Adele answered. "One of us for each of the Eleven. Nature, Dark, and Light..."

"...marching off to fight." Raijin was not looking forward to this. "Well, let's get going then. Destination, the Gaian homeworld."

Skeith hovered in the chamber not affected by the attacks however it felt the pain of the attacks and was in great pain. However he as the other dark ones had learned to ingore the pain.

He begian to attack the angel gods. one by one they fell to him. His staff made a great wepion as he used his main attack on them. However befor he could destroy half in its mind he heard the wave calling to him. It left the same way it came threw its rift.

Its last words befor it left were. " The wave of death will destroy your land ."


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Jayce felt troubled about the gaian home world not sending anymore transmissions. However aura sinced what had happened.

" Skeith.... he has taken two of their importent people.... They are now gone... The Wave has covered them...." She said.

Jayce ordered a small fleet to ready it self to take him to the gaian homeworld if he didnt get word from them soon.

OOC: Will update this post later. Currently very busy, just noting the new developments.

IC:

He was too late, the sheer feeling of doom had already begun to fade away. The Devasatation apparent in the Council chamber was impressive, to say the least. The enemy was of far greater power than even Neo Zeta must have expected, and had annihliated all resistance before dissapearing.

Finally stopping, eyes carefully evaluating damage, energy readings ... power, Arkady knew this couldn't be over yet. It would return, and when it did, nothing the Gaians, or Zetans, perhaps even Krioval, could stop it. They had the tools to those foes destruction, but not the power to oppose them.

Already, preparations were beginning. Lodging one of his swords deep into the earth of the ruined council chamber, Arkady sat, and waited for someone to come, all the wile, standing untouched to the cries of pain, death, and suffering.

At that, the inital 'pearl harbor' for them was over, and the results were just as bad. His departure left thirteen Angel Gods 'dead', and Tsunami and Tenchi in deep comas of suffocating darkness.

Misaki finally ripped past the arms holding her back and raced with the others swiftly after to the two limp forms.

As soon as she slid-skid down towards them, her tear flooded eyes saw even 'worse' than expected. "*Wretched cracked voice* Oh..... no..."

Funaho reached Tenchi and reacted 'the same', with expressions of horror in stone upon their brows.

The two were so 'sucked' of life from, that their very hair color was yellowed and terribly matted like dead dog hair, and their skin was a ashen gray, with a 'shadow' within of deepening black.

Words to say were dead upon their lips as Misaki shuddered and sobbed badly over her daughter, Funaho no less for Tenchi in hers.

Seto, overwrought with shock, can only look back at the area Skeith vanished, and spoke with a hollow voice.

"What dammed monsters are they?"

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Moments later...


~ GANN News Desk: Special Report

..are... we on? Okay...

I.. I'm sorry.. but... *the sight of the female reporter fighting to retain composure* ...I'm sorry...

We have just learned that an unknown force has attacked the Council Chamber, and that two of the members are hurt badly... if... if not worse.

The assailtant was apparently a force of some kind of darkness that attacked without warning. As of yet, we do not know the condition of which members were attacked, as news is being restricted from the Palace.

We do know this much. The Foreign ministry is informing that only the Council was attacked, but that the rest of the Republic is unaffected as yet. However this may change without warning.

They are also informing, that all allied nations be wary of a entiry that can teleport into their very homeworlds without warning. All nations that wish to assist us, are advised to watch their own worlds as well and give word of any attacks upon them. Assistance is also appreciated in person if spared...

They also warn that enemy came from Neo Zeta, but 'not' from the nominal forces within. This is apparently an independant force, and fear is that there are more coming.

We repeat, the Council chamber within the Palace has been attacked, and two of the Council are injured... or.................. or.......... *finally breaks down...

...and in fact the transmission ends 'just like that'*



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The effect within the Republic is impossible for outsiders to feel, as the Council is truly beloved by their people and allies.

This effect is a SLAM to their overall morale. ((OC- Think 9/11 and the immediate reaction in your gut to get that 'feeling'...))

..but there is one that has a situation all his own.

--

He looks around in the white upon white chamber.

...it was like he stepped between the literal realities between darkness and light.

In physical presence, he is the only humanoid form in the chamber. Lady Creation is nowhere in sight, only in Aleiac's mind.

...but he still not alone in physical presence, as he looks about... left, right, up, down... far up and FAR down..

..with the eye upon Trees. Simple Trees shaped like normal ones, about 6 - 17 meters tall average, leaves, lean branches, and lithe format.

..and all made of light, pure light. It's like the Trees are filled with cherry blossoms of pute light, as is the branched, and trunks that run into a base pool of ultra pure, clear water, the Trees are placed in these pools, set within platforms of pure white pearl surfaces, even far more so white than the surfaces of the Eternal Destiny has. The Platforms run all about, and... float in midair, with leaves constantly of pure white light, sparkling and fluttering in and all about like a snow that swirls serenely within the Alcove..

...the leaves from thousands of Trees of Light. Thousands that reside on Platforms of all shapes, sizes, directions, and even, phase transistions of reality, with some not fully within 'this' dimension.

And as Aleaic immediately noted with a terrible clarity..

