Project Apocalypse RPG Session 14 Log Session Start: Sun Mar 19 19:06:55 2000 ============================================================================ Cast of Characters: Dragonmaster Lou as Gamemaster, Shop Bunny, Kira, Dominic, Helmsman, Mage, Uriel Aerian as Xorn Bryann as Dragoona Lucia as Rista Scott Kroush as LeBeau (Dragonmaster Lou as ~LeBeau) Seath as Ashmodeel Danny Capote as Richard ============================================================================ ===GAME ON!=== --It is morning in Thunder Wind, the day after spending the night as guests of the Elders.-- ~LeBeau: "Good morning mes amis." Dragoona: "Gh. * Richard looks at everyone. "Good morning, Henri... So I guess we're off to get the crest this fine morning." * ~LeBeau nods. Dragoona: "L'me sleep five m're min'tes..." -_- Ashmodeel: "Get up or we're leaving you." Dragoona: "F'ne by me..." Richard: "Dragoona, come on. I'd really like to get back to Eagle's Ridge as soon as possible." Dragoona: "G'h." * Dragoona rolls out of bed and onto the floor. ^^; * Richard goes to Dragoona to help her to her feet. * Dragoona makes a loud clatter when she hits... She's still in her armor. ^^;; Richard: "Are you all right?" Ashmodeel: "You sleep in your armor?" Dragoona: "Y'h... wha'ev'r..." Richard: "Is everybody ready?" * Xorn nods. * Dragoona groggily gets to her feet. * Richard leads the group out of the inn and breathes in the fresh morning air. He smiles to himself and then begins walking east, towards the cave. --There is an item store open for business in this town.-- * Xorn follows Richard. Richard: "Oh! Wait!" * Richard goes to the item store to get some supplies! --This is yet another part of Ramus's franchise, complete with everyone's favorite clerk, Shop Bunny!-- Shop Bunny: "Welcome to Ramus's? How may I help you? Tee hee!" * Richard blinks... "It's spreading like a virus..." * Ashmodeel steps in the shop, "Oh no, not again." Richard: "Could we see your goods?" Shop Bunny: "Which ones? Tee hee, just kidding..." Item Store Inventory: -Poison Balm - 1A: Cures POISON [5 Cira] -Smelling Salts - 1A: Cures DAZE [5 Cira] -Caffeine Water - 1A: Cures SLEEP [5 Cira] -Life Essence - 1A: Cures DEAD and restores max HP [500 Cira] -Lozenge - 1A: Cures MUTE [5 Cira] -Eye Drops - 1A: Cures BLIND [5 Cira] -Gargoyle Powder - 1A: Cures STONE [5 Cira] -Sacred Incense - 1A: Cures PARALYZE [5 Cira] -Tamago - 1A: Cures CHICKEN [5 Cira] -Calm Herb - 1A: Cures ENRAGED [5 Cira] -Joyous Fruit - 1A: Cures DEPRESSED [5 Cira] -Sanity Nut - 1A: Cures PSYCHO [5 Cira] -Vigor Seed - 1A: Cures DRAINED [5 Cira] -Holy Water - 1A: Cures POSSESSED [5 Cira] -Lunar Mist - 1A: Restores 30 SP [50 Cira] -Mountain Dew - 1A: Restores 50 HP [20 Cira] -Solar Dew - AA: Restores 50 HP [150 Cira] -Venisin - 1A: Restores 1 HP and tastes great! [1 Cira] * Dragoona steps in, after running into the wall and waking herself up. ^^; * Richard stares at Shop Bunny with wide eyes. "I... umm... your supplies! What you've got! Oh man. This is a no win situation..." * Shop Bunny points to an inventory on the wall. "There you go, choose whatever you'd like." * Dragoona blinks. Richard: "I would like to take two Lunar Mists and three Mountain Dews, please." Shop Bunny: "See anything you like?" Shop Bunny: "Confirm?" Dragoona: "Yeah." Shop Bunny: "Let me get it for you." *shakes her booty* Dragoona: "Why can't they have Shop Bunnies for the women?" ^^; Dragoona: "Yanno, guys?" ^^; * Rista raises an eyebrow at Dragoona. "I agree... though... Henri wouldn't look good in a bunny costume..." -Richard acquires 2 Lunar Mists and 3 Mountain Dews. Ashmodeel: "I'll have two Mountain Dews and two Poison Balms." * Dragoona gets that mental image and shudders. * Richard blinks at the Shop Bunny... "Err... umm.... I'll be waiting outside for you guys... I'm getting very uncomfortable in here." Richard: "Thank you, madam." Shop Bunny: "No, thank you, cutie!" Richard: "Thank me? What for?" * Shop Bunny smiles at Richard flirtatiously. "For shopping here!" Richard: "Well, my choices were very limited..." * Richard walks out of the shop and waits for everyone else. Shop Bunny: "Can I help anyone else with anything?" Dragoona: "I think I want a Poison Balm, a Lozenge, and a Life Essence. Oh... and two Mountain Dews... ^^; That okay with everyone? Hopefully nobody minds my heavy spending...?" * Dragoona blinks. Dragoona: "Oh, sorry... ^^; Let Ashy here go first. ^^;" Shop Bunny: "Okay, I'll take care of that babe mage first, tee hee!" Dragoona: *very quietly* "He's taken, wench." * Ashmodeel gets a giant sweat drop. Shop Bunny: "Fifty Cira, confirm?" Dragoona: "I'll confirm..." Dragoona: "And my list still stands." ^^; * Ashmodeel takes his items and hurries out. Dragoona: "Hmm..." -Ashmodeel acquires 2 Poison Balms and 2 Mountain Dews. * Richard looks at Ashmodeel. Shop Bunny: "Now miss knight, what would you like again? Sorry, being blonde my memory isn't too good, tee hee!" Dragoona: "I take that back... just the Balm, the Dews, and the Life Essence..." Shop Bunny: "How much of each?" Dragoona: "One, two, and one." ^^; Shop Bunny: "540 Cira, confirm?" * Ashmodeel looks at Richard, "Yes?" Dragoona: "I'll confirm it, but it's my order, so that won't work." ^^; Richard: "Nothing..." Shop Bunny: "Going once..." * Xorn never went in. Shop Bunny: "Going twice..." * Richard walks back in really quick. Shop Bunny: "Welcome back, cutie!" * Shop Bunny bats her eyelashes at Richard. * Richard looks at Dragoona. "I forgot to get something. There something wrong?" Dragoona: :P "Other than the fact I'm trying to buy something by myself since you all seem to have wanted not to wait..." :P * Rista snaps out of it. "I'm sorry!" Richard: "Oh... well, whatever it is, I'm sure it will be useful. I'll confirm whatever you're buying." Shop Bunny: "One sec babe!" Dragoona: "Thanks. I'll remember this." ^^; -Dragoona acquires 1 Poison Balm, 2 Mountain Dews, and 1 Life Essence. Richard: "I'd also like to buy three Sacred Incense..." Dragoona: "I'll confirm it, before you ask." Shop Bunny: "15 Cira, confirm?" Shop Bunny: "One sec..." -Richard acquires 3 Sacred Incenses. Shop Bunny: "Is that all for today, hon?" Dragoona: "Yeah. ^_^; Unless Rista wants something." * Dragoona sweatdrops and pokes Rista. Shop Bunny: "Are you okay?" * Shop Bunny lets herself jiggle a bit, waiting to see if she can get the party to buy anything else. * Richard walks out of the shop and then heads off towards where Granite Face said the cave was. --The sun is still in the eastern sky, in the direction of the cave.-- * Ashmodeel follows. Richard: "I'm so glad that the banishment has been removed... but I just don't know what to do..." Dragoona: "... About?" Richard: "Whether I should stay with you guys or go back home..." Dragoona: "I'm sure the answer'll show up in time." ^-^ Richard: "I know I promised that I would join you until your friend gets better, but I feel bad leaving my family, friends, and Kira behind..." Dragoona: "..." * Rista looks at Richard. "I can understand how you feel..." Ashmodeel: "Do what you must, but decide quickly. We will be leaving immediately after we find the crest." Richard: "Oh well, I'll cross that bridge when I get to it..." * Richard continues walking towards the cave, lost in thought. --The cave can barely be seen over the horizon.-- * Dragoona can barely see the cave over the horizon. :p * Rista keeps going. * Dragoona is lead by the nose towards the cave. :P --Finally, you reach the entrance... The interior of the cave is lit with an eerie electric blue light.-- * Richard enters the cave and looks around... Rista: "... This is creepy." Richard: "Why is this creepy?" Dragoona: "Wow... looks like a Monteco night club." --The cave seems to be pretty straight-forward. No forks or anything, it just goes deep underground.-- Ashmodeel: "This is . . . odd." * Xorn heads in. Richard: "I feel... comfortable here..." * Dragoona just goes in. ;) * Richard goes further into the cave. --The cave leads to a wall up ahead, with a narrow opening, like a doorway.-- * Richard walks through the opening. * Dragoona rolls her eyes. "500 Cira says the opening is trapped, or something right past it is." * Dragoona walks through. --The opening leads to a large chamber. On the other end of the chamber is a stone altar with a glowing, electric blue crest on it. The crest is the source of the eerie light.-- * Richard approaches the crest cautiously. Ashmodeel: "Keep on your toes everybody." --Nothing happens thus far.-- * Xorn finds his way into the chamber. Dragoona: "Touch it, Rich. Dare ya." Ashmodeel: "Dragoona, this is no time for silliness." * Richard looks at the crest momentarily and then summons a couple of vines to grab hold of the crest. Dragoona: "I'm serious. He touches it, the guardian comes out, we kick its ass, we get the crest, we move on." --The vines are rejected! Suddenly, the door behind you closes!-- * Dragoona hmphs. "Told ya." --The ceiling overhead begins to rumble...-- Richard: "Ah, but I didn't touch it, Dragoona." * Dragoona draws her sword. * Richard looks up. Dragoona: "It didn't let you, Rich." Dragoona: "Remember back in the iceberg?" --Rocks start falling down from above as something seems to be trying to break free!