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Post by IDEK on Oct 23, 2019 13:15:10 GMT
"...It sounds tragic, but someone has to do it, don't they?" Erinye said. "If nobody did, things would would only get worse and worse as time went on. You're doing a good thing."
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Post by Master Psychic on Oct 23, 2019 14:25:59 GMT
"...Thank you. It is painful, but I need to do it to protect everyone else from sharing the same fate." Nephthys said, taking Erinye's words to heart.
The ship started to lift off the ground and it was leaving Earth's atmosphere.
As soon as it was in space, the ship's engines went off and it flew off with incredible speed, it looked like a shining star for those who were on Earth.
The villagers looked at the sky and so did Garmath and Zeno who were looking from one of the temple's windows as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
On top of the temple, Haji was standing there, waving at the ship.
"Hm, hm, hm, this is gonna be the biggest spectacle this boring land of sand and hot air will witness. The finale should be pretty promising aswell." Haji cackled.
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Meanwhile, on a distant grey planet that was far away from the main galaxy.
The planet itself appeared to be completely devoid of life as there din't appear to be anyone nearby, the areas were completely covered by fog. The tree's were rotten with no leaves and splattered fruits lying on the ground. The sky had the same color as the planet, grey.
A city with gothic buildings was completely abandoned for the most part and covered by the fog.
The only thing that stood out of the foggy planet was a mountain with a gothic cathedral on top of that mountain that looked very old and abandoned for a long time but there was a metallic chariot with wheels sitting next to the cathedral, aswell as a bell tower on the top of the cathedral.
In that tower, Koshi Buredo was viewing the land with his hands placed on a stone railing, there was a hatch on the floor with a set of stairs that leads into the cathedral and behind him was a statue of a ancient woman holding a tombstone and a skull in her hands and above her was the bell.
Koshi stared at the land with a empty expression as a tall woman with long red hair, blue eyes, wearing a white short-sleeved tunic shirt, red pants with a belt around her waist, with 8 knives strapped to her belt, each knife had a charm wrapped around them and were glowing with different colors, from right to left each knife was glowing white, black, purple, red, blue, orange, grey and pink, a flute was sticking out of her pants' pocket and red shoes, walked up to Koshi with crossed her arms as she took a good look at what was below them and cringed.
"Uh, this place is just giving me the creeps, I don't know why we needed to hide out here of all places, can't we find a better planet than this?" The woman asked.
"We made it to the long list of most wanted people of the Multiverse after everyone witnessed our show in that prison block, it makes perfect sense to stay on a dead planet that no one would bother to check out, or would you prefer freezing your ass off in Shimo, Naki?" A smirky guy with short white hair that covered his left eye, reaching the back of his neck, black eyes, wearing a beady necklace, a medieval brown garb with long black sleeves, a thin rope around his torso with a large black scroll attached to the back, black short pants with black shoes asked as he was leaning against a pillar with his hands placed around his neck.
Next to the guy was a big bulky man with short orange hair with the front hair styled into a flame, orange eyes, wearing a white tanktop with yellow pants and big black boots, currently taking a bite out of a ham impaled on a bone sitting in a crouched position.
"Whatever, I hope Kumo hurries up with connecting the robot's head to the ship so we can get off this rock and get some action, what's taking him so long anyways?" The woman asked as she stood next to the statue.
Two brown skinned hands grabbed onto the railing, followed up by 6 mechanical arachnid legs that grabbed onto the railing and helped lift the person onto the tower. He had brown skin, with black eyes, black hair with a ponytail that reached his neck with a red bandana wrapped around his forehead with a letter and a number 'F2', wearing a sleeveless white shirt with a turtleneck and had six large mechanical arachnid legs sticking out of two sides of his torso, three legs from each side, a bow strapped to his back, wearing brown pants with a red quiver that contained normal and flaming arrows peering out of his pocket.
"Good news, I connected Terminus's head with the ship's interface, now we can use it to find the location of the orbs without having to search through the entire cosmos blindly. And just in case the Neonytes decide to use portals to get into the ship or the Unigard intervene, there will be a anti-portal field around the ship and in case they will find a way to get inside the ship, luckily we have the present that our 'friend' gave us so the odds won't be against us and make this into a fair fight." Kumo smiled.
"...That's good. Then the search can start." Koshi said, turning away to face the group.
"Finally, I was starting to die from boredom from so much waiting. So, all we have to do is grab some magical balls and kill some pests who will try to stop us, this should be quite fun." The white-haired guy said as he clenched his left fist, looking confident.
