by Endesu » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:33 pm
Justin proceeded to ignore Molo, and went right ahead.
"Very well, then. Some time ago, a single fencer-jin by the name of 'Escrime' arrived in the interest of hiring 'Kylitos', or, as you'll know him, Kyle." Justin simply pointed to Kyle. "As it would turn out, Escrime looked quite a bit like Kyle."
"He was sent on his way eventually, but he promised that two more of his kind, only stronger, would come. And so, they did. Two beings that referred to themselves as "Fencer-jin" arrived months later. Their names were Manta, and Scrum. Manta maintained a resemblance to Keir, an artist and fencer of some minor note in Doma, whereas Scrum bore a resemblance to James, a 'reploid' or humanoid robot, only larger. They were interested in gathering the crystals and selling them, in the interest of the money. They were also interested in finding 'Kylitos', but that was set aside for later. They went straight to Doma, naturally, and managed to gather together a group of people who either knew about the crystals, were involved with the crystals, or were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. The people involved were Ara, queen to the sister; Astrynax, the mage; Erech, who seemed to be somewhat handicapped; Janda, who is here today, and Pavel, an artist... and apparent werewolf."
"They were interested in battle as well as gathering the crystals, and sicced small creatures called "Sabremen" on them. For the most part, the creatures were easily defeated.
Erech, however, was taken offguard by a Sabreman he thought he had defeated. It exploded, killing him." He noted Erech's coffin.
"It was then that Scrum decided to take the fight to the rest. He seemed to be very... interested in Janda, to the point of possible pedophilia. None of his advances were successful, however, and the remaining beings held him off as best as they could. Manta still seemed interested in the nature of 'Kylitos', and gave them some time in return for calling Kyle to the spot. One hour passed, and Kyle did not show up. Pavel was unfortunate enough to lose an arm and gain a broken neck, and Astrynax decided to sacrifice himself in the defense of Janda. Not the most logical move, perhaps, but his decision just the same..."
He indicated Astrynax's coffin, and continued. "Kyle arrived on the scene as Scrum self-destructed on Ara, and he and Manta fought. What followed was a duel that Kyle eventually won... however, Manta decided to turn things to his favor, and transformed into his "Lizard" form. Kyle was nearly killed, but Janda intercepted and distracted the lizard long enough for Ara to get back into the fray. Janda was taken out, and Manta and Ara both battled in some sort of ridiculous "gigantic lizard" battle. Manta managed to overcome her, as well, and was predictably about to destroy the planet when Sorune, whom Manta had run into earlier, intercepted him and did his best to distract the giant lizard. Ara took this time to get back into the fray and cut Manta's tail off, causing him to turn back to normal."
"He then took on both Sorune and Ara until Ara took his attention as Sorune went to Kyle's side. The idea came about to generate a "Curo Bomb" of some sort and throw it at Manta. The intent was to blind him, apparently, as Curo is a 'sparkly' spell. Ara eventually found herself beaten, and Sorune soon followed after giving quite a bit of healing energy to Kyle's attempt, leaving Kyle alone and quite wounded. Kyle's own death, as well as the deaths of many others, was sure to come... had it not been for the intervention of 'Marie', a 'usagi-jin' fencer. Kyle managed to stabilize the attack as Manta battled Marie, and as she fell, defeated as well, Ara was slowly nudged awake by a voice. She came to understand the workings of the 'Curo Bomb', and how to manipulate it. She took control of it as Manta went to Kyle, and threw it at him. He dodged... and Kyle bounced it back up towards him."
"Manta was defeated by the attack, and would have been killed by Ara had Kyle not healed him when he did. Most likely swearing revenge, Manta departed the planet. Kyle called a great flock of birds to the scene as Neb and Spob, a 'cabbit', appeared on the scene, apparently involved in a teleportation accident of some sort. Bodies were tended to as much as possible, and this was around the time that I arrived. All in question were teleported back to Doma, though I kept the bodies here."
"That is, essentially, the story of what happened. If any of you have any questions on any of that, please do ask them. Otherwise, I'll continue with why I have called all of you here..."