....every one of them as alive and sentient, even as 'wise' as a human being.

..or those that are ancient in feel.

"Holy cow........" Aleaic only whispers.. "..what is all this? .................Lady Creation?"

..a second peg has Aleaic suddenly not sensing the goddess within his 'feel' of vision. Several wild turns of the head and he is about to yell harshly when..

..*ping*........ he is 'struck' upon his forehead by a small beam of light. "Wha?!"

Aleaic is stopped dead as suddenly, the Trees of Light begin to shoot lightbeams from them in small choruses. Somehow Aleaic understands this as..

"...uh... yeah... uh hello... I suppose."

A FLOOD of 'cheery' lightbeams result, and Aleaic is beside himself with a small giggle.....

...that is before the lightbeams suddenly cascade off the ultra white chamber walls and start bouncing all around him. His sudden panic is justified when the beams suddenly 'swamp' him all over.. "HEY!! WHAT ARE......... oh my godDESSAGAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Seconds later, he is 'swalowed' up by the beams and dissapears completely.

The "Divine Host of Krioval" departed in an oversized fighter designed specifically for Raijin's travels. Coordinates were plotted. Sakira and Tevak tagged along as well. Someone needed to man the controls after all, and thirteen was a good, strong number on Krioval. It was the Kriovalian way, after all, that all "significant" numbers were one short; it paid to have something "extra" in case of an emergency. Noiselessly, they entered transdimensional space. Almost as quickly, they were in orbit of the Gaian homeworld.

"Hail, Gaian Council," Raijin said quickly. He didn't want the fighter to come under attack, though he had specifically forbade arming weapons. Shields were on standby. "Have you any wounded?"

Arkady paused to watch the spectacle. It was a useful fact to know that the "Lady Creation", among other forces, were finally taking it upon themselves to fix this disaster. Aleiac would certainly be the one to strike the killer blows, and it would undoubtedly be up to somebody else - Probably himself, to weaken then, or hold them off while Aleiac prepared the final blow. This curse was on his people, and could only be defeated by these people.

Moving over too the inert bodies that had taken the brunt of the attack. Looking down at the lifeless faces, already drained of everything, souls, consciousness, life. Looking down that them, Arkady muttered something intelligible, and wandered away to find the leader of authority around here.

They lived, and thanks to the efforts of many lost, it may be another day, although it would not be for long.

Tags it

Skeith hovered in the darkness of only what could be called the cursed wave it self. There he got his orders from the wave. It told him. " Break down their will to fight. attack the people and the terror of death will cover the land." Skeith understood. His next target would be a massive civilian area.

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Jayce hearing the news knew he had to do somthing. " Aura,Albedo and Yusuke you are comeing with me to the gaian homeworld." They walked to the transport that tooking to the flagship. 25 Ships would go along with them. They engaged their transwarp drives and would soon be at the Gaian homeworld

Repeat offenders always come back unless you wipe out the nest.

- Some random prophet, 2102AD.

The prescence would attack again, and it would be against the Gaian ascendancy again. This was certainly a warning, a prophetical marker that gave insight in the tremendous power unleashed here, today. A warning to all, a prophet of doom and fear, the reaper come from the grave to claw at life with gnarled fingers.

It would strike again, and the problem would have to be ... where? Arkady devoted every ounce of energy to it. The Enemy would certainly know, that it could not defeat Arkady, and knew Arkady could not defeat it. It knew that Arkady knew that it was only vulnerable to Aleiac, leader of the Gaian ascendancy. Aleiac would surely be shattered, and in shock at the beings power. To ensure their victory, they would have to ensure he could not fight effectivley, to drain him of his morale, his hope, and leave him standing alone, without the tools he needed, so that he fell when the time was most ire

Now, to narrow places where that could be achieved down, Arkady thought.

This was a show of military and political power, hitting the political nervecenter of Gaian space, and a well guarded area. Despite this a major military mark had not yet been made. Therefore, it was more likely the target would be civilian of some nature, although military bases were also at risk. Judging by the damage they had done, Arkady knew they could strike anywhere, without remorse.

Xenonier had to find a way to contact Alieac, and tell him what Arkady believed was about to happen. The consequences if their worst fears were true, was beyond imagination.

Skeith thought for a moment the best way to attack the population of the gaian homeworld and spread fear. It then thought for a moment as it scaned the world and thoughts of people to find the best way to reach them. one word poped into Skeiths mind. GANN is where he would attack. He just needed to wait for them to go on the air live agian.

OOC: When are we actually going to have the final confrontation between Skeith and everyone else?

On other notes, Can't really post another reply without GA.

OOC: Well maybe tonight. And Skeith is the first of 8 and he is the weak one. Well Innis would be weaker in some areas but not Mental powers. After Skeith is destroyed their will be 7 other threads or chapters. This may take some time to finnish not going to be a in and out rp. Its your choice if you want to stay threw the whole thing.


EDIT: Maybe 3 other threads with two to three chapters in each.