"And assuming we grab those things, what about our sixth 'teammate'. He is the one who told us about the orbs but we have no idea what he wants them for, we better be careful and hope he is not pulling our legs." The woman said.
"Why would I pull your leg, lady Nakiri? I would have nothing to gain from that." A calm hollow voice said as the five assassins turned their heads to face the person climbing up from the stairs and into the tower.
This man had red crimson eyes with long blue dark hair with a few strands escaping, the back of his hair was star shaped from the blue locks that combined themselves and was wearing a long blue robe that covered his feet with really long sleeves along with a open star patterned purple vest, his hands were cold and pale, with long sharp icy nails, The front of his robe was opened, revealing his chest, a chain necklace with three icy rose buds on it, a plaited thin ponytail hanging from the right side of his hair and markings of two arrows pointed down under his lower eyelids. This man looked very similar with the child from the Chikara family portrait and matched Haji's description, Aku Chikara.
"After all, all six of us are in the same predicament and want the same thing, to summon Geb and fulfil our deepest desires, all I want is for all of us to get what we want. I too have a wish to ask of the being but you five will have the right to ask him to grant your wishes before I can." Aku said, with a small smile and his hand placed on his exposed chest.
"Ha, I find that hard to swallow coming from a member of the Chikara's, you guys aren't known to be very trustworthy when it comes to empty promises, your mother claimed that she wanted peace between her family and the Heiwa's before she backstabbed them during the wedding. How do we know you aren't full of shit?" The white-haired man asked with crossed arms.
"I can assure you that I am not like my mother and I do not possess the same intentions that she had. I can understand that no one of you trust me but once our quest is complete, all of us will get what we deserve." Aku said, his smile remaining.
"And what do you want from all of this? You have yet to tell us what your wish is." Nakiri said, the muscular man raised his head and looked at Aku as soon as she asked that question.
"All will be revealed in due time, I can't reveal what I want when we don't have what we need." Aku said.
Nakiri narrowed her eyes, not satisfied by that answer as she and the bigger guy exchanged looks.
Kumo turned to Koshi.
"Well, Koshi, do we go now?" Kumo asked.
Koshi took a deep breath as he looked at his team.
"...Your four go and find the Orbs of Fulfillment. I'll join you later." Koshi said.
"Huh, why later? Why aren't you going with us?" Kumo asked.
Koshi gestured at Kumo to come closer and so he did.
"...I need to make sure he is not planning anything, I have to keep an eye on him. Do you understand?" Koshi whispered to Kumo, staring right at Aku.
Kumo nodded in response.
"Alright, I understand." Kumo said.
Koshi then looked at the other three.
"Remember the code, only kill those who stand in our way, those who aren't involved or do not deserve our wrath aren't our targets. Remember that if you don't want to suffer the consequences. Did you get that Gin, Nakiri and Warikomu?" Koshi instructed.
"Hmph, fine with me. As long as I get to kill someone in the end." The white-haired man, Gin, said.
Kumo jumped onto the railing and began crawling his way down while Nakiri jumped through the hatch that lead to the cathedral and Gin walked to the hole as he turned his head to Warikomu.
"Hey, fatso, get a move on." Gin ordered before he followed Nakiri.
The large one, Warikomu let out a growl as he tossed the ham aside and got up, stomping the floor as he walked towards the hatch before he stood in front of Aku, looking down on him and bumped his shoulder as he continued walking, leaving boot sized footprints on the floor with each stomp.
Aku turned to Koshi.
"Let's watch the events unfold inside." Aku said.
Aku turned and walked towards the hatch as Koshi stared into the back of his head with clenched fists before he looked at the statue of the woman and followed Aku.
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Post by IDEK on Oct 23, 2019 15:22:45 GMT
Some time had passed, and as the Absalon sailed through the stars, most members of the Royal Guard had gone off to pass the time in their own ways.
Erinye and Theseus had both opted to remain in the cockpit, Theseus remained in his seat as he scrolled through headline after headline on his new transceiver while Erinye had moved to look through the front window. Staring wide-eyed at the entirety of space.
"...It's still beautiful." Erinye commented.
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Post by Master Psychic on Oct 23, 2019 15:38:00 GMT
Nepthys was also in the cockpit, sitting behind Erinye and Theseus as she too looked out the window to look at the stars.
Izanami went to the training area while Hercule was off to contact the Queen to update her about the situation.
Dietz was still at the pilot seat as he set the scanners to search the galaxy for any traces of the Orbs of Fulfillment, a map of the Universe was on the screen and he managed to get two hits, the arrows pointing to two planets, a yellow one and a orange one.
