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by **Divinegon2130** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 12:17 pm

Zukath hesitated for a moment, uncertain of the contraption. But then he realized this was something he just HAD to find about, and probably the best way to get to wherever he was headed.

Zukath then took his seat, the left one in the farthest row back. He chose this one just in case something went wrong at the front.

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by **Banjooie** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 1:57 pm

Nagan nodded slowly.
"Ah....you couldn't have picked worse mages to choose. Really. See, um...I cast wind magic. Pervy casts some water, and uh, holy magic. We're not particularly much on the 'Blow stuff up' school of magic. Now, granted, I could probably blow one of those missiles off course, but um...no, I don't think we'll be doing much in the way of blowing cities up on this particular mission."

by **Uncle Pervy** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 2:53 pm

"And t' tell ye t' truth," Pervy growls, "If yer expectin' us t' be slaughterin' innocents, I'll be hangin' ye off me mizzen mast real soon."

He followed the woman, not quite liking how she was viewing things.

"And ye dun just come from nowhere learnin' magic like that. Doin' stuff like ye talked 'bout takes a lifetime o' devotion an' talent like ye wouldnae believe. One o' them missiles takes a month, ye said. And ye can get more'n one person makin' 'em. Ye spend a month teachin' someone magic, they ain't gonna be able t' do much wit' it."

by **Squintz Altec** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 3:46 pm

Phoenix sighed. "Bleeding hearts, that's what I get. Best oppurunity in twenty years, and I get BLEEDING HEARTS. Listen. I don't want you to blow random shit up. I just want you to help me out here. Now, I can't do shit for you unless you get in the car, so git!"

by **Uncle Pervy** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 3:55 pm

"Fuckin' tough," Pervy answers. This dragon was rapidly getting on his nerves. "If ye know so much damned history, ye oughta know 'bout th' Order o' White Magic. And that means ye oughta know they were devoted t' healin'. And ye oughta know that goin' 'round slaughterin' folks left an' right ain't th' way t' make that happen.

"And what's wit' this bleedin' hearts bullshit? Magic's a damned responsiblity! Ye dun just go 'round flingin' round power like that damned king goes 'bout them missile thingies! Ye gotta be more responsible than that, lest ye fub up big!"

With that he enter the car that she indicated, not entirely sure what it is for, but suspecting it was some kind of Valthi-made apparatus.

by **Squintz Altec** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 4:05 pm

Phoenix rolled her eyes, though she had her head turned. "Sure, whatever." She nodded to the others. "Are you ready?"

by **Banjooie** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 5:23 pm

Nagan nodded.
"Just as long as you don't expect us to teach you magic, really."

by **Squintz Altec** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 5:26 pm

"We'll save that for much later, if necessary. I'm sure there's books on it somewhere." Phoenix nodded.

by **Banjooie** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 5:36 pm

Nagan blinked.
"....You _do_ realize it takes seven years at LEAST, and that's with trained Neo Vanic Teachers to train half decent mages?"

by **Nakibe** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 6:19 pm

"Hell, I dunno why I even got roped into this. I don't KNOW any magic, thankya very much. And this whole thing's givin me a headache." With that, Alash settled down into the seat and looked around, hoping to actually understand SOMETHING here.

by **Squintz Altec** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 11:10 pm

Phoenix grunted. "It doesn't matter how much magic you HAVE. It only matters how well you know it. With one spell, you can scare half the populace into doing what you want, and the other half to try to kill you." She nodded to the driver, and he set off. The car was fast, much faster than a chocobo.

"This is a car. We made them to travel faster, especially since it doesn't require food and constant attention, like the chocobos of the past. These run off of enchanted crystals, which are only avaliable in Relti City. They're semi magical, so we only have a limited supply. They normally cost thousands of dollars...but we have ways of...lowering the price."

After a few minutes, they reached their destination. "Inside is the encyclopedia." she nodded. "You can go in, I have no interest in the past...only the future."

by **Uncle Pervy** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 11:39 pm

Pervy didn't care one wit about Phoenix or any of the rest of this at the moment. He wanted that encyclopedia. Once he knew what happened, he would decide what was to follow.

However, he did not like Phoenix one damned bit.

Ushyu followed merrily, looking around and waving to Phoenix.

by **Banjooie** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 1:35 am

Nagan sighed.
"Right, right, let's look at the bloo...wait a minute. I HAVE to know! Surely we Neo Vanists did SOMETHING..."

by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 3:11 pm

As the bolt of energy struck the man, his eyes almost popped out his head. "...ma...ge..." He smacked hard into the ground, and didn't move afterwards. Nor did he breathe. The pain of the bolt, combined with the shock of the attack, killed him. Looking closely, Nameless could see a patch on his chest. It read "Guard of Relti." Nameless had killed a man that might have wanted to kill HIM.

(Normally, it isn't good to shoot first and ask questions later, but it was in this case. +50 XP.)

by **Divinegon2130** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 4:06 pm

Zukath paid little attention to Pervy or Nagan. He was after that encyclopedia... and there were several things he HAD to know.