OOC: Interesting. Honestly, I don't know if I should stay or not. Not to say I'm not enjoying myself, just that, At this rate, after this battle, GA should have every IC power nessecary to defeat the other 7, although I could get involved in the final battle as well. Or, I could tag along, although I'm doubting there really be much for me to do.

I guess nothing's concrete without GA's input.

OOC: Interesting. Honestly, I don't know if I should stay or not. Not to say I'm not enjoying myself, just that, At this rate, after this battle, GA should have every IC power nessecary to defeat the other 7, although I could get involved in the final battle as well. Or, I could tag along, although I'm doubting there really be much for me to do.

I guess nothing's concrete without GA's input.

OOC: Yeah, what you said. :D

( Bump for G.A to post)

((OC- Out of town for most of yesterday.. certainly not today with all the snow up here..))
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The responses were given by Palace Command rather than the Council members. Essentially a weak welcome message followed by a summary of what happened.

The very voices that spoke to the arrivals, both present and soon to be, were quite shaken, but also a cold buisness tone as well.

--

Meanwhile, the Council members were cloistered away, at least the non military advisors, in the Palace Med-Center..

Washu and Skuld were continuously looking at readouts and speaking to techs, while the others could only watch at their comatose friends. Misaki and Funaho were exhausted out from their mutual crying, in Azusa's arms. Ayeka, Ryoko and Mihoshi over Tenchi, and Arashi with Sirrana in her arms and Isarra still lightly sobbing over her mother's inert form.

Washu finally accepts the data after the sixth time looking it over, and she still did not believe it. She then sighs too loudly, attracting attention with.. "Somehow the body is alive, but the soul...

...they're shells and nothing more."

With Misaki whimpering too much to speak, Azusa easily says the same.. "Alive? You... call 'this' alive Washu?

...DAMMIT, DO something!!!!!!"

Washu shakes her head. "For the first time, even with I've learned..

..I don't know what to do."

Misaki droops even lower in emotion, as a barely less effected Akito asks. "What does 'that' mean?"

"Simple... the damage isn't to the body. Their spirit is simply... just not there. Hell, if it wasn't for the help of the Angelics, I wouldn't even know that much.

..I would love to know how this was done and..."

Ryoko from afar suddenly snaps in reaction before Washu can finish and LEAPS over everyone to land near Washu and rip-yank her towards her by Washu's shirt blouse, with a pained yell of anger... "Dammit Mother! This isn't some fricken experiment here!? MY HUSBAND IS...." ..and is stopped by Washu with a calm hand..

"I know.... and if I knew how this was done, we could somehow reserve 'that'."

Just then, as the others struggle with their own mental states, a vidscreen nearby pegs with a visual of the GANN News Center Desk..

..the News Center, within the surrounding city around the base of the Palace Tree, was a flurry of reporters trying to get facts like any organization it's type does. However two others were now at the shown News Center Desk.

The normal reporters joined by Lady Seto and Lord Tsutsumi. When the others see this on the screen, noted by Skuld looking around suddenly with.. "Huh? How are they there? I thought they were just here!?"

Washu half chuckles.. "They're secretive like that. Well, not counting this..."



GANN Desk: Anchor: ~ "Then it is correct?"

" Yes, we have word.." ..Lady Seto replies.. "..that forces from Xeoniner, Krioval, and even Zeta are coming to assist, though how they can we will have to determine."

Anchor: "I don't mean to repeat the ovbious, but..."

"Lady Tsunami, Aleaic's first wife and Lord Tenchi of the BloodHouse Advisory were the victims, along with several honored and brave Angel Gods that are currently in the same state.

We 'will' say they are alive, but are in comas each. We cannot release more than that much at this time." ..Seto completes.

Anchor: "What about military situations around the Republic?"

Tsutsumi: "There have been no reported attacks. And I suspect we are under a situation our forces cannot cope with easily anyhow. Nothing about this is conventional so far, what with the death of Hiei."

Anchor: "Do we know where they came from?"

Tsutsumi: *Shanking his head* "Still no, and if the Zetans do know, we could use that information. Otherwise we would ask for help in doing this very thing.

If we had Hiei's brain at the very literal least, we could clone it and discover the location he was at, at the time he released this... thing."

Anchor: "Can we expect more...?"

Seto and Tsutsumi actually pause and look at each other. Seto then looks back at the Anchor and says.. "If the poem we recieved was true, things have only begun."


Skuld only can react with.. "Man, were screwed..."

But before morale in the med-bay can go further down...


Seto: But we have our own 'weapon' to reply to the poem and all that has happened.

..and even as I speak right now, that response is being written beyond words themselves to say. But I have my own...

"The darkness of night, always has a dawn that breaks it.

That dawn is very soon in coming."

The Anchor and everyone else is held speechless for a moment..

..not to mention hopefuly if for a briefly glimmer. However the darkness still has not seen that dawn yet. Shadows subsume all hope as yet..

.....but that dawn and it's maker are meeting at that very moment.

Skeith sinced it was time. A small rift the same typ that appeared befor appeared at the GANN desk. a voice came threw the rift. " Dawn...... No....... The sun has set for you and darkness is all that will be in your future."

Skeith jumped from the rift. He sent a shockwave to blow anyone away that could turn the transmission off from the source.