"Well, I managed to locate two of the orbs...actually, three with the two on the yellow planet meaning that Cleopatra could be there. The yellow planet is called Khepri and the other planet is Plague, the home planet of...the Morphers." Dietz shuddered.
"...Which one of them is the closest?" Nephthys asked, while staring out the window.
"The two planets aren't close to each other but according to the computer, it will be a one hour flight to Khepri so we can start with that first. I'll set the ship on autopilot and head to the armory to add some adjustments to our weapons since we have some time before we get there. Anyone is free to volunteer to help me out, I can do it by myself but you know..." Dietz shrugged.
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Post by IDEK on Oct 23, 2019 15:47:16 GMT
Erinye, standing close to the front window, looked over at Theseus. "I suppose I could go." She offered. "I don't really have anything else to do."
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Post by Master Psychic on Oct 23, 2019 15:54:32 GMT
"Oh, thanks, I appreciate it." Dietz grinned.
Dietz turned to Nephthys.
"And what about you?" Dietz asked.
"...I'm not much of a expert when it comes to weapons, I wouldn't know how to help you." Nephthys said.
"K." Dietz nodded as he walked out through the bay door.
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Post by IDEK on Oct 23, 2019 15:58:49 GMT
Erinye followed, "Bye." She said, to both Nepthys and Theseus, as she closed the door behind her.
Theseus looked up from his transceiver, from a article entitled 'The Colour Omnipotent's new clothing line is turning heads in 1, find out why!', "Good luck." He said a couple of seconds too late, before turning to look over at Nepthys.
"I suppose it's just you and me now." He said.
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Post by Master Psychic on Oct 23, 2019 16:04:59 GMT
Nephthys nodded as she turned to look at Theseus as she looked at his entire body with a odd look as she din't exactly want to say something inappropriate.
"I don't mean to be hurtful or insensitive but...why is your body...metal like? Were you born like that or did something happen?" Nephthys asked.
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Post by IDEK on Oct 23, 2019 16:09:00 GMT
Theseus stared at her for a brief second before he let out a small laugh. "Oh. No, no," He shook his head, still laughing. "I wasn't born like this. I'm not one of those metalmen from 11."
"To put it simply, something did happen. Lost most of my body in a attack by a traitor faction some time ago. It's a miracle I even survived as much as I did."
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Post by Master Psychic on Oct 23, 2019 16:15:27 GMT
"Oh. That must of been very terrible, thank the Gods for allowing you to live. what kind of people would do something like that?" Nephthys asked, putting her hand on her mouth.
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Post by IDEK on Oct 23, 2019 16:24:02 GMT
"Awful ones."Theseus responded. "A faction that had disagreed with her fathers way hid bombs throughout the entire building the queen was staying at when she came to visit, shortly after her coronation, as with her gone the current royal family would have no heirs."
He dropped the transceiver, but didn't seem to notice that he had done so.
"In truth, this was quite a long time ago.. I spent the majority of the time since then in a coma, and only recently even found myself able to move and fight the way I was able to back during that incident. I've.. missed a lot, it seems."
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Post by Master Psychic on Oct 23, 2019 16:32:13 GMT
Nephthys looked sympathetic to Theseus.
"I am truly sorry. The fact that you are still alive must be a sign, a chance to continue the fight for your loved ones. In truth, I've been with many companions who fell in various battles against fiends, no one of them fortunate to survive...even my best friend who I wanted to protect was slain by a man who pretended to love her...I was too late to save her, the pain of loss is a lot harder on a guardian like myself." Nephthys frowned, her eyes were filled with regrets.
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Post by IDEK on Oct 23, 2019 16:59:50 GMT
"So I've heard." Theseus lowered his head slightly. "But, like me, you and so many others are still alive. I'm sure your friend would want you to continue fighting, even without her."
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Post by Master Psychic on Oct 23, 2019 17:10:35 GMT
"Y-yes, that's true, she would get angry if I simply gave up. When my companions died, they handed me their evolution spirits so their legacy would continue on through them. Ammit, Apep and Medjed. So, in a way, they are still with me, in my heart and soul." Nephthys said, with her hand on her chest.
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Post by IDEK on Oct 23, 2019 17:14:00 GMT
There was a pause, as Theseus looked at her. His robotic eyes not doing a good job at portraying whatever emotion he felt as he pondered this.
"...Interesting." Theseus commented. "They must have trusted you very much..."
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