-- * Richard jumps away from the altar and crouches near the ground. * Dragoona dodges falling rocks thanks to fancy footwork. ^^; * Xorn readies his weapon. --Suddenly, emerging from the ceiling overhead is a huge, vulture-like bird, surrounded by clouds and lightning!-- * Richard blinks at the creature... "Amazing..." ===BOSS COMBAT! STORMVOGEL!=== Rista: "........." ===ROUND 1=== * Richard goes to the back of the group and prepares to summon Tuxedo Kamen... * Dragoona takes the front row. * Rista takes the back row. "This isn't going to be fun." * ~LeBeau takes the back row as well and holds out his glowing black orb. Richard summons Tuxedo Kamen! * Richard holds out the Flora Crest and says quietly, "Tuxedo Kamen, Founder of Betulia, I ask you, aide my allies and I against our foes!" A rose impacts in the ground in front of the Stormvogel. Leaping down from the opening it made in the ceiling is Tuxedo Kamen, the Guardian Founder of Betulia! Tuxedo Kamen casts Fragrant Memory! Tuxedo Kamen pulls a pink rose from inside his jacket and lobs it at the Stormvogel! Stormvogel has critical weakness to plant magic. 2030 damage! Dragoona casts Bahamut's Fang! * Dragoona leaps and tosses her sword at the thingie! It goes boom in a ball of flame! ^^; Dragoona's fiery blade impacts on the Stormvogel for 378 damage! LeBeau summons the Grim Rapper! ~LeBeau: "Grim Rappuh, Ah choose you!" * Dragoona passes out ear plugs. The chamber darkens as the Grim Rapper appears overhead. Grim Rapper casts Hard Core Hip Hop! The Stormvogel is bombarded by intense waves of dark sound for 1015 damage! Stormvogel casts Tesla Coil on the entire party! The bird spits forth a bolt of electricity with encircles the entire party, spiraling tighter and tighter around them... * Dragoona happens to be a great conductor of electricity, due to the fact she's fully decked out in armor AND has a sword... ^^; * Richard looks at the bird. Ashmodeel suffers 9 damage. Dragoona 12. Richard 33. LeBeau 20. Rista 18. Xorn has critical weakness and suffers 34. Stormvogel casts Speaker Short on LeBeau! Stormvogel spits another bolt of thunder at LeBeau's throat! LeBeau has been muted! LeBeau cannot use spells or skills. Stormvogel attacks Xorn! Xorn has critical weakness to thunder attacks. 10 damage. Ashmodeel casts Grey Sphere! Ashmodeel's Def and MgD up 18! Xorn attacks! First attack... 36 damage! Second attack... 28 damage! Rista casts Chance! The waves of chaotic magic home in on... Stormvogel1 Chaos effect: Lower MgD! Stormvogel's MgD has been reduced (literally) to nothing! ===ROUND 2=== LeBeau is still muted... * Dragoona takes the Neptune crest outta her head band. Richard summons Tuxedo Kamen! Stormvogel has critical weakness to plant magic. 2179 damage! * Dragoona puts it back. ^^; Dragoona casts Bahamut's Fang! * Dragoona leaps and tosses her sword at the thingie! It goes boom in a ball of flame! ^^; Stormvogel is hit for 444 damage! ~LeBeau defends... Stormvogel casts Synapse Shock at Ashmodeel! Stormvogel spits another bolt of electricity that enters Ashmodeel's central nervous system! Ashmodeel is paralyzed. Stormvogel casts Tesla Bolt on Ashmodeel! Stormvogel spits a bolt of thunder at the heavens which then comes down several times more powerful than before! Ashmodeel suffers 15 damage. Stormvogel attacks Xorn! Xorn has critical weakness to thunder attacks. 2 damage. Ashmodeel is paralyzed and can't act... Xorn casts Auto-Repair! Xorn recovers 42 HP! Rista casts Purity Blessing on LeBeau! LeBeau is no longer muted! ===ROUND 3=== Ashmodeel is still paralyzed. * ~LeBeau prepares the dark orb again. Richard casts Vine Flail! * Richard drops his hands to his sides while whispering something. His eyes glow green and the ground begins to stir around him. Vines shoot up out of the ground and lash out at Stormvogel. Stormvogel has critical weakness to plant magic. 112 damage! Dragoona attacks! First attack... Critical hit! 106 damage! * Dragoona attacks! Second attack... 49 damage. ~LeBeau summons the Grim Rapper! * LeBeau summons the rapper. Stormvogel is hit by the waves of dark sound for 930 damage! Stormvogel casts Tesla Arc on the front row! Stormvogel moves his head side to side as he sprays the front row with an arc of electricity! Dragoona: ^^; "This ain't gonna feel good." Dragoona suffers 23 damage. Xorn has critical weakness and suffers 38. Stormvogel casts Tesla Bolt on Richard! Stormvogel spits a bolt of lightning high into the sky after which it falls down upon Richard, its power multiplied! Richard is hit for 52 damage and is defeated. :( Dragoona: "Rich!" LeBeau: "'Dis ain' good." Stormvogel attacks Xorn! * Richard goes into convulsions, and his body spasms several times before falling to the ground lifelessly. Xorn has critical weakness and suffers 10 damage. Ashmodeel is still paralyzed. Xorn attacks! First attack... 