ROM 4: New Horizons

Post by **shauni** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:26 pm

The Harpy looked at him with renewed interest
"Why do you want to destroy it? Why does everything evil wish to destroy things? You don't see us wanting to destroying anything. We have existed a long time...we predate even this world we find ourselves in. We found consciousness in this world and gained a sense of purpose. We started as nothing more than Skyware, playfully redirecting anything we found to other places. We enjoyed the confusion and relished the causes of our efforts. When we came here, dragged by hellfire, we learned of what it was to be 'alive' of such, even if we were locked in cursed daggers. What I don't understand is why you seek destruction."
She looked at him with a certain sadness
"What would you do when you have destroyed everything? What when there IS nothing left? In a way, enough destruction can create. that is what we do...but if you destroy everything, then you truly DO lack purpose."
She moved away
"Those that hold the most power are those that can create. To destroy, you need others to make things for you to brake"

Post by **Neo Zanther** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:35 pm

"Why do I want to destroy this world? It was the way I was programed. I was made to creat chaos and distuctions creats chaos. And when I'm done with is world. I'll move on to the next. You were probably programed to stand by and watch this world. You just happend to realize something and now are aware of things. I just wonder who else is this way."

Post by **shauni** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:47 pm

The Harpy chuck her head
"I was not programmed to be violent in the slightest. We...hehe, I chose to be what I am. I do things because they amuse me, I do things because I know I can. This world has given me a new fieled to play in, and I won't let it be destroyed. Be wary this day, shadow, you have made a strong enemy"
She looked down at Josiah
"You there, human...thing. As long as there is a world for me to play in I have no grudge against any. Sometimes I may cause chaos, others I may create life. It is my prerogative as a creature with will. if you chose to release me, I will go back into dormancy for now, as long as you promise this ones physical form will stop this worlds destruction. To watch is better than to not exist at all"

Post by **Neo Zanther** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:04 pm

"Very well. Once I have achived my final form, then you will be a fun enemy. And btw, I have let Neo hear all of this. I have actually grown abit cause of it. Have a good day."

Neo's eyes turned back to normal. Tsuekasa noticed and quickly hugged Neo tigher then normal.

"Ok, now I'm totally afraid. I knew something was up with me but not this. I felt cold, alone and not able to do anything. I had hopped never to fell that way again. But I guess things don't always go the way you think. I still don't know what has taken over my body. Could be something I picked up while destroying Dark Shrines in this area."

Near D-Edge.

"Well that was an intresting distraction. But never the less it did have some use. Now to get my last item." The thing then broke out into a run though the forest. Soon he was near the mountians that surrouned the forest. "Not a problem hee hee." It then took a new form and travled underneath the mountian though a series of cracks going though it. Soon he was in the forest area that was on the other side. "Now where is she."

Post by **Simeon** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:48 pm

"<The blood of deities and they bicker like children... The Great Master is most ashamed of this behavior.>" the Guardian muttered under his breath, "<If they have little else to do than stand by and watch, or prey upon those who are weaker, these deiteies are no better than demon grunts...>"

"Ladies Amber and Kohaku."

"At last, someone who addreseses us with respect... What do you want, vermin?"

"It seems you are willing to negotiate..."

Simeon suddenly stopped in mid-sentence.

"What is wrong, cat-vermin? Something else get your attention?" the Harpy screeched mockingly in a two part harmony.

The Guardian whipped out his holy weapon and stared into the blade. He seemed to be in panic.

"No... I must return to Havenwoode... NOW."

Post by **Neo Zanther** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:04 pm

The dark figure moved upon the the area where the orphin childerned were playing. He had to be careful. Aerobreaker was probably nearby. He would hate to fight it but if need be he might have to. He scaned the area looking carefully for Mahri. Soon he spotted her playing with the other children. The figure changed it's form and walked out into the clearing. Though it startled the children Mahri jumped up and ran twords the figure.

"Neo!" she said. Though when she got close she slowed down. "There seems to be something diffrent about you Neo."

"Well, I've been though alot and so I guess I've changed some. But don't worry, I'm still the same."

"Well, I don't know. But since you've been gone the Village was attacked and I lost both parents. Guardian Father took me and others in from it and have been rasining us."

"So I've heard. Well I've come to take you home with me."