Thus, he followed the others inside.

by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:33 pm

They entered a room, devoid of everything. There was a screen in the back, and it was glowing faintly. As they entered, it sprung to life.

"Welcome, my esteemed company, to the Encyclopedia of History. What is your inquiry?" the screen spoke.

by **Banjooie** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:35 pm

Nagan pushed in front of Pervy. There were important things at hand.
"STATUS OF THE 8 NEO VANISTS OF GAERA!"

I'll be DAMNED if they're ALL dead...

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by **Uncle Pervy** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:37 pm

"Th' hell?" Pervy says. "Who's in there?

Pervy then shoved Nagan out of the way. Bugger those dimwits.

And I wanna know what th' hell's happened since thirteen twelve. Now stop hidin' an' getcher arse out here!"

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by **Banjooie** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:44 pm

"Bloody 'ell Pervy, if the Neo Vanists are still alive somewhere, that's 7 people who KNOW what the hell is going on better than this light magic thingy!"

by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:46 pm

The screen blinked for a second.

"Neo...Vanists. Locating file. File #53521b, Vane, Neo." The room seemed to shimmer for a second, and where there was nothing...now there was something. Each of the 8 Neo Vanists stood, in full vivid color. Even Nagan was there, and Bessie. The screen rattled off.

"Neo Vane Mages. 8 in total. The supposed leader, Diran, invaded the castle in 1312 AT. Invasion was repelled, and Neo Vane mages returned to their dimension for a short time. They returned. In the invasion of Doma, they fell in battle, enlisted by the Queen of Doma. One remained unaccounted for, Nagan the Wind Mage."

With that, the images faded. "Next inquiry?"

by **Banjooie** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:48 pm

Nagan knelt down. Tears filled his eyes.
"Damnit. At least they fell fighting."
He pounded the floor with his fists.
"Oh, you will PAY for this. You will PAY!"

by **Nakibe** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:53 pm

Wow. This is.... damn. I never... were Alash's thoughts as he looked ath the odd screen that wrote words on itself or something quite like it. It was kinda interesting, even despite the dire situation he was seeing it in. But then he thought about other things. "Kalshana, is there anything on Kalshana there?"

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by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:53 pm

The screen paused for a second, as it "listened" to Pervy.

"Sir, I am a computer. I am not a physical being. Now, as for your inquiry, there has been much that has happened. Can you be less general, sir?"

The computer listened to Alash.

"Kalshana. Now known as Nation Four. After the Reltian Empire began, there remained two countries that not yet submitted to rule, Valth, now present day Nation Three, and Kalshana. Kalshana fell after two years, though Valth took a decade to destroy. The naming was a misnomer, because high officials expected Valth to last shorter than it had."

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by **Uncle Pervy** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:57 pm

Pervy wanted to say something to Nagan. But, he had other things to find out.

"I want th' history o' Doma from 1312 t' present. And ye dun hafta hide from us, I ain't bout t' hurt ye fer bein' square wit' us."

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by **Banjooie** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:02 pm

Nagan blinked.
"Somehow, I think this thing is like a talking picture book, Pervy. Like an automated set of illusions that react to keywords."

by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:10 pm

The screen blinked. "No history for Doma found after the year 1326 AT. Do you wish for me to continue?" It paused. "Related subjects:

"A. Rise of Reltian Empire
B. The Dragon Purge
C. The Cleansing
D. The Return of Malachias
E. The Fall of Igala
F. Present day"

by **Divinegon2130** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:18 pm

Zukath, seeing these new subjects, decided what he wanted to know. It was regarding the hunting of dragons.

"Dragon purge? What was this 'Dragon Purge' all about?"

by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:13 pm

The computer paused. "In order to understand the Dragon Purges, one must understand the rise of Relti to power."

The room shimmered again, and a man appeared. This man...looked familiar. Because he WAS. This was the same man who threw the rock that sent them where they were. This was the same man they could remember that "hated dragons and the dragon lovers of Doma." This was Relti, the new King of what Doma used to be.

"Relti. Age unknown, Race unknown, though presumed human. Otherworlder. He harbored a great hatred for dragons for unknown reasons, and possesed a greater knowledge of technology than the current time period. He hid in the Far North with a group of ex-Rivan Dragoons, also dragonhaters. He found ample deposits of steel, silicon, and other metals. He created and trained the dragoons in the use of tools, and they formed an army of technology greater than Gaera had ever seen. In the year 1326, he began his war."

The room changed, to show Doma, as the group knew it. The castle, especially. Then, out of nowhere, there were...things...on the horizon. They were metallic, like the cars they had seen, but much larger. They were fully coated in metal, and they had large tubes on thier fronts. These tubes lit up, and huge blasts of what appeared to be fire magic struck the castle, only they KNEW it wasn't fire magic. The entire scene played out, and in the end, Doma Castle was a pile of smoking rubble.

The computer interrupted their musings. "Doma City fell in a day, due to their magic not being extremely effective against foes they had never seen before."

The scene changed, to show several mages, led by the Archmage Hakaril, firing spells off in a frenzy. Several of these "tanks" blew up under the assault, but they turned their weapons on the mages. Hakaril drew his swords, his mana supply empty, and began a charge. One gun turned to him, and fired. The resulting scene was far too gory to explain.

