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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 23 2007, 11:54 PM (642 Views) | |
| Robin | Dec 23 2007, 11:54 PM Post #1 |
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Epic Failure
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[size=0]Kaoru. Somewhere far off, just out of digits’ reach, the soft, angelic voice seemed to play, almost as if it were belonging to an angel, or perhaps, maybe a Goddess--- Kaoru, sweetie, it’s time to rise. You cannot sleep here, not now. From darkness, it continued its melodic song, each word laced with a holy tone, one too pure to be that of a siren, though too beautiful all the same to even be ignored. And yet, the child could not will her thin lids upward, and her orbs open to the light. She was weak. She was tired. It had been ages, it felt, since she was able to rest so peacefully. Oh, if only she knew. This is your last call, Kaoru. I cannot stay here and watch you forever. You must come forth upon your own will… That was it. With those few strings of words, the frail, childlike body forced itself into a standing position. A moment later, green orbs with flecks of gold were revealed to the world, only too soon be shielded by gently toned hands. After so much darkness, so much emptiness, the light was as deadly and horrific as any sharpened sword, any iron mace. And yet, if the youth did not know better, she could have sworn it felt as if it were no more than another piece of her body, an extension of her flesh. And then her foot slipped. Without warning, without clear reason, her body lunged forward, diving head-on into the crystal liquid that bordered the town. A scream wasn’t even given time for, before the girl went down. Icy waves wasted no time in consuming her form, despite the struggles she attempted to give. Moment by moment, gallons and gallons of water seemed to make their way into her mouth, the child unable to think enough to close it while she tore at the nothingness around her. What a shame, it would be, for the child to die, mere moments after her soul’s awaking. And by whose hands? Why, none other than Mother Nature herself, the sadistic bearer of all humanity. What a shame, what a shame indeed. [/size] |
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| Cody | Dec 24 2007, 12:26 AM Post #2 |
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SeXy SpRiNkLeS
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Caine drifted, just below the surface of the icy lake. The form of an aged Sea Trutle out of place in the beautiful waters. But he didnt care, it had been so long since he had swam so peacefully, no one bothering his still form, or even approaching it for that matter. He could fell the waters around him, barely moving as he swam. His eyes began to close, and as the darkness enfolded around him he felt it. A deafening vibration shot through the lake. Everything shook, if only for a second, and Caine could feel something, some power. It was slowly fading. His eyes shot open, and he saw her. Slowly plummeting to the bottom of the lake, her hair catching the last of the sunlight as she fell. Caine felt his body lurch forward, no longer an old fart of a Sea Turtle, but his dark, slender, demonic form, bolting across the lake like a shadow, the waters behind him forming large waves, upsetting the fish. He was there in seconds, wrapping his arms around the teen-age body, pulling her back to the surface. He laid her body on the grass, and had no idea what to do, he had never had to save someones life before, |
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You are my love, My hope, My life, My light. I would kill for you, Die for you. Stop time for you. I would give anything to be with you, And I will always be waiting. You are my forever, And you are my always. | |
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| Robin | Dec 24 2007, 03:25 PM Post #3 |
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[size=0]Can‘t breathe. Of all the details of her falling, there were a multiple of ones the reincarnation could have selected to pay mind to. The icy blanket which engulfed her, the darkness which took to her eyes--- there were plenty of other things to focus on. And yet, it was the lack of air which bothered her the most, which sent her heart racing uncontrollably. For if she could not breathe, how was she to live? Death would surely come, painfully, slowly. What was the point in fighting anymore? Almost instantly, her body went limp. It was peaceful, almost, being carried gently away by the waves, falling deeper, and deeper into the abyss--- W--What… ? If she didn’t know better, Kaoru would have sworn she felt someone carrying her, not death, but an actual body with arms and legs. On the verge of darkness, barely clinging to her conscious mind, it was impossible to tell if the body was a mere illusion of her mind, or a messenger of death come to claim her spirit. Either way, there was something eerily calming about the arms that held her, the arms that soon dragged her limp, barely conscious body to the shore. It took a moment, but all good time, the young child realized her fate. Not death, but something far better--- life. Almost instantly, she rolled onto her size, her eyes still wrenched shut. With a few chokes and coughs, water emerged from her lungs, the substance forbidden to remain. At the same time, her hand clenched her throat, attempting to tear the burning sensation free from it. It was only after a minute and a half that she was able to stop, though her breath remained ragged and uneven. [/size] |