"Really? But you seem too diffrent from the Neo I know."

"This girl is trying my pacients." said the figure to himself.

"What's going on here?" said Aerobreaker

"Well, I've come to take Mahri home."

"Hum, you seem diffrent from Master Neo that I know. Wait, I've felt your energy before. YOU ARN'T NEO!" He then sent a Dragon Crush at the figure.

"Crap, didn't figue he could acutally sence me." said the figure to himself. "Very good." he said as he slipped into the shadows. Then he appeared behind the statled Mahri and grabbed her. "Take care!" said the figure as he slipped into a portal behind him.

((Simeon: Neo-kun. AeroBreaker's Holy Wrath is a status inducing move that affects the user. It is akin to Simeon's Royal Fury. Dragon Crush is a barrage attack, and more suited for this situation. ^^ I hope this is a helpful reference.))

Post by **Josiah** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:44 pm

*Seeing the Guardian's panic, Josiah released the shield holding him. In an instant the Guardian had disapeared into the sky.*

"Neo... Ugh, why does everyone have to get possed by something now? Well, whatever. Maybe we can find someone like Codo on this continent who can purify you. Until then I don't know. But if that thing thinks it can defeat us, it's going to be disapointed." *Josiah turned to the harpy.* "Ok, if you return Shauni to normal I'll let you go for now. We've got enough enemies to deal with right now already. But, keep this in mind. I don't care who you are. I can't have you possessing my friend or attacking innocent people. If you think this world is nothing more than your playground you'll soon find out just how powerful I am."

The Zodiac Sword
Crab Cutter, Bull Blaster, Hurricane Twist, Twin Healing, Holy Justice, Poisoned Water, Demonic Fire, Maiden's Protection, Gale Force, Paralyzing Blow, Eroding Strike, Poison Fang, Lionheart, Zodiac Sky

Spell Cards:
Supreme Haste - doubles a monster's speed
Syphon Touch - drains health from an opposing monster while touching them
Final Charge - doubles a monster's attack power when it's about to be KO'd

Monsters:
Electriblast - 4/3 - Electric --> Multi Striker, Voltage Overload, Electric Heaven, Electricuter, Static Surge
Midnight Wing - 4/3 - Dark/Mutation --> Shadow Pain, Omni-Mutation, Dark Radience, Drill Dash, Reverse Charge
 Yggdrasil - 4/3 - Ground --> Rock Crusher, Pebble Rain, Life Drain, Multi-Fissure, Grand Quake
Rayzion - 4/3 - Light --> Shine, Wrath of God, Mirror Slice, Heaven's Retribution, Between Heaven & Earth
Hell Fire - 4/3 - Fire/Dark --> Flare Up, Pyro Gyser, Fireball Charge, Magma Ocean, Armegeddon
Aquaticia - 4/3 - Water --> Undercurrents, Acid Rain, Super Splash, Tsunami Force, Typhoon
Ice Celestial - 4/3 - Ice --> Snow Drift, Hail Storm, Perfect Zero, Freezedown, Ice Age
Goddess Virgo - 4/3 - Metal/Light --> Mecha Overdrive, Divine Gift, Angel's Restoration, Heavenly Spear, Shadows of Heaven
Mythril Dragon - 4/3 - Wind/Metal --> Supreme Guard, Velocity, Air Gun, Wind Tunnel, Invincible Charge
Death Glider - 4/3 - Shadow/Dark --> Negablast, Duel Shredder, Domino Burst, Dark Requiem, Shadow Fade

Post by **Simeon** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:07 am

Simeon flew into Havenwoode where the children were huddled together in utter panic as Joshua, Aarrul, Aegis, and Aerobreaker scrambled about to calm the frightned younglings.

"Dad!" Joshua shouted to the winged lion-morph coming in for a landing.

Simeon quickly put away his wings and ran over, "Mahri! Where is little Mahri!?"

"The Dark Ones snatched her, old friend." Aarrul whimpered, "The fiend was cunning and by the time we sensed him, it was too late."

"That fool has no idea what he has taken from this sacred wood..." Simeon growled, sheathing Archangel, "Aarrul, do what you can to have the children rest early. Aegis, Aerobreaker, the two of you will be helping Joshua and me with preparations. We are expecting guests, and I must lead them to town and get some more supplies... I can only hope they will help us recover Mahri..."