" Your Terror of Death will now start"

Skeith started his attack agianst the new room useing the same attack he used on the others to put them into a coma. The Terror of Death was going to be spread to everyone live.

Delete

Triple post ><

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Hundreds of millions of Republic souls could only watch as far too many shouts of panic and screams of terror were silence with terrible efficency.

The Council had to endure seening Seto and Tsutsumi suffer the same fate as Tsunami and Tenchi had. Azusa bellowed with rare horror.. "MOTHER!! FATHER!!!!!!!!!"

Suddenly there seemed to be very little anyone could do.........

..

..

..

......and then it happened.

Skeith stood in front of the camara laughing, " feel the terror dont you? There will be no mercy. This fate is all that awaits you.. Nothing can stop me."

"We going down there?" Darvek looked at Raijin expectantly.

"No." Heads swiveled, and jaws dropped. "Not until we know what we're dealing with. Otherwise we'll probably all die."

"Well, what are we going to do in the meantime?" Darvek snapped. "Watch the Gaians be killed off?"

"Darvek, do you remember the Darklighter ritual?"

"How could I forget?"

"Did you know that it can run in reverse?"

"Reverse?! You mean..."

"Yes. The Darklighter ritual separates body and spirit. The Reverse Darklighter, then, combines them. It does require the body be alive, though. No resurrections."

"So what do we do?"

"Wait and see," Kiv interjected. "The thing that comes least naturally to any of us."

While everyone was rivited to the horrid laughter, one that made them all not realize what was starting to happen all around them, the Palace Tree area that is..

The Council members are equally dragged through dispair, when sudden..

"Eh?" ..comes the voice of Ayeka.. "..what be....?"

Only a few look over, as they see, with Isarra... "M.. mother.. wha?"

It starts ever so tiny, the almost snowflake delecate sparkles of light that start to drift up all around them..

..it had been rising like this, from the moment Aleaic met his Soulbonded Hikari Tree at the base of the Alcove. This rose to become a rising 'snow' of sparkles of tiny light. It was like looking at a star of it's own being, soon becoming a soft flood of tiny light...

Several Council members and med-techs step out from the infirmary rooms and reflexively try to touch the light...

..and are suprised when the light actually has a soft texture, like a blossom leaf. Belldandy remarks.. "Why does it feel like snow on a warm summer day? Is it me?"

...more and more quickly, the light becomes a total flood to the eyes, soft yet utterly resolute. With it comes a immense sensation of power rising with it.

Even the hearts, demoralized in a drench of sorrow, is found incredulous to the feel of hope beyond incarnite.

Washu finally says.. "Is this what was meant all along?"

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The flood of light begins to swell well past the Palace Tree and begin to bulge into a bubble of light that, rather than spreads, seems to keep growing into a mass approaching critical.

It quickly spreads to the News Center, the City, and into the surrounding mountians and sea.

Skeith looks to the light. the wave commands he destroy the source of hope.

Skeith jumps threw the rift in the news room.

Moments later a rift opened where the source of the light was comeing. Skeith Jumped threw slaming his staff into the floor and yelling. "Light are you ready for the Terror of Your Death?!!"


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On the flag ship of Neo Zeta Jayce had started ti feel a bit ill and almost a since of darkness was comeing over him. He went to his room but when Jessica came to check on him he was no where to be found.....

..that........ was a mistake...........

As soon as Sekith entered the chamber, all it could see was a chamber of total white light, with futher 'detail' of light upon light, extending for as far as it's senses could reach, and beyond...

Before Skeith came a singular form of light, caressed with a silverly-blue hue. If stood before a large white Hikari Tree, where the only detail in the blindness that could be noted was a trunk, of three twirled upon each other in symetry.

It spoke with Aleaic voice simply with....

":: Only if you are prepared for the Dawn, you blasted creep. ::"

Swirls of light suddenly sweep in from behind all around Aleaic into a glowing ball of energy...........

Skeith smiles. " Clever but to fight someone of your level i will do it on my turf. I never said i would fight fair." Skeith opens a Rift to his little area ( yes the same place you would fight him in the game.) " Will you come and fight?"

Aleaic reacts simply...

":: Then let me provide the same you did for those you HURT! ::"

He SLAMS Skeith with a single wave of light into the created mini-dimension and Aleaic chases after with an unnatural anger.

After he chases Skeith in, the Hikari Tree Sai`Hon continues with it's previous act commanded, as the flood of light begins to reach into the sky as a slowly rising beam of light.

By now the Tree is a macrocosim of the Hikari Trees within, as a effidece of pure light.

Very soon after, the beam rises well into space for 'all' eyes neaby to see.

Skeith slams into his mini-dimension. "That hurt!! YOUR GOING TO PAY FOR THAT" Skeith charged at Aleaic. He used his staff as he would a sword and swings at Aleaic. Missing the first time but hits him on the arm the 2nd try.


(OC: This is my first real RP fight to i will learn as i go)

OOC: Sorry for the interruption, but has this effectively become a closed RP? I don't mind if it has, but I'd like to know before I ruin it.

