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Post by Admin on Apr 25, 2007 10:57:35 GMT -6
Regent stands silent for a moment as his electric eyes drift between Thane and Ciel. The dark figure turns to fully square up Thane revealing his dark, sleek and beautifully beshi muscular build from under his dark vestige. With the same haunting and eerily soothing voice he addresses the elite again. "Why Thane, is this how you greet all the guests of the Royal Palace?" Within a wink of an eye the figure vanishes with a loud crack of fire and lightning.
Mere seconds later black fluid pours from a crack in space behind Ciel to trap her soft form. Forcefully but gently Regent takes her into his smooth dark embrace. His large hands caress her skin, slithering down her arm to stay her hand and the dagger before she plants it into his dark hide.
"As you can see, I am not your enemy, My lovley..." The dark lord coos into Ciel's soft ear as he places his head teasingly next to hers. He pauses for a moment to savor the moment. He then looks to Thane with his crackling eyes. "I admire your bravery elite, but as you can see... You would be wiser to have me for a powerful ally..." He says as he turns to a black vapor that rises up into the air and transforms into a grand beast with large scaly wings. Crystallized ice forms over his enormous body like a shimmery armor. The ice quickly cascades all over his dark skin and a grand helm of hard ice consumes his dark horned head. His voice changes from a enchanted whisper to a mighty roar. "...THAN A TERRIBLE FOE."[/b]
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Post by Thane on Apr 25, 2007 11:27:05 GMT -6
Thane watches the dark stranger with wary eyes till he vanishes into thin air. The hound steps forward to see for sure the stranger had vanished. Thane looks to Ciel and is startled to see the black ooze bleed from the air and reform into the odd stranger behind her. As the stranger paws Ciel, Thane is awash with awe and anger as the dark creature continues to defy his demands. As this dark stranger speaks of Allys then transforms again, Thane has had about enough of the light and magic show. "Perhaps," the hound says defiantly, "I have not been informed of your invitation nor have you given me any reason to count your words as truth." Thane scoffs to the now floating Goliath. "You had best provide proof of your claim, stranger, lest you shall see just how persuasive I can be with uninvited guests." Thane growls as Malice begins to unravel with Thane's increasing loss of patience with this obviously dangerous stranger.
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Post by Ciel on Apr 26, 2007 11:40:21 GMT -6
As the scene unfolds and the black ooze slithers itself up behind Ciel, she melts just a tad. However that merest of moments that he has stayed her hand was just that. As soon as he had released her and become the hovering Goliath, she stood straight, eyes and fangs flashing in his direction.
"The only terrible thing about you, stranger, is your inability to get permission to touch me. I am rather not so happy with your method, and would appreciate some reparation. And if you would rather test Master Thane and I, please, go ahead. I have not fought in a very long time and would love to get back into it if necessary."
She looked to Thane, adrenaline rushing. She held the dagger fast and just as quickly crouched again, readying herself to fight if need be.
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Post by Admin on Apr 26, 2007 12:33:55 GMT -6
Regent smiles a wicked smile flashing his razor teeth under his icy helm. "Feisty and feral I see." He knows that he must either give up his rouse now or engage his subordinates in battle. The decision is instantaneous as his laughter fills the foyer. He wishes to see how deep their loyalty lays.
Regent taunts Thane "Well then, we shall see..." as his mighty wings propel his massive form into Thane and sends the dark hound sprawling backward head over heels. Regent hovers over Thane and he turns to Ciel and extends his icy claws as invitation to her. "Come now... you are more than what you seem succubus, I do not wish to mangle such a lovely treasure as you, perhaps we can retire to less a barbaric resolution."
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Post by Thane on Apr 26, 2007 12:51:41 GMT -6
The look of surprise seizes Thane's woven face as he is slammed by the dark stranger. Thane flips through the air and lands hard in his chest, face down on the stone floor. His ears are ringing and his vision is blurred for a moment as he trys to register what just hit him. His mind is reeling as he returns to congruency but as yet he is unable to regain his composure.