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| Cody | Dec 24 2007, 08:32 PM Post #4 |
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Worried, frantic eyes stared down at the girl as Caine waited. She would live, he knew. But how long would she have to suffer? He watched, horrified for the first time in years for another's life. Then it wass over, and quiet took to the shores of the lake again. Caine sat in silence for several more minutes, waiting for her breathing to slow, her eyes to open again. "Hey?" he said, stretching out his hand, "You OK...or alive for that matter?" he continued, shaking her lightly. Silence followed for several minutes that felt like hours. |
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You are my love, My hope, My life, My light. I would kill for you, Die for you. Stop time for you. I would give anything to be with you, And I will always be waiting. You are my forever, And you are my always. | |
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| Robin | Jan 6 2008, 01:18 PM Post #5 |
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Epic Failure
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[size=0]Instinctively, she ripped from the gentle touch. “Away!” Kaoru yelped in her defense, her eyes suddenly shooting open. With her lungs cleared, and her body now well on the road to a speedy recovery, there was no longer a sense of calming, no longer any tranquility left within the scenario. Instead, there was only a predator and his prey. One false move, and certainly she would be a forgotten memory of the world, her body left to rot among mother nature’s creations. “If you come any closer, I’ll scream.” Perhaps to some, the threat was minor, if not completely useless, given few bodies were likely to be near, if any. Yet, there was something about the way in which she spoke, the way in which her words overflowed with confidence, that suggested the threat was in fact no laughing matter. Then again, since when was pissing off any holy reincarnation a wise thing to attempt? As if to get better position in the matter, Kaoru soon made her way to her knees, using her hands to push her up, and rolling slightly in the process. Her eyes reached those of her savior almost instantly, fiercely, as if seizing his mind with her own by a very glance. For one under such an expression, it would not be insane or ill-mannered to say felt as if their very soul was being read, piece by piece, second by second. [/size] |
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| Cody | Jan 8 2008, 10:48 PM Post #6 |
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Caine's body remained motionless. Somewhat out of compliance to the threat, though he knew no one would hear, but mostly out of the way she looked at him. Everything around them vanished, turning to deep, black, empty space, only he and the girl remained. Her eyes burning into him. But the looke of suprise he knew that stood on his face slowly disapeared, and he wrenched himself away from her gaze. Day returned instantly, the waves breaking, and the light flowing back to him. She was OK, or at least alive, he knew. So he skipped the formalities. "Who are you? And what the hell was that?" The silence around them took over, drowning out the birds, even the crashing of the waves. And again it felt as though only they were there. |
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You are my love, My hope, My life, My light. I would kill for you, Die for you. Stop time for you. I would give anything to be with you, And I will always be waiting. You are my forever, And you are my always. | |
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| Robin | Jan 18 2008, 04:32 PM Post #7 |
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Who am I… The words echoed throughout Kaoru’s mind, slowly but steadily, piercing the endless abyss. No matter how much she searched, how much she rummaged through the darkness, there was nothing--- no answer to readily be pulled without a moment’s notice, no one-word response to easily give. Nothing. Simply nothing. I… “… Don’t know.” There was no point in hiding it. Confusion laced with hurt swept silently into her gentle orbs, the broken state of mind all too clear to anyone that cared to look, to glance. “I…. don’t know.” |
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| Cody | Jan 18 2008, 04:51 PM Post #8 |