((OC- Oh no, it's still quite open. React however you wish. it's obvious what's occuring to all anyway....))
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Aleaic's arm get's a good 'nick' and a great spray of torn of 'light' splays away from where he was struck.

..but the wound is regenerated rediculously quickly by the outright pure positive energy billowing within the Power..

Aleaic's response is driven by emotional simplicity. ":: TOUCHE!!!!! ::" ..and SLAMS Skeith off with even greater force!

He then follows it up by suddenly summoning three Wings of intracite light, patterned like angel wings of large size. each is well over three-quarter's Aleaic's own height.

Summoning the Angelhawk Wings, Aleiac's power continues to skyrocket.

Aleaic then holds forth a hand and makes a guesture at Skeith of.. 'Come on you fool.'

The wave makes its voice known for the first time. " Skeith you are no longer a use the others will have to finnish your job. Fight and hurt him as much as possible."

Skeith nods and raises his staff into the air. He uses a attack called Judgement. " Judgement" Many sheets of ice that are as sharpe as a spear spring out of the ground all at once then explode into fragments of sharpe cutting ice.

Aleaic can hear 'something' speaking to Skeith, noting it's nod and subsuquent attack.

Aleaic reacts by spreading the Wings into three time's their size, spinning furiously to block the incoming blades of ice. After a moment of this, Aleaic reacts wordlessly by summoning hundreds of mini-Wing Shards, small one meter Winglets that swirl around Aleaic in a pillar effect, defeating every attack.

Aleaic is beyond done with this already as he says.. ":: ~ I know what you did to my wife. ~ ::"

One of the Wings is grasped at a 'base' to suddenly transform into a hilt end, the remainder transforming on impulse on an artifact of another world, and of his own 'whims'..

..as a kingly long sword of pure diamond is formed, a celestial copy of Anduril, fitting of one that played as Aragon in his high school center's Lord of the Rings play several decades before.

He holds the gleaming sword at a level stance to his right.

..and says... ":: ~ If there is a dark god you worship, I suggest you start praying 'now'. ~ ::"

But before Skeith can even react, Aleaic launches through the icy malestrom with Wings in front of him with a terrible war cry of blood upon his tounge.

In the time before the drama began, Arkady had followed everyone around, done what he could for all. Skeiths victms were unsaveable, thus far, although still alive, if one could call it that.

Thus, when the confrontation came, Arkady was there to watch it. Skieth was of no threat through his powers, Arkady had faced death farr too many times before. The fact Arkady was also not Human, no Xenonian was, undoubtedly help.,

Through his own inner eye, the battle was observed. Aleiac was brave, indeed, and Skieth fought will all the unyielding strength of death. Both seemed evenly matched, although Skeith may have had the advantage, it was difficult to tell. Both combatantswere increasing their power to impressive levels, attacking each other with a torrent of blows.

Looking carefully, eyes tracing things at impercetible speeds to most beings, Arkady saw the dimesional rift twinge, as if to break apart, a door with light shining through the edges. A smile broke out on his features, as arkadys mind filled up with a message on his internal HUD.

Target Aquired.

Walking up to the rift, he pulled out his swordblades, and began to make an incision in seemingly empty air. It would take time, but eventually, the "door" could be opened, as long as the blade moved neither too fast, or too slow. Aleiac was in better odds than even he knew, as even on his own, Arkady reckoned he had a chance, and a good one at that.

That was, of course going on the basis skieth had no more tricks up his sleeve.

"Listen up, everybody! We've got some healing to do down there." Raijin pressed a button on the ship's console. "We're going to their Council chambers. Prepare for transport."

The eleven Kriovalians appeared in the Gaian Council's antechamber. Looking around, Adele signaled to a Gaian. "You have wounded. Take us to them."

Darvek looked at the Gaian as well. "And we'll need some power up there. Nothing big, just the output of a small power plant should be enough."

Skeith Knew he was out of time. If he was attacked by the full power of the light he stood no chance. He was in fact the weakist of the eight. But he had been around for so much longer then the others he grew to have free will. And he did not want to die.


Skeith threw the Staff steight into the ground.

He started to move his hands in a werid way. A glow game from his hand. He was going to use his main attack he had used of the others.

He then said " All or nothing"

He fired his blast and only hoped it would reach its mark


(OC: The other 7 are much more powerful and unlike Skeith will need a Combinded effort to beat them. It will take everyone of us to beat them. And more could possibley join.)

Skeith Knew he was out of time. If he was attacked by the full power of the light he stood no chance. He was in fact the weakist of the eight. But he had been around for so much longer then the others he grew to have free will. And he did not want to die.


Skeith threw the Staff steight into the ground.

He started to move his hands in a werid way. A glow game from his hand. He was going to use his main attack he had used of the others.

He then said " All or nothing"

He fired his blast and only hoped it would reach its mark


(OC: The other 7 are much more powerful and unlike Skeith will need a Combinded effort to beat them. It will take everyone of us to beat them. And more could possibley join.)

OOC: Yay. I get to do the "hold them off and wound them" while other people kick their butts. With your permission, of course, and because now that I've already made it that Arkady can't kill, or be killed by the eight, then he hasn't got much else to do.

