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C`aos Porcupo                  Since: 03-02-06 From: AB, Canada Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6286 days |
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| Ultimanium : Are you kidding... it smells like something died in here, I'm not staying here any longer than I need to. The portal should still be active, and if the Immortal dude was happy enough to leap through it then it supposedly should take it back to the city. I think our work's done here...
Ultimanium advanced towards the open door leading into the adjacent chamber, but stopped as he sniffed at the air again. He looked to his side, noticing a bedpan tucked between a drawer and the Immortal's makeshift bed. He held his breath and crouched down to look inside. In the metal bowl was a sickly blue-black substance, and as Ultimanium shifted the bowl around, it appeared far too thick to be any sort of human excrement. Ultimanium : Aht Uhrgan just keeps weirding me out more and more. C'mon, let's just get out of here... ******* Vector shifted around on the ground uneasily, watching as men dressed in the same robes he was march uniformly into the small mosque and sat cross-legged on the carpeted floor. The walls of the Walahar place of worship was oddly large for having no seating, although the dark stone walls that surrounded it made it seem far smaller than it actually was. Vector's robe rustled for a bit, and eventually a large antennaed head stuck out of it, looking around. Charmy : Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Vector : Shaddup, they'll see you... Vector quickly rammed Charmy's head back under his many-sizes-too-large-even-for-him clothing, and glanced off to his side. A purple-skinned chameleon dressed in the same-style clothing (though obviously more tolerant of it) shot him an annoyed stare. Espio : They are starting now. Keep it down, we may learn all we need to know from this. The two quickly straightened themselves as a black robed man entered from a side room, his hands folded in front of him. The followers leant forward and planted their hands on the ground, which Espio and Vector quickly followed. ??? : Welcome my brothers. I am sure we've all had a productive week? Then it is time to celebrate both yourselves and the Absolute Virtue. Join me in worship of the Virtue, and announce your servitude to it in prayer... for it will reward you all in due time. Commence, and we will proceed to our daily readings. Vector : *sticks hand up* Yo. Espio : Vector!... what are you doing? Vector : (Shh, I got this covered.) ??? : Yes? Do you have a question? Vector : Er, yeah. I'm a little embarrassed about saying this, but I've actually gone for a long time without knowing the gift of the Absolute Virtue, and I... Vector slowly trailed off, feeling the angry glares of all those around him. Clergy : How could you not believe? May the Virtue have mercy on you! ??? : Now now, this is merely a thing of the past, what is important now is that this misguided soul has come to the hope of Walahar in search of guidance. Now what is it that you wish to know? Vector : What is the Absolute Virtue? The speaker smiled softly. ??? : Why, the Absolute Virtue is the ultimate bliss that embraces all that seek shelter in it. The writings of Walahar say that the Absolute Virtue will watch over the residents of Aht Uhrgan, and eventually return them to his loving sight when the time is right for all of us. Vector : ...okay. Just curious. ??? : I'm glad to have answered your question. Now, if you have finished your prayer, please turn to page 57 in your tome... Charmy : (You went that far and didn't ask about the Aspirin Candlesense?) Espio : (Astral Candescence...) Vector : (I couldn't ask about the Asinine Chantescence, then they'd see right through me... right now we just gotta blend in, 'ight?) Espio : (They seem like any other localized religion... but this still doesn't answer how the Astral Candescence fits into their organization... I don't think this is the last time we'll be coming back here. Aht Uhrgan just keeps weirding me out more and more... c'mon, let's just get out of here.) |
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C`aos Porcupo   Since: 03-02-06 From: AB, Canada Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6286 days |
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The mercenaries of Salaheem's Sentinels had just begun pressing into the affairs of the Empire itself, visiting their elite-staffed outpost. The guard was one of the Immortals, soldiers infused with the blood of beasts, which would enable them to use feral techniques outside normal human use. They were used in the outer-most outposts, both because the infusion of genes had both made them potentially harmful to people near them and destructive to the beastman forces invading Aht Uhrgan. This was one weapon of many used in Aht Uhrgan's war with the 'other' empire years ago. As the thread progressed more information about the factions surrounding Aht Uhrgan, the Empire itself, and the victim of their war would gradually be dispensed, leading to increasing distrust with Aht Uhrgan. Eventually Salaheem's motives would become clear; that she just wanted to get the hell out of the country. Understandable of course, but the missions undertaken by her mercenaries would become increasingly risky to the point of hopelessness in the name of profit. This would eventually cause a mass exodus of working mercenaries in her company, including the main characters. Both the Chaotix and the posters would eventually begin to understand the workings of the Astral Candescence, and its involvement in the destruction of the other empire that Aht Uhrgan had been at war with - the Candescence that Aht Uhrgan excavated was the condensed wrath of their victims, and would curse the Empire and everything around it with an infinite greed surrounding the artifact that would cause everyone around them to engage in perpetual war. Salaheem and her soldiers, including the posters, would be unaffected by it because they were not of Aht Uhrgan blood. Magnopolis understood the risk of the war exploding out of control and dragging surrounding nations into the influence of the Candescence, and when its powers were confirmed, the order would be given for Ultimanium to attempt an assassination on the Empress, who would be revealed to be a powerful sorceress with the power to awaken the latent powers within the Candescence. Soon it would be revealed that the 'ultimate bliss' surrounding the Astral Candescence was death itself - both in the form of inciting war, and a supernatural entity residing within that would eventually break free and destroy the world around it, known as the Absolute Virtue. This too would be defeated some point and everyone would live happily ever after. The thread relied on a small number of posters so one person going missing slowed it down that much more - eventually that person was me. I think I sorta killed it with too much walking and talking and not enough battling, and random huge time lapses. Take it as you will 
For those unaware this is a partial fabrication of an expansion plot in Final Fantasy XI, which I only played through for a month prior to quitting. This thread was made some time after and obviously doesn't mirror the actual plot in any recognizable aspect. (edited by C`aos on 12-27-06 04:22 AM) (edited by C`aos on 12-27-06 04:36 AM) |
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