38 damage! Second attack... 31 damage. Rista casts Heal Aura on the back row! * Dragoona takes off her backpack and shuffles through it. Everyone in the back row recovers 26 HP! Dragoona: "Let's see... antidotes, shield, Mountain Dews..." Except for Richard, who's still dead. :P * Dragoona blushes. Dragoona: "How the hell did -that- get there? *^^* * Dragoona continues sifting... ===ROUND 4=== Ashmodeel's paralysis wears off. Dragoona: "Ah, there we go..." * Dragoona pulls out a small blue bottle of something. ^^; Ashmodeel can attack this round! * LeBeau puts a hand to the crest on his sleeve as a dark ball of power emerges. Richard remains dead... Dragoona uses a Life Essence on Richard! * Dragoona opens the bottle and pours its contents on Richard's head. :P Richard revives with full HP! LeBeau summons the Grim Rapper! * LeBeau throws the dark ball out onto the battlefield as the Grim Rapper appears. "GRIM RAPPAH, GO GET 'EM!" * Richard blinks and sits up. "Oh man... I feel horrible..." * Richard looks around and then stands up. Stormvogel is hit by the waves of dark sound for 960 damage! Stormvogel casts Synapse Shock on Ashmodeel! Stormvogel fires a paralyzing blast of electricity into Ashmodeel's central nervous system! Ashmodeel is paralyzed. Dragoona: -_- "Aiya... Why won't this thing DIEEEEE?" ;_; Stormvogel casts Tesla Arc on the front row! * Richard ponders something and then begins searching for a Lunar Mist in his sack... He watches Ashmodeel get paralyzed and then gets out one of his Sacred Incense to heal Ashmodeel soon. Stormvogel sprays a bolt of electricity across Dragoona and Xorn. * Dragoona gets zappled again ;_; Dragoona suffers 22 damage. Xorn has critical weakness and suffers 28 damage. Richard: "There goes my idea of replenishing my magic power..." Stormvogel attacks Dragoona! * Dragoona takes the hit. Dragoona is hit for 14 damage. Ashmodeel is paralyzed. Xorn casts Auto-Repair! Xorn recovers 69 HP! Rista casts Recovery Blessing on Dragoona! Dragoona recovers 90 HP! ===ROUND 5=== Ashmodeel remains paralyzed. Dragoona: ^_^ "Arigatou!" Rista: "No problem." * LeBeau pulls out a couple of cards. " 'Ere... take a card!" * Richard finds a lighter also in his sack and begins to light the incense for Ashmodeel. Richard uses a Sacred Incense on Ashmodeel! The smell of the holy smoke restores Ashmodeel's movement! Ashmodeel is no longer paralyzed... He picks up where he left off... Dragoona attacks... * Dragoona opens up ye holy can o' whup on the Stormvogel. Ashmodeel: "Thank you, Richard." First attack... 47 damage... Second attack... 46 damage... The Stormvogel begins to cry out in pain! Richard: "You're welcome, Ashmodeel. I told you we should have stocked up on some things to cure paralysis..." The clouds and bolts of lightning surrounding it begin to turn inward on the creature! The Stormvogel continues to cry its piercing shriek until nothing is left of it but mere ashes! VICTORY! Dragoona: "That's right... play with fire, you're gonna get burned. Play with Dragoona, you end up in bite-sized chunks." ^_^ * Richard lets out a sigh of relief. 50 XP, 85 MXP, 6 SXP, 750 Cira acquired. Annette has reached level 3! Neptune has reached level 2! Tuxedo Kamen has reached level 3! --The crest remains upon the altar.-- * LeBeau takes the crest. Dragoona: "I ain't touching it... What about the rest of ya?" Dragoona: "Okay, there ya go." :P Richard: "LeBeau, I think maybe you should give it to someone who might not have one or who has Lightning magic?" -LeBeau acquires Elder Crest (Summons ???, Wis+25 w/ Thunder) LeBeau: "Ah 'ave thunder magic... 'Ey, Rista... wanna take 'de Rappah?" LeBeau: "'Ow bout you, Dragoona?" Dragoona: "No THANK you." Richard: "Dragoona already has Neptune..." Dragoona: "I've got to listen to that thing, it's bad enough that way." * LeBeau hands the Ebonic Crest to Xorn. Dragoona: "Don't give me the cursed thing." -_- Xorn: "How... wonderful." LeBeau: "'Dere..." Xorn cannot use summon spells as he is an android. Xorn: "Right... so..." Ashmodeel: "Fine, if nobody else wants it, let me take it." * Xorn gives it to Rista. Richard: "If no one wants it, I'll take it." * Rista stares at it... "Uhhh...." She hands it to Ashmodeel * Ashmodeel quickly stashes it in the deepest darkest area of his pack hoping that it will never see the light of day again. Annette has reached level 3! Gale Force has become Violent Updraft: 1/1, 20 SP: 1E - An intense updraft lifts and drops the enemy. Tuxedo Kamen has reached level 3! Fragrant Memory has become Voodoo: 1/1, 20 SP: 1E: Attack with orange/pink/yellow blended rose. Grim Rapper has reached level 3! Hard Core Hip Hop has become Sonic Bass: 1/1, 20 SP: 1E - A blast of deep bass from the Rapper's boom box nails the enemy Ashmodeel: "We have what we came for, let us be off." --The entrance to the chamber opens up.