IC:

The rift finally collapsed under the pressure, and Arkady walked inside, slowly, so as not to disturb the two warriors. He already felt the massive surge of energy, and braced himself for the ecoming explosion.

IF aleiac could survive this, then the battle was over. Arkady guessed that Skeith couldn't keep this up for any more than another attack, at most.

OOC: I get to do the "clean up the mess" detail this time, it seems - if I'm acknowledged in that role, anyway? :cool:

IC:

The Gaians seemed to freeze in place, likely due to the presence of the malevolent being rampaging somewhere on or near the planet. The Kriovalians, on the other hand, were quite animated.

"Yo! Raijin! We going to do anything here?!"

"Darvek, the slightest level of patience would be useful right now." The Commander walked toward a painting on the wall. "Not bad."

Jarolar looked on in stony silence, though he was intrigued at the Commander's choice of distraction. Of course he knew what most of the others, including Kiv, didn't. Raijin had technically passed the requirements to be considered ninja as well. The idea almost made the man laugh. He was easily the most brash of the entire group, except for Darvek, and he was constantly in the spotlight. "Hide in plain sight, that your enemies never know where to look," he said under his breath.

Aleaic's attention meanwhile was wholly focused on his foe, and as he saw the blast come in, it caught him off guard enough to blast him back across the area..

...before Aleaic SHOT back in double time and made a perfect ki-slash unto Skeith.

But the attack was different than one should expect.

Rather than kill the creature, Aleaic 'struck' at the Astral being that held the powers Skieth had used to place all under the Wave of Coma. The blade of diamond strikes only 'this' point, temporarily sundering Skeith of his powers.

Aleaic then stops and twirls his blade as he now stands next to Skeith, to hold it dead across Skieth's throat, even while looking opposite of Skeith.

Aleaic only notes.. ":: ~ You wish to live..

..I felt that. Do 'you' wish to live dark one? ~ ::"

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Meanwhile, the strike, all at once, causes the affected souls of Tsunami, Tenchi, Seto, Tsutsumi, the Angel Gods, and finally the struck down News Center reporters and techs, to suddenly flood their souls back into them, as if the act was like a soul version of a 'gasp' befire their bodies recieved their souls again.

...which brings several 'real' gasps as Tsunami and Tenchi suddenly burst to life once more. Isarra sees this first and squeals.. "MOTHER!!"

The jouyous scream is seen and joined upon in a cascade of celebration. The techs assisting the Kriovalans are taken totally off guard as well.

And still the light does not subside..

...not it reaches well past the Lunar orbits of White Diamond's satellites.

Watching emotionlessly at the turnaround, Arkady moved forward, steps taken creafully enough to announce his prescence, without startling either force.

Aleiac had won, and impressively at that. On could almost be dissapointed that there was nothing to do, no fighting to be done in the defence of others. However, the episode was finally over. Arkady moved foward, eyed Aleiac, and guessed his intention.

"If you wish to make this one suffer, then let him live. Failure is never tolerated by those you deem evil, and let him live knowing he has failed, that death has been rendered powerless by the Very beings he was born from, is a far greater torture or punishment then anything you could devise. I know this because I know him, we are one and the same, born from emotion, although I am not enslaved by it. To use your terms, I am older, hence wiser."

"You must also know, for this, that him and I cannot defeat each other. The next ones will be stronger, and stronger. I know I have the power to destroy each one, and because I am free from forces that control this one, and millinos that have long since died. But cannot fight this battle - you must. This scourge is attacking you, and thus the battle truly inside you, and your people. No-one, not even I, or any other power in the universe, can intervene. I know this, and so does your own goddess, who has never fought, only empowered you"

"Now, if you wish to banish this one forever, then do so"

Skeith no longer had the power to hold his diminsion up. It closed sending them all back to where they had been. Skeith looked at Aleiac.

"I wont live she wont let me now. Your fate is nothing but death"

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Meanwhile in a unknown area the wave spoke to a dark figure. " You will be the counter to the light. The Shadow cast by the light. Go now and show them your power"

The dark figure went threw a rift.

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The ground shook and a massive darkness could be felt.

Aura,Jessica and Albedo had arived and ran into the room just in time to see somthing horrible.

Jayce came threw the rift. He lands infront of Aleiac. His hair no longer green but black as the night and his eyes red as blood.He had four wings all black and his sword was crimsion.

He looked at his foe.

The wave spoke. "This one is now mine. He is your equal. The Shadow cast by your light. The poor fool couldnt fight off my power"


Jayce kept looking right into his eyes.

Finally, the Commander's patience evaporated. "I've had enough of this shit. Prepare for a dimensional seal. We probably can't keep them out, but we can make them appear in only one of a handful of places. And we'll have more than ten seconds' warning."

Aleaic only glanced sidelong back at the subsumed form of the Zetan Emperor.

To Skeith he says.. ":: ~ Do shut up and wait a tic if you still wish to live. ~ ::"

He then judges the new enemy 'within' Jayce, ignoring the other's reactions and such for a moment. He only judges.

..he then speaks.. ":: ~ Equal you may be.