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Post by Ciel on Apr 27, 2007 1:55:34 GMT -6
Ciel's fangs flash again as she begins to face the stranger down. "I will no more do any pleasurable things with you than I would with the pretty traitor that my Queen allowed me to torture for her. You have done nothing but taunt us since you have arrived, and you have more than insulted both the Elite and myself. I am plaything to none but one and currently she cannot be found. If you wish to have me, have at me now while I can face you with clear conscience as to what I do to you to repay said hostility. Please, feel free to engage me."
She shot Thane a quick glance as if to say Please tell me that you have my back in this case...
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Post by Thane on Apr 27, 2007 8:41:14 GMT -6
Thane looks to Ciel as she hisses at the dark stranger. His head aches, ringing like church bells and his limbs feel like sandbags as he trys to stand. When she looks to him he returns her look with the stars still in his eyes a bit. Thane turns to look at the stranger who's attentions are squarly on Ciel. Thane nods to her and prepares to jump onto the strangers back.
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Post by Admin on Apr 27, 2007 8:59:24 GMT -6
Regent merely scoffs at Ciel and he closes his open claws into a fist to her rebuke. "Insulted? I am afraid that you cannot begin to fathom insult, you both have played into suspicion and speculation as to my interests here." Regent says with the look of a school master rebuking a student. "If you are so loyal to your master then why have you not gone to seek them out?." Regent suddenly transforms again as the ice quickly fades and his form becomes a perfect replica of Ghostie, but only shadowy representation of the queen. His voice sweet but ghostly as he drifts down to approach Ciel with fluid feminine hands clutched together in a pleading motion. "Ciel why haven't you tried to find me? I'm so alone and I can't find my way home..." Regent plays the part very convincingly for Ciel and tries to tug at her heart strings. "Ciel, Sweet Ciel... please help me."
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Post by Ciel on Apr 27, 2007 11:10:43 GMT -6
Ciel's eyes begin to soften as she sees the replica of Ghostie. She said nothing but stood out of her fighting stance and swiftly put away her dagger, hands falling to her sides in defeat. "Get up Master Thane. There is nothing more that we can do. This stranger will resort to worse hurts than drawing blood and I simply do not think that you deserve the same fare that I have just recieved." Turning her back on the stranger, she dropped into a sit. The flourish quality of it was gorgeous even though she was acting rather stupidly if this was to be battle. She found that she really did not care much. Let the stranger kill her, he could not hurt her more than she was already wounded.
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Post by Thane on Apr 28, 2007 10:10:58 GMT -6
Thane slowly crouches as the stranger lowers himself. As Thane readies himself to leap the dark stranger transforms into his queen, well a fair likeness none the less, and stabs at Ciel with soft cruel words. The hound hears Ciel removing herself from battle and he can't help but think she has left herself to ruin at the slight of this evil master of shadows. Thane leaps with reckless abandon, growling ferociously as Malice deploys with frightening blossom of black fury from the elite hound. Thane soars through the air to strike the hovering shadow taunting and tormenting Ciel with its ghostly apparition of their empress.
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Post by Admin on Apr 28, 2007 10:40:23 GMT -6
Regent smiles cruelly as he has obviously taken Ciel out with his deceptive maneuver. He continues to approach Ciel as she turns and slumps to seated position. His eyes soften as he sees how much Ciel misses her Queen but his eyes enlarge as 300 lbs of pissed elite slam into his back and bring him crashing to the floor.
Regent almost forgot about the hound, thinking he had immobilized him for longer than he had. In mere moments Thane had regained his ability to fight from a doozy of a body slam. Impressive for a Gabriel Rachet... and his counterattack, savage but not out of control. "Impressive elite... very impressive!" Regent praises the hound sounding like his former master.
The dark lord reforms from laying face down to face up beneath Thane. The beautiful feminine form of his empress pressing teasingly into the dark hound. Still playing the part like Ghostie, Regent touches Thane's face. Delicate fingers trace strokes into his ruffled fur softly to prick his conscious as Ghostie use to do when he had been a good dogie. As the Chain searches for a hold into Regent's dark flesh, the dark creature vanishes with a puff of smoke and wind.