-- Dragoona: "Okay... now we get stopped by something or other, yanno, random plot device... and the Elder Crest saves our ass..?" * LeBeau starts for the cave exit. * Dragoona does as well. --Oddly enough, there is nothing unusual outside the cave.-- * Richard follows the others. Richard: "So where do we go to now? LeBeau: "Dunno..." Richard: "Well, I need to get my horse back from Kira over at Eagle's Ridge..." --Suddenly, you can hear the sound of machinery overhead...-- Dragoona: "Eh, I'm all for getting back home, but it's up to you guys... I don't lead this group, I'm just the resident ass-whupper. ^^; * Richard looks up. * Dragoona blinks. "Yep. Plot device time." Ashmodeel: "Shh!." --Coming slowly and steadily into view is... the airship Arcadia!-- Dragoona: "... Or not." * Richard looks at Dragoona and then looks up at the Arcadia... Ashmodeel: "Excellent timing." --There seems to be a young woman waving a scarf from the bow of the ship...-- Kira: "Richard! Are you there!?" * Richard smiles. "Kira!!!" LeBeau: "She a friend 'o yers, Rich?" --The Destiny comes to a landing beside the party... Kira runs off and right into Richard's arms!-- * Richard waves at the airship. Kira: "Richard! I was so worried..." * Richard holds Kira tightly. "Why were you worried?" He looks down at her and smiles. Kira: "The Eagle's Ridge trail is very dangerous... When I hadn't heard from you in a while..." Richard: "It wasn't too bad." Kira: "Anyway, I have good news!" Richard: "Really?" Richard: "And what would that be?" Kira: "That Technomage friend of yours, Dominic, stopped in town and asked about you... My dad then said that if I wanted to, I could go with him and travel on this adventure with you!" Richard: "Really?! That's awesome!" Kira: "Yep! So I packed my bags, brought Swift onboard the ship for you, and we're ready to roll!" Dragoona: "... I guess your question's answered, Richie." ^_- LeBeau: "Now 'dis shoul' be 'nterestin'." * Richard hugs Kira tightly. "I'm so glad you're going to be with us." * Kira hugs Richard back. "Me too... We have so much catching up to do!" * Richard smiles at Dragoona. "What would, Henri?" LeBeau: "'Dis trip..." * Ashmodeel just nods his head disapprovingly. Richard: "Yeah, we do. So... let's get going guys! * Richard boards the Arcadia with Kira. * LeBeau picks up Rista and boards the Arcadia. Dominic: "Welcome back aboard!" Xorn: "Hello, Dominic." Richard: "Hello, Dominic." Dominic: "Things went well here I take it? By the way, what's this I hear about the Savanti war ending?" Ashmodeel: "Yes, Theran is dead." Dominic: "He's what!?" Richard: "Well, now that Theran is dead, Ashmodeel is in charge of Savanti, and he ordered the war to be over." Dominic: "I see... It's an honor, Ashmodeel." Dragoona: *mutter* "Kiss-up." Ashmodeel: "Please, let us save the formalities for later." Richard: "Hey, maybe the mages and Technomages can become allies now!" Ashmodeel: "Don't push it, Richard." Richard: "It's just a thought, Ashmodeel." Dominic: "Very well... Do you have any idea where we should head now?" LeBeau: "'Ow bout Dragonia... W'at 'bout it's crest?" Ashmodeel: "Yamato is close as well." Richard: "As is Chyu..." Dominic: "Yamato or Dragonia or Chyu... Hmm..." Richard: "How about we go to Chyu?" Dragoona: "Dragonia." ^_- Ashmodeel: "I do need to patch up relations with Emperor Kazehito." Dragoona: "But this is just me wanting to go back home for a change." Dragoona: "I'll go with what everyone else wants." Rista: "I say we go to Chyu." LeBeau: "Really don' make me a bitta diff'rence." Richard: "And don't you also need to rework everything with Dragonia as well? From what I heard, Dragonia and Savanti aren't exactly the best of allies right now." Dominic: "Well, Yamato is closer, but we can get anywhere pretty quickly on the Arcadia." Richard: "Then, lets go to Yamato." Dragoona: :P "You know, Rich... You need to make up your mind more." Ashmodeel: "Ahem, if I may." Dragoona: "Listen to mage-boy." :P Dominic: "Ashmodeel?" Richard: "I don't really care, Dragoona." Ashmodeel: "Although I would like to go to Yamato, we should follow the pattern established before and go to the weaker countries first." Ashmodeel: "In this case, I agree with Rista, to Chyu." Dominic: "So, Chyu then?" LeBeau: "Guess?" * Richard blinks. "Wait a minute! Okra isn't weak! We're just... umm... distant!" * Dragoona shrugs. "Whatever." Dominic: "Helmsman, set course for Chyu!" Helmsman: "Aye-aye, sir!" * Richard shrugs and walks out to the deck. He looks out at the countryside of Okra. --The countryside whizzes by at blinding speeds.