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Silence insued for several moments, nothing but the waves, not even the birds sang. "How-" Caine began, but he cut himself short. It's obvious isn't it? he thought She almost died, her memorys must be...... his thoughts trailed off, not wanting to think of how not knowing who you are must feel. Caine rose, seeing the confusion in her eyes. The threats, he knew, were no longer in play. Stepping forward, still cautious, "Well, in any case I'm Caine." The voice was calm, though worry bubbled up inside of him. Why did he even care so much? She was just some girl drowning in a deserted lake. But there was something he just couldn't place..... No longer knowing what to do, what to say, or even think, Caine outstretched his hand. All he knew, or cared to think about was that she was something important to this world, and Caine, the wandering half-blood demon had saved her. For better or for worse he did not know..... |
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You are my love, My hope, My life, My light. I would kill for you, Die for you. Stop time for you. I would give anything to be with you, And I will always be waiting. You are my forever, And you are my always. | |
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| Robin | Jan 20 2008, 07:45 PM Post #9 |
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Epic Failure
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Without question, Kaoru reached forward, towards her newfound light. In mere moments, flesh met flesh, pressing lightly against the warmth of the stranger‘s-- Caine’s hand. Perhaps, it was foolish to take shelter in this man, this person whose name Kaoru learned only a few moments ago. Yet, what other options were there? She certainly couldn’t remain in her current place, shivering, freezing as the chilling winds whipped her naked body without concern of her welfare. It wouldn’t be long before she would catch her death this way…. “Caine…” she repeated it, the lone name she would never once be able to forget in years to come. “Thank… thank you.” As the silent fears subsided, it was the gratitude that decided to surface. To this man, she owed more than she could ever hope to repay. “I… owe you….” If there was a prize for understatement of the year, this child, her statement, would certainly have won it. |
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| Cody | Jan 21 2008, 01:56 PM Post #10 |
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Caine stood silent for several moments. For the first time in at least ten minutes he realized she was naked and cold. Had he really been that concerned with her to not notice such an obvious detail? Slowly, he let go of her hand. "I'll be right back." he said, and walked the hundred or so yards to his camp. Pulling open the bags Caine found an tattered hood and brought it to her. "It's all I have, but its better than nothing." A slight smile had crossed his face. It was amusing, how much he cared about someone he didn't know. Seconds passed as Caine waited, and finally he asked "Do you at least know where you are? Or where you can go?" his voice was calm, soft even, but it felt wrong to ask such odd questions to someone who had just almost died, threatened him, and then accepted him. Another smile crossed his face as the moments went by. |
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You are my love, My hope, My life, My light. I would kill for you, Die for you. Stop time for you. I would give anything to be with you, And I will always be waiting. You are my forever, And you are my always. | |
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| Robin | Jan 21 2008, 05:02 PM Post #11 |
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At his footsteps, she stared for seemingly endless minutes. She was quiet, perhaps too quiet, at he went to fetch whatever it was he needed. In Caine’s absent, there was little to do, little to say. In her mind, she was only able to continuously ponder the one question she had been unable to answer. Who, who am I… ? It seemed almost childish to keep repeating the few words, as if there were no others currently lurking in her vocabulary. Yet, what more could she do? Chilled to the bone, soaking went, and naked, it wasn’t as if she was in traveling condition. Exploring the area was out of the question. To wait for his return was the best, and most she could do, at least, for now. Thankfully, her wait was short lived. “Oh,” Kaoru blinked for a moment, confusion tossed about her face. “What… is it?” Acting as if it were a foreign object completely, the child turned it this way and that, flipped it once, twice, and poked her finger through one of the many holes that peppered it. For the sake of her sanity, she couldn’t understand why he had handed her cloth. Needless to say, the answer to the proceeding questions weren’t any easier for her mind to comprehend. “Where I am?” she repeated, looking around as if the answer were somewhere to be find. “Well… I’m near water. And, I’m on grass.” It was a joke, surely, one would think from just hearing the words themselves. Yet, it was in her eyes that the seriousness of her tone could be confirmed, unfortunately, the girl anything but joking. “Isn’t it obvious?” |