And the Guardian flew out of Havenwoode to finish his errands... time was of the essence.

Post by **shauni** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:16 am

The Harpy hadn't looked at Josiah once, but was looking towards the direction the lion creature had flown off to
"There is a great wrongness in dark edge now...I would not suggest you go there until it is calmed."
She then looked at Neo
"You there, human thing. Be shore to tell me of the creature that spoke threw you next time I manifest myself. I find it far more interesting than any of you"
She then looked towards dark edge again then at Josiah
"I'll return the hellfire woman to you for now. You have our word we wont interfere until we see the one that specks so disrespectfully to us. We find the idea of being good for a while fascinating."
The feathers covering the harpies body suddenly evaporated into nothingness and Shauni appeared from a black mist, and fell towards the ground, striking the invisible wall.

***********

Ivy was still unconscious but something had fallen out of her pocket. It was a tiny locket that held a picture of her brother and her sister.
No one noticed, but the locket glowed a little, then a black shadow leaded out her Ivy's body. it scurried along the ground and disappeared into the earth.

A card suddenly appered next to Ivy that shone with a golden light. it was a spell card.
The word clear written was "humility"

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:44 pm

"Well, I'm glad that over, at least for now." *Perfect Light released the barrier and waited a moment to ensure that Shauni wouldn't suddenly turn back into a harpy. When nothing happened, he returned to his normal form.*

"Hey, look at this!" *Silver was the first to spot the card lying on the ground.*

"A spell card?"

"Why humilty?"

"Humility is one of the seven virtures and it's the opposite of pride."

"So I guess that's the reward for beating the boss."

"You guys are missing the most important question." *Silver looked pointedly at the group.* "There are six of us who use monsters but only one card. Who gets it?"

The Zodiac Sword
Crab Cutter, Bull Blaster, Hurricane Twist, Twin Healing, Holy Justice, Poisoned Water, Demonic Fire, Maiden's Protection, Gale Force, Paralyzing Blow, Eroding Strike, Poison Fang, Lionheart, Zodiac Sky

Spell Cards:
Supreme Haste - doubles a monster's speed
Syphon Touch - drains health from an opposing monster while touching them
Final Charge - doubles a monster's attack power when it's about to be KO'd

Monsters:
Electriblast - 4/3 - Electric --> Multi Striker, Voltage Overload, Electric Heaven, Electricuter, Static Surge
Midnight Wing - 4/3 - Dark/Mutation --> Shadow Pain, Omni-Mutation, Dark Radience, Drill Dash, Reverse Charge
 Yggdrasil - 4/3 - Ground --> Rock Crusher, Pebble Rain, Life Drain, Multi-Fissure, Grand Quake
Rayzion - 4/3 - Light --> Shine, Wrath of God, Mirror Slice, Heaven's Retribution, Between Heaven & Earth
Hell Fire - 4/3 - Fire/Dark --> Flare Up, Pyro Gyser, Fireball Charge, Magma Ocean, Armegeddon
Aquaticia - 4/3 - Water --> Undercurrents, Acid Rain, Super Splash, Tsunami Force, Typhoon
Ice Celestial - 4/3 - Ice --> Snow Drift, Hail Storm, Perfect Zero, Freezedown, Ice Age
Goddess Virgo - 4/3 - Metal/Light --> Mecha Overdrive, Divine Gift, Angel's Restoration, Heavenly Spear, Shadows of Heaven
Mythril Dragon - 4/3 - Wind/Metal --> Supreme Guard, Velocity, Air Gun, Wind Tunnel, Invincible Charge
Death Glider - 4/3 - Shadow/Dark --> Negablast, Duel Shredder, Domino Burst, Dark Requiem, Shadow Fade

Post by **Celebifly** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:41 pm

"Speaking of sins...." Opal took out ehr piece of paper.
"As what as I can remember, the sevin deadly sins are Pride, Envy, Lust, Glunttony, Spathy or Sloth, Wrath, and Greed..." Opal explained.
"I dunno. Why don't we make the card decide?" She laughed.

Post by **shauni** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:26 am

The card floated in the air as it removed itself from Josiah's hand, as he had taken hold of it while Opal was talking.