-- * Kira stands next to Richard. * LeBeau stands there still carrying Rista. * Rista looks at Henri. "Do you like carrying me or something? * Dragoona just stares off into the distance. LeBeau: "Yeah, ah do." * Richard smiles at Kira. "I was wondering, how is your mother's leg?" Dominic: "Chyu actually is a tectonically active region of the continent... Lots of volcanos." Helmsman: "Entering Chyu airspace." Dominic: "Unfortunately, the region surrounding Chyu's capital, Leuna, is too rocky to land. We'll need to land some distance away." LeBeau: "'Den j'est lan' dis t'ing." Dominic: "I'm just letting you know... Also, activity in Chyu has been fairly active recently... I'll need to stay with the ship in case any eruption or quakes occur." Dragoona: "... Whatever." * Dragoona sighs. Helmsman: "Landing site located, preparing to land..." Richard: "Kira, are you going to stay here on the ship or going with us?" Kira: "I think so... I wouldn't want to get in your way." --The blue dragon statue on deck is still there, by the way.-- * Richard says a prayer to the dragon before going back to Kira. * LeBeau touches the blue dragon statue by leaning on it. HP/SP/Skills/Summons fully restored. * Dragoona touches it too. ;p --The Arcadia comes to a slightly bumpy landing several hours walk from the capital of Leuna.-- Richard: "You wouldn't be getting in our way, Kira. I'd be glad if you joined us..." Kira: "Will it be safe?" Richard: "I'll keep you safe from harm. I swear to you I won't let you get hurt." Ashmodeel: "Actually I think it would be best if she stayed. This is not going to be an easy journey." * Richard smiles at Kira reassuringly. He then looks at Ashmodeel. "Are you sure...?" Ashmodeel: "I am fairly certain." LeBeau: "T'woul' be best, Rich." * Richard sighs. He looks at Kira. "If you guys insist..." Kira: "It may be for the best. *sighs* I promise I'll be waiting here for you, though!" Dragoona: "C'mon, Rich... She'll be here when you get back." LeBeau: "Ya know w'at 'dey say 'bout absence... 'T'makes 'de'eart grow fondah." Dragoona: "And fondness makes the heart go squishy... er... wait a minute... how'd the quote go again? Dragoona: "Yeah, thassit, LB!" ^^; LeBeau: "Right, Rista?" * Richard looks down sadly. * Kira gives Richard a small kiss on the cheek. "Don't worry about it... Besides, I bet you'll do better if you weren't worrying about me!" Dominic: "Anyway, when you are ready to head off, Leuna is too the north." * Richard smiles at Kira. "Okay." * Ashmodeel touches the statue, "Shall we be off then." * Kira gives Richard one last hug and kiss good-bye. * LeBeau departs the ship, still carrying Rista and walks north. * Dragoona jumps off the deck of the Arcadia, making a perfect ten point landing. * Richard follows the rest of the group, leaving Swift aboard the ship. --The climate in Chyu is not unlike that of Savanti, except slightly warmer due to the volcanic nature of the land.-- --There is a path with a sign that points in the direction of Leuna nearby.-- * Dragoona just lemmings. * Rista looks sleepy because of the warmth... * Ashmodeel starts off on the path. --The Arcadia soon vanishes from view.-- * Richard looks at his surroundings... --Chyu appears to be quite a lush nation, the volcanic activity resulting in very fertile soils.-- * LeBeau sets Rista down and takes a card out of his pocket, just in case. * Dragoona wishes she could be the other form of lush at the moment. :P * Rista looks around. --Suddenly, you hear screams coming from up the road!-- LeBeau: O_o; * LeBeau runs north... after the scream. * Richard hurries after Henri. * Rista bolts after Henri. * Dragoona draws her sword and runs towards the scream heroically! *trumpet fanfare* --There appears to be a small village ahead... Several of the buildings appear to have exploded or are on fire!-- Richard: "Dragoona! Summon Neptune!" --It is too distant for a summon to have any effect at the moment.