"There is some speculation that if the Captain of the Guard, Aliester Purvius, was there, Doma City would have fared better. However, he disappeared about 13 years prior, and never came back."

The scene shifted again. It showed the King, Queen, and her sisters on a platform. There were several men aiming complicated guns at them, with Relti in the forefront, with a sword. He smiled, and kicked the King to the ground. With one deft stroke, the King had lost his head.

At this point, the Queen lost control, and began to change. Her dragon form grew, and the men turned their guns to bear on her. They were unlike anything the group had ever seen. Instead of one bullet at a time, they fired a constant stream. Though Aya took out at least a dozen troops, she was no match. Eventually, she slumped over, and Relti grabbed a large device, aiming it at her. A smaller version of the missle that destroyed the town flew into the queen, turning her into messy chunks. Soon after, the two Princesses were executed.

"The Doman royal family was executed for harboring dragons, and Relti declared himself King. In the years that followed, all the dragons, or anyone with dragon blood, was gathered up into a small camp outside of Doma City, now known as Relti Capitol. All the dragons on this camp were killed, and there is evidence that shows there are no more dragons remaining on Gaera."

The images faded. "That is all. Next inquiry?"

by **Uncle Pervy** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:14 pm

Pervy just watches, with a feeling that his us unreal. How could it be real? Looking at the screen, he tries to make sense of what Nagan said. How the hell was this NOT magic?

Wait a minute...

"Guys," Pervy says, "Methinks this thing's magic... and they're tryin' t' call one o' them missiles on us..."

Edited by: Uncle Pervy 

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by **Banjooie** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:17 pm

Nagan hmmed.
"Computer, explanation of how you work, please."

by **Divinegon2130** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:18 pm

"All right," Zukath responded. "You take it from here, Pervy."

Zukath had learned all he needed to. And now he had his mind set on what was going to happen. Relti had to be defeated somehow.

How to do that was the next question.

by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:20 pm

The computer paused, then began a lively dissertation on how it worked. Of course, it didn't bother explaining how it was made, nor what a "circuit" was, but it did tell how it worked. As far as they could tell, it was not magical. It was technology.

by **Uncle Pervy** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:26 pm

"Right...." Pervy says, his fears assuaged a little. "Let's hear 'bout th' rest o' it. Th' Cleansin', th' fall o' Igala, Malachias. Th' whole lot."

by **Banjooie** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:38 pm

Nagan chuckled. Pervy might recognize it. Sounded rather like one of Diran's chuckles.
"And I'll use my strongest wind spell to send a rock RIGHT through his skull..."

by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:43 pm

"Searching memory banks. Accessing data."

The room shimmered, showing several people with guns, running about Doma City. They wore badges that said, "Reltian Guard," and they were busy shooting. And they were shooting at anything nonhuman. Even elves were shot at.

"The Cleansing was a few years after Relti took over. He decided that because dragons were gone, he would need something else. And so, he decreed that the Human race was the superior race, and no nonhumans could live in Relti Captiol. He sent troops to slaughter all nonhumans, and they did so. He still does it to this day, in Nation One and Nation Two.

Also around this time, he began pursuing mages. All mages were killed, regardless of race. Relti also set up the Magic Detector, and Magic Missle. The Magic detector automatically sends troops where it detects magic, and if it is strong enough magic, it launches the Magic Missle to that location. With both of these devices, all mages were destroyed, or put into hiding, to this day."

The computer whirred. "Currently accessing files for Malachias. Please hold."

by **Banjooie** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:45 pm

Nagan giggled.
"Oh, and I'll ensure he gets set on fire, too...and then drowns, gets zapped by some lightning...I'm sure if Pervy can use holy powers, he can do something with Darkness, it's just the thing the other way around after a...."

by **Nakibe** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:58 pm

Holding his head, Alash seemed to be as shocked as anyone. "... this can't be. None of this could've happened if... " His features turned grim, the smile now gone from his face. This kind of mass genocide... All this.... so many dead... and for what? It was becoming hard now for Alash to control "it". But he kept "it" back, because now was certainly not the time.

by **Uncle Pervy** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 11:05 pm

"Settle down, Nagan," Pervy says. "Yer soundin' like me back when I wasnae meself..."

by **Squintz Altec** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 11:16 pm

"Files located." The computer began anew.

"Malachias, the Lord of Demons, made a pact with several individuals that he would never return to Gaera as long as they lived. However, Relti's purge had all these people killed, and so he returned. Malachias represented the only threat to Relti. However, Relti employed a decvice known as a Magic Block. With this, all of Malachias' spells were negated, which were the source of his power."

The scene shifted to show Malachias fighting tanks. He was huge, a beast larger than even Aya in her dragon form. However, as the scene showed, even he fell to the might of technology.

"With Malachias gone, Relti's rule was secured. Now, the magic block is in place in Relti Capitol, so no mages can even try to cast magic there."

by **Banjooie** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 11:57 pm

Nagan chuckled.
"So then what we have to do is blow up the damn capitol with one of their missiles! PERFECT PLAN! Let's go!"

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