..but there are more then one such way to fight a battle. Thank you for just giving me your Astral Imprint. And to say it simply..

..I'm through fighting for now. ~ ::"

Aleaic then does far more than any of the others expect, as he commands the Hikari Trees to act as one entity.........

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The light that had been rising into forever for a good deal of time, suddenly creates a portal of it's own fulition.

In mere moments of time, the Power of the Hikari is extended to the 'entire' Republic, and where the borders are lain in Aleaic's mind, the Power is extended to form an ethereal field. The Power of Hikari is used to form a massive Astral Shield around the whole of the Ascendancy. Whole worlds and nebulae nodes recieve oversided 'shield globes', sometimes many light-years in diameter.

The White Diamond System, where the Two Gate Shields lie, become even more powerful anchors for Astral Sheilds, and the Homeworld begins to sparkle with two new 'rings' of glowing orbs of crystalic light. Meanwhile the pillar of light from the Palace Tree becomes a near Nova of cascading light!

The effect is simple. The Hikari Power of the Thousand Trees targets the Dark Wave, intent on driving it out of the System..

..as well as out of it's 'prisoners'. Skeith and the new inteloper are slammed with amplifying waves of light, like acid to them.

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Aleaic at the center of this cause, says simply, and with the Terror of Light upon his tounge.. ":: ~ You may be able to withstand this, but I imagine the pain is horrendous nonetheless.

..in any case. That form you stole is not your own, and it 'will' be released.

...let my friend go

NOW!! ~ ::" ..and a wave of torturous light slams the dark being within Jayce. Aleaic knows he cannot kill it now..

..but driving out is another matter.

Jayce eyes flashed red. he the roared as he floated up as a giant rift opened.

" You will be destroyed by me. I am the darkness of your light. I live only do to the fact you live. I cant be killed by you. To do so would destroy your hope and light."

With that he went threw the rift Skeith stayed behind.

There was little to do but watch now, Arkady could not intervene. Skeith stood, and the conclusion of this ... (Chapter?) was over. All that remained was Skeith, and whatever that would happen to him.

Seconds later, Skeith had a blade pointing at his throat. Arkady had done something decidedly unexpected.

"You're power is just about gone, Skieth. With that, all your protection from me. You think Aleiac can hurt you, then you are a fool. I know you, I know your weaknesses, your strengths, every particle of your existence, and I can make you know fear beyond anything Aleiac could ever comprehend. Perhaps you are still not weak enough, but I'll stick with what I have. You don't have long to decide your fate."

Meanwhile the Kriovalians were doing exactly what one would expect, if one could expect them to possess the ability, anyway. They would magnify psionic energy called from the Spirit of Krioval, which was essentially a repository for latent or unused psychic energy. Like a capacitor, it would discharge into the primary wielder, this being the Commander, whose telekinetic abilities were the ones essential for the task. The others would monitor and eventually sever the link. The objective was to seal the dimensional rift, at least temporarily. If the creature of pure darkness was both fast and intelligent, it would escape before the seal fell. Otherwise, it would be trapped from its source of power in the mortal plane. Mortals, of course, are vulnerable. The downside was that Aleaic's power could also be quenched briefly. But then, there were tons of Gaians, and Zetans, and the President of Xenonier was nearby as well. Many against one, all on otherwise even grounds seemed better than what they faced now.

So Raijin began concentrating. Slowly, he visualized the Spirit, safely held in the vaults of Torokara. The connection took only a few seconds to establish, and the world around the Kriovalian appeared to wink out of existence. Instead, he was surrounded by the primal force of untapped, unbound psionic energy, stored in a dimensional pocket all of its own. He scanned the field, looking for the appropriate anchor to begin the procedure. Several minutes later, the power built up to its climax, and a shockwave flew forward from the Pacific Islander, passing through physical matter without disruption, but intent on finding dimensional anomalies - and correcting them. As Raijin fell to the ground, the effort rendering him unconscious, the rest wondered whether this plan would work. They would know within a few minutes.

Aleiac felt a great anguish in having to see Jayce's form be suffed away by the evil behind it. There was little 'there' he could do.

Aleaic though then looled at Skeith and Arkady glowering upon him. He used his own blade..

...to push Arkady's blade from Skeith's throat. Aleaic then says.. ":: ~ There will be no need for that now.

I can use him as an ally. ~ ::"

He anticipates the expectant tones of shock or any the kind. But his words speak above any others first.

":: ~ My Grandfather was proper in his ancient, Eonic old dealings.

The Balance is the Key to true serenity and peace in our respective realms. The dark and the light must work in concert, as all life and death must as norm. But those on either side that overly tip the balance is the real enemy. Actions on either side of consequences.

Therefore, in the vein of my predecessor, I require allies from 'both' sides of the line of twilight. ~ ::" Aleaic then looks at Arkady with glowing eyes. ":: ~ His works and the Wave are undone here for now. He is no threat, but rather a part of the greater Scheme to the cogs that all balance must be maintained by.

I will make Skieth my ally, one way or the other. ~ ::"

No surprise is shown, or registered at what most might term a suprising remark from Alieac. Arkady took a step back, letting the blade slide down and returned the gaze with his own lifeless eyes. There was much to discuss, and data to collect on this expected, but still welcome developmeny.