-- * LeBeau keeps running. * Richard hurries towards the burning village. "I bet Deimu is behind this!" LeBeau: "Ah dunno... but ah 'ave muh own bets asta who b'hin' 'dis." --Standing at one end of the village, lobbing bolts of powerful magic, is a being appearing to be a mage clad in dark robes. He has a slight resemblance to both Raphael and Demonmaster Gabe.-- * Dragoona pulls out her crest while running. Dragoona: "Great. Tenshi." * Dragoona grumbles. LeBeau: "Aw hell." Richard: "Maybe this is the brother that Raphael mentioned..." --This being appears to have no problems with killing innocent bystanders as he goes about whatever his business is.-- LeBeau: "'S'gotta be some unwritten law... Bastards always 'ave brothers." Dragoona: "Because anyone who is indecent enough to dick around with one woman is indecent enough to dick around with two." Mage: "Dammit, Azrael must be around here somewhere..." Rista: "....." * Mage blows up another house, blasting ten more feet of dirt into the air. Dragoona: "Azrael?" Mage: "Unless I was given bad coordinates again..." Ashmodeel: "The angel of death." * Mage continues his wanton destruction in the course of his search. * Mage doesn't seem to notice the party, and continues with his destructive campaign. * Mage also kills several more people with his last blast. LeBeau: "Ah t'ink t'is time ah tried 'dis crest." Mage: "Out of the way you fools! I don't have time to deal with you, now stop interfering or die!" * Ashmodeel uses a little magic to amplify his voice, "Explain yourself!" * Dragoona draws her sword and calls out. Rista: "We'll stop interfering when you stop the destruction!" Dragoona: "HEY! WHO THE PHRACK ARE YOU?!" * Richard goes to a wounded person and kneels down beside him. He tears off a piece of his shirt and wraps up the man's arm, trying to stop the bleeding. Mage: "Hah, who do you think you are? I am Uriel, the Arch-Tenshi of Light. That is all you need to know." Rista: "... Uhhh..." Rista: "Forget I said anything." *sweatdrop* * Dragoona sighs. "I could care less. Any reason why you're killing anything that happens to look at you funny?" * Uriel continues excavating the village with his powerful magic attacks, all but ignoring the party. Uriel: "Maybe this will teach you..." Uriel casts Armageddon Flame on Dragoona! * Rista blinks and runs to intercept the blast! "STOP!" * Richard stands up after helping some children that were also wounded. Thousands of fireballs descend from the heavens, impacting into Dragoona with a force like the end of the world itself! Richard: "DRAGOONA!!!!" * LeBeau throws a ball of bright blue power in front of Uriel, using the power of the crest." Rista: "Dammit!" Dragoona suffers 954 damage and is defeated. :( Ashmodeel: "Dammit." LeBeau summons the Thunderbird! * Richard prepares to summon Tuxedo Kamen. * Dragoona gets knocked away and is blasted into a tree, bleeding and burnt. High overhead, a giant, majestic eagle-like bird, surrounded by lightning appears! * Richard forgets about the summon and goes to treat Dragoona. Thunderbird casts Diving Bolt! The Thunderbird dives down from high overhead and lets forth an intense blast of thunder from its beak into Uriel! Uriel suffers 800 damage. * Uriel groans slightly. Ashmodeel: "Allow me." Dragoona: "G... uh... d... dam... damn... tenshi..." Uriel: "Of all the insolent..." * Ashmodeel takes out the Grim Rappa crest and uses it. Uriel casts Judgment Bolt on LeBeau! LeBeau: O_o; LeBeau is hit by a bolt of lightning from above for 958 damage and is defeated. :( Grim Rapper casts Sonic Bass on Uriel! The Grim Rapper unleashes a devastating attack of sound from his boom box. * Richard begins to summon Tuxedo Kamen. Uriel suffers 1472 damage. Uriel: "You're really starting to anger me..." * Richard holds out the Flora Crest and says quietly, "Tuxedo Kamen, Founder of Betulia, I ask you, aide my allies and I against our foes!" Ashmodeel: "This is doing no good, we must withdraw." Uriel casts Parting Seas on Ashmodeel! Ashmodeel is hit by the force of an entire ocean parting around him and then collapsing upon him! Ashmodeel suffers 936 damage and is defeated. :( * Dragoona tries to reach for her crest... but can barely lift her arm more than an inch before falling unconscious again. Richard summons Tuxedo Kamen! Tuxedo Kamen casts Voodoo on Uriel! Uriel is hit in the chest with a pink/yellow/orange blended rose for 1472 damage! Uriel: "Enough of this!" * Richard glares at Uriel. Uriel casts Quake with Fear on Richard! * Richard tries to stand firm. The ground below Richard begins to tremble and collapse as boulders rise up around him, flying high into the air and falling upon him... Dragoona: "D... Diana... wh... where... a... re... you when I n... e... need... y... ou?" Richard