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| Cody | Jan 21 2008, 09:12 PM Post #12 |
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Caine looked away, smiling slightly, but as he looked back the smile abruptly faded. Her eyes flitted around the area, finaly resting on him, complete and utter seriousness within them. "Umm, well..." he began, trying to think of where to start. "Thats a cloak. It'll keep you warm...and ... less naked." he took the cloak back, cautiously, as not to offend her. "You wear it like this." he threw it over her shoulders, somewhat forcefuly, he'd forgotten she was younger and more fragile than he was. "And this," Caine continued, turning toward the massive, crystal clear lake, "Is Shingeki Lake, in the world of Syumo." Caine turned back to her after a few moments. How much of it had she remembered? The awkwardness of the situation set in quickly, he standing there, a blackened, scared being against a perfect peice of senery, and her. Almost a new born child in an unknown world. Eventualy, after he'd let the awkwardness pass he asked "So, any questions?" |
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You are my love, My hope, My life, My light. I would kill for you, Die for you. Stop time for you. I would give anything to be with you, And I will always be waiting. You are my forever, And you are my always. | |
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| Robin | Jan 22 2008, 08:32 PM Post #13 |
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“Oh.” Finally, she understood, somewhat. She understood that she was in some place called Syumo, and that the thing about her shoulders was meant to keep her warm. And less naked. That seemed rather important, too, from the way Caine said it. There were, however, still questions lurking about the child’s brain. As if to prove as much, her hand rose above her had, like a child’s might when approaching a teacher in the classroom. “Question!” It was almost as if her attitude was slowly changing with each passing moment. The shy child was slowly, but certainly slinking away, heading back into the darkness in order to allow something more forth. “Where… where is this?” It was difficult, difficult to find the words that she desired, and difficult to find the order in which they belonged. In truth, she meant where exactly was the lake, as in what town, or city. And yet, from her sentence along, perhaps such wasn’t as easy to understand. |
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| Cody | Jan 22 2008, 08:49 PM Post #14 |
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He sat puzzeled for a moment. Contemplating the question set before him. "Well, if I understand what you're saying...." Caine began, trailing off shortly after. "We're in Taishi, a small town in Minomi." Searcing his mind for as many details as possible, he continued. "It's a continent withing Syumo. Umm," he held the "M" for over a second, racking his brain for more details. "Well, yeah, thats about it." He felt that he'd said enough, though it just felt like he knew more than he was telling her. Caine began pacing in short quick steps. Abruptly turning on his heal every second or two. "....I got nothin." he siad, the tips of his mouth curling upward slightly; he felt the awkward mood lift slightly. "Anything else?" |
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You are my love, My hope, My life, My light. I would kill for you, Die for you. Stop time for you. I would give anything to be with you, And I will always be waiting. You are my forever, And you are my always. | |
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| Robin | Jan 22 2008, 09:25 PM Post #15 |
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Anything else, anything else…. After a moment of working her own brain relentlessly so, Kaoru found herself empty handed as well. Given she was only able to truly understand thirty percent, if not less, of the information produced, it was hard to think of anything more to ask. Instead, she settled for shaking her head, confirming that all of her questions were indeed answered. Now, she just needed some place to go. “Um, so,” she paused, stumbling awkwardly towards the skies onto her own two feet. Back and forward she swayed at first glance, her balance seemingly questionable as she found herself unfamiliar with the concept of ‘standing’. Just what had happen to her? A chilling shudder rushed through her very bones as she tried to remember, still drawing a blank in the process. “I need clothes, don’t I?” Clothes. Those sounds… familiar, at least. Familiar, and necessary, though for reasons dearest Kaoru couldn’t seem to remember. |
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