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Post by Thane on Apr 28, 2007 10:58:56 GMT -6
Thane is very pleased when his mass drives the dark vision hard into the stone floor. The chain whipping about seeking soft hide to rend mercilessly. As the figure praises him he is confused for a moment. As the dark dream of his Queen reverses beneath him it is disconcerting and disorienting to Thane. When the soft fingers stroke his fur his snarl softens a bit as his memory is spurred to such delights from his high mistress of the dark. Thane snaps out of it as he remembers this is all deception of shadowy illusion and Malice homes in for the kill. Thane drops to the floor as the Chain carves huge swaths out of the stone floor because the stranger has disappeaed from beneath him.
Thane looks up to see where the stranger had reformed not to be fooled again. Thane jumps to his feet and quickly charges forward to Ciel. "Come with me... Quickly!" the hound barks orders at Ciel. He is quite unconcerned if she chose to protest to him bossing her. He takes her hand to help her from the floor with a look of haste and angst written across his scowling face.
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Post by Ciel on May 1, 2007 14:18:18 GMT -6
Ciel allows herself to be pulled up from the floor and her pretty green eyes flash with rage. She follows him quickly, allowing the hound to keep her hand in his, uncaring. Drawing again with the other hand, her fangs extended fully.
She was one pissed off Devilcat...she only hoped that she would not falter so again.
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Post by Thane on May 1, 2007 14:46:32 GMT -6
Thane charges through the main entrance with Ciel in tow. Thane stops for a moment and makes a lunge for the gardens then stops. His face is marked by indecision till his eyes rest east for a moment. Thane bounds from the start headed east for the armory and begins to run full bore. "How much do you know of combat?" Thane grunts to Ciel in their flight through the palace, headed for the training arena.
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Post by Admin on May 1, 2007 15:00:27 GMT -6
Regent reforms to the south side of the foyer in time to see Thane and Ciel head into the palace. "You cannot run from me, my surly hound." Regent calls out in the sweet voice of Ereshkigal to Thane knowing full well the hound, and Ciel can clearly hear his words. Regent follows to see what exactly Thane is devising, because after all, Thane is not known to tuck tail and run. Even the most skilled of warriors know when they are out matched to retreat and regroup. Where will he make his stand? Regent ponders as he flies after the two. Thane is easy to follow since he is running in a straight line, but he is hard to keep up with as the great hound and the leccubi cat bolt like rabbits toward the east wing.
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Post by Ciel on May 1, 2007 19:43:09 GMT -6
"I know enough Master Elite. I will not remind you again about my occupation before I met you. For now, let us please just kill this intruder and be done with it. We both have more important things to attend to." Her short temper was flaring out at Thane, but at the present, she did not care much.
She kept running along with him, wondering where in the Seven Hells he was taking her. Was he or wasn't he an Elite warrior? Known for fighting no matter what the cause and coming out the terrible victor? Why in the hells was he running?
She was, in short, very confused. Pissed off and confused.
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Post by Thane on May 2, 2007 10:31:06 GMT -6
Thane slides to a stop as he tears open a door leading into the Armory. Thane practically throws Ciel through the door as he himself leaps through the heavy doors and slams them shut behind them and bars the exit with the giant door bar. "We'll find out just how much indeed." Thane grunts as he turns and bounds for the weapons cache vault.
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Post by Admin on May 2, 2007 10:55:56 GMT -6
Regent drifts to a stop in front of the heavy doors of the armory. He bangs on the door making the whole palace shake and loose dust and debris fall from the ceiling with each bombardment of the door. It won't take much to cave the barrier and Regent is rattling the cage for Thane's benefit. If the hound isn't ready by now, Regent will have him too quickly. After all teleporting through the doors isn't as grand an entrance as bashing them down. Regent coos more using her Majesty's voice, "Thane I'm coming for you my insolent hound. You and your little felius succubus should just surrender to me. You know that I am a superior warrior, come to me and meet a merciful end... for I am not without honor." Regent calls through the door posturing to the pair behind the barred doors. TO BE CONTINUED... rpgqod.proboards38.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=armory&thread=1178123836&page=1
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