suffers 907 damage and is defeated. :( * Richard falls to the ground, buried in massive boulders. Uriel: "Who's next?" * Uriel goes back to his excavating, not caring about the carnage he made of the party... * Richard says quietly, "Kira..." Uriel: "I'd better not have gotten bad coordinates again..." * Uriel pauses and approaches Rista... "You... I know you..." Rista: "....." Rista: "Me?" Uriel: "You're one of us... My brother, Raphael, told me about you..." Rista: "... But..." * Rista takes a step back... Dragoona: "...." -_- * LeBeau is dead. Uriel: "But nothing, don't you see you are superior to those... bodies lying beside you?" * Rista looks around. "I am not... these... people were my /friends/..." Uriel: "Why don't you leave them to rot and join us... You belong with your kind." Uriel: "You deserve better friends than these. You are vastly superior to any of them!" * Rista shakes her head. "I won't abandon them!" * Uriel kicks LeBeau's body to drive the point home. Uriel: "There is nothing left to abandon, 'sister.'" Rista: "STOP IT!" * Uriel kicks LeBeau's body again. Uriel: "Why? They are nothing to us... They are nothing compared to us." * Rista sinks to her knees and pulls Henri's body close to her own. "I don't care. They're everything to me." Rista: "Even if they mean /nothing/ to you." Uriel: "Get up! You shouldn't lower yourselves to these apes." Rista: "I don't know who you have me crossed with! I'm not one of you..." Uriel: "You are... Can't you feel it in your blood... your bones... your soul... You are one of us." * Uriel kicks Ashmodeel's, Dragoona's, and Richard's bodies, as well as LeBeau's. Uriel: "If you join us, you can reach your full potential." Rista: "I am not one of you... I don't know why you keep saying I am!" Rista: "I'm just a healer..." Dragoona: "... Y... you..." Uriel: "My brother Raphael is also a healer, what does that matter?" Uriel: "You just haven't reached your full potential yet." Uriel: "Here, maybe if I disposed of these bodies for you, you'll finally come around." * Uriel prepares to cast a fire spell to incinerate what's left of the party. Rista: "Who cares about potential? How can you stand there and lecture me... then kill my friends... and think I want to be one of you!?" --A strange glow begins to surround Rista.-- Rista: "Do you think I LIKE to watch those I /care/ for DIE?!" --The glow around Rista grows stronger...-- Uriel: "Heh, you just haven't chosen the right people to care for... Do you think they'll care for you once they realize the truth of who you are?" * Uriel continues to work on casting his cremation spell... * Rista stands up, standing protectively in front of Henri. "They don't care what I am! They care for me because of /who/ I am! They accepted me when I thought I was nothing but a has-been healer!" * Dragoona bleeds some more for dramatic emphasis. --Rista's pupils appear to have small flames circling inside them as the glow around her becomes blindingly bright...-- * LeBeau lies there bleeding profusely. * Dragoona is now dead AND blind, thankyouverymuch. ¬_¬ Rista: "They accepted me even when I told them about my dreams! The dreams that I would cause destruction! They stayed with me!" Uriel: "There it is... Can't you feel it, your true power is awakening..." --Translucent black wings appear coming from Rista's back...-- Rista: "Who /CARES/ about my power! I just want my friends back!" Uriel: "Look at yourself now, you are indeed one of us!" --A blazing aura of fire begins to surround Rista as her anger increases...-- * Rista blinks... "What...?! What have you /done/ to me?! What are you doing?!" Uriel: "I haven't done anything to you, this is your true power!" Rista: "It's some kind of trick... I'm /not/ one of you! You don't care about things, you just destroy them! I'm NOT like that!" Uriel: "Hah, yes you are... Now give in to your anger and you will finally join us!" --Rista stops talking, her flaming aura as bright as ever... The pupils in her eyes fade and are replaced by dancing flames...-- --Rista somehow doesn't even seem like herself at the moment... As if she is someone else...-- Rista casts Tenshi Berserker! Rista unleashes devastating blow after devastating blow of intense magic at Uriel! --Rista appears to be completely out of control as she unleashes this power upon Uriel!-- --The blows pile upon each other, creating a light that is blinding and that can be seen from miles around...-- --Soon, the combined power of Rista's magic attack results in a huge explosion of energy, making anyone in the area see only a bright white light...-- ===SESSION END===