"You are stronger than you know, to recegnise this. I have met many who wish to purge all evil, or annihilate all good, but few with the wisdom to see the importance of both and their union in the creation of a functioning reality. Many seem to have made the mistake of underestimating your judgement, It seems. I myself hoped this would come as soon as possible, and I am heartened that is has."

Sighing, Arkady continued.

"If only you had been one of us those years ago. Many forgot the balance, and were destroyed thusly, many by me. Those were days were we had no other choice. Keep that lesson close to you at all times, for it is greater then any tailsman. Things will only get harder from here, the first is always the messenger, not the destroyer, and neither I, nor your goddess can do the work for you. The rest is entirely up to you, and your people, no other."

Allowing the blade to return to it's scabbard, Arkady beckoned Aleiac to follow, while speaking.

"Skeith is now over. The new foe begins, number two, of eight. Brace yourself."

Jayce set on a rock in what could only be said as a dark area like skeiths. Jayce listned as the wave summonded Innis.

Innis came spinning out of a cloud of purple smoke then apeared 100 feet where that had happened. It slowly moved then stoped.

The wave gave its orders.

"Innis.... Skieth has failed us. You are now to hide my influnce on events. Spark mistrust and cuase a since of not being able to trust even your family. And above all test this new lights power...."

With that Innis disapeared and went off to a unknown area. To begian the work it was assigned.

Raijin dreamed. He saw the birth of the universe, then of Earth, then of Krioval. He saw the rise of Keldar the Great, the unification of Krioval, and the succession of Kings and Queens. He saw the spread of missionaries and the fall of the monarchy. Time slowed. He saw his grandfather's death, and his final words to the four-year-old - "One day, despite all odds, you'll rule, and the sky will no longer contain us". He saw the rise of the theocracy, then the atheistic scientific collective. The blood of priests killed by the royalists, including himself and his mother. He witnessed the Battle of Bralos and relived the Battle of Torokara. He watched himself tear the still-beating heart from Branok Dova. Then his time as Commander sped by. He reached the present, and when he thought the dream would end, it continued anyway, into the future.

He saw the seven beings arrive and be defeated, one by one. But he saw no force of Krioval present. It wasn't their battle, he realized, since Krioval had fought and won this very fight years ago. In the confines of the dream, the Commander laughed. How strange that they hadn't realized this earlier. Now, unburdened of the stress of "saving the universe", Raijin awoke and looked up into the eyes of Kiv. "We're heading home. Nothing to do here, ya know."

And with that, the Kriovalian Commander stood, brushed himself off a bit, and signaled the ship for teleport. The eleven disappeared from the Council Chambers and arrived in their ship. A signal was dispatched. "Happy hunting." On a coded frequency to Xenonier, the following was appended. "It's not our fight, after all. Part of me wonders if it's time to pass the adventure to the next generation and stick to running a nation."

The ship reoriented slightly and charged the dimensional drive. A few seconds later, the Kriovalian craft disappeared from orbit of the Gaian homeworld and arrived at Earth. Docking at the space station and returning to Torokara, the government officials returned to their posts, and the others drifted back to their various jobs. After all, it was a Monday afternoon in Torokara, and there was still tons of work to get done.

((OC- You do know that it's all story and plot, and nothing personal, right Krioval? Just making sure of that since where the story is focused upon. ))
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Aleaic though responds back to Arkady instead, in a much more normal voice. "Mind if I check up on my family first? Whatmore, I sense we are at an empass."

Aleaic then looks at the Trees that stretch into nigh forever above the towering Alcove chamber. "..besides, it would be profitable to allow this empass..

..I need to tell my people about the new Partners waiting for them." Aleaic then looks at Arkady, then progresses to teleport them both back to the Unsealed Doors.

((OC- You do know that it's all story and plot, and nothing personal, right Krioval? Just making sure of that since where the story is focused upon. ))
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Aleaic though responds back to Arkady instead, in a much more normal voice. "Mind if I check up on my family first? Whatmore, I sense we are at an empass."

Aleaic then looks at the Trees that stretch into nigh forever above the towering Alcove chamber. "..besides, it would be profitable to allow this empass..

..I need to tell my people about the new Partners waiting for them." Aleaic then looks at Arkady, then progresses to teleport them both back to the Unsealed Doors.

OOC: Even so, it was looking like a pretty interesting war for a while.

IC:
Arkady nodded in agreement.

"Of course. Attend to your people, return whenever you are ready. In the meantime, I shall attend to other matters"

Jessica after seeing what the wave had turned her brother into was in shock but was barly able to keep her self from crying.

" I...I must also ready things. We will have to stop the other seven.We have to ready ourselfs."

Aura looked at the floor a few tears fell befor she regianed her self and nods.

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Meanwhile Innis was hard at work. He was in a human form going to high ranking members of the Gaian leadership saying.

" Did you hear? Neo Zeta is behind this whole thing. They relesed them and their Emperor is part of this wave. They cant be trusted. I say we lock up the ones that are here and force their ships to return."

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