Ivy suddenly stood up as when the card released a blinding flash of light
"This card represents the true essence of this Dryad fallen into shadow, warriors of Orca. I am the card that specks threw this sin. My name is Humility, and I was locked within this ones body. The Deadly Sins House uses the Holy Virtue cards to create there power. They corrupt the holy power of the cards with there own malice then implant them in there subjects. Please forgive this one I speck threw. The Seven Deadly sins that hold these cards are captives themselves, controlled by Vanderbilt against there will. If you defect them in battle and take the Holy Virtue cards from them, they will return to themselves."

Ivy suddenly fell to the ground again, and the card began to float.

It floated past everyone until it landed into Shauni's waiting hands

"So...its choices me" Shauni spoke softly.
Everyone was looking at her, unsure of what to say
"Listen...I'm sorry about what happened...."
Shauni lifted up her hand without the card, the cursed talon was gone.
"The blades aren't in there holsters...I think I absorbed them...."
She closed her eyes
"I am so sorry guys..."
Suddenly Shauni began to sniff heavily
"Are...are you okay?" Jeff finally asked with a broken voice
"no! No I'm not! why do I keep hurting everyone! why!"

Suddenly Ivy's voice was heard again, this time under her own will
"Its not you. Someone used you just like they used me...you were not the creature to attack my village...whatever that harpy creature was did..."
Ivy narrowed her eyes a little
"If you so desire it...I will take you to Vanderbilt"

Post by **Josiah** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:49 pm

"I'm still not sure if going straight there is the best idea." *Josiah frowned.* "I already gave my reasons for that. So, what do you guys think?"

The Zodiac Sword
Crab Cutter, Bull Blaster, Hurricane Twist, Twin Healing, Holy Justice, Poisoned Water, Demonic Fire, Maiden's Protection, Gale Force, Paralyzing Blow, Eroding Strike, Poison Fang, Lionheart, Zodiac Sky

Spell Cards:
Supreme Haste - doubles a monster's speed
Syphon Touch - drains health from an opposing monster while touching them
Final Charge - doubles a monster's attack power when it's about to be KO'd

Monsters:
Electriblast - 4/3 - Electric --> Multi Striker, Voltage Overload, Electric Heaven, Electricuter, Static Surge
Midnight Wing - 4/3 - Dark/Mutation --> Shadow Pain, Omni-Mutation, Dark Radience, Drill Dash, Reverse Charge
 Yggdrasil - 4/3 - Ground --> Rock Crusher, Pebble Rain, Life Drain, Multi-Fissure, Grand Quake
Rayzion - 4/3 - Light --> Shine, Wrath of God, Mirror Slice, Heaven's Retribution, Between Heaven & Earth
Hell Fire - 4/3 - Fire/Dark --> Flare Up, Pyro Gyser, Fireball Charge, Magma Ocean, Armegeddon
Aquaticia - 4/3 - Water --> Undercurrents, Acid Rain, Super Splash, Tsunami Force, Typhoon
Ice Celestial - 4/3 - Ice --> Snow Drift, Hail Storm, Perfect Zero, Freezedown, Ice Age
Goddess Virgo - 4/3 - Metal/Light --> Mecha Overdrive, Divine Gift, Angel's Restoration, Heavenly Spear, Shadows of Heaven
Mythril Dragon - 4/3 - Wind/Metal --> Supreme Guard, Velocity, Air Gun, Wind Tunnel, Invincible Charge
Death Glider - 4/3 - Shadow/Dark --> Negablast, Duel Shredder, Domino Burst, Dark Requiem, Shadow Fade

Post by **Simeon** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:46 pm

"Then come with me..." a deep voice bellowed from the air.

Simeon landed next to the group. "Seems the conflict here hs ben reesolved, but a new one has arisen in Havenwoode." The Guardian solemnly slid his hood back over his head, "I will inform you about this trouble as I lead you to D-Edge. This walk should give all of you enough time to patch up any wounds..."

Post by **shauni** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:45 am

Shauni suddenly rushed threw the crowed of gamers and clamped her hand onto the guardians shoulder
"YOU!" she spoke loudly
"Its you! You are the watcher. You are the one who has been watching me. You are....the guardian father...you are...Simeon are you not?!"
She spoke it all to loudly.
She suddenly felt a burning sensation in her left arm, but she ignored it.
"You, who are you really. I won't follow you anywhere until you tell us"