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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2014 18:22:08 GMT -5
LIGHTNING (n.) a sudden stroke of fortune
There was much on her mind lately. Her worries seemed to dance around in circles, eyes drifting into the images of her mind. Squall seemed to fall into the leadership role with ease. Lately she has been getting the feeling she had met many of the faces she had come to stroll passed, but in the end nothing would return to her memory. Little by little she felt as if she was running out of time, something she did without in Valhalla. Here time flowed against her will and without question. Life lived and died by this function, of which seemed more a tempering toy of the gods than something of man's own design. Why were they so driven to fall into this pace? Following the scratching twists of the black arms on the white face of the crystal covered clock? The warrior would settle into her seat, watching as Squall took command of his vessel. It was a fine ship. She felt it speak when it rose from the ground and into the skies. The ship had memories, had time of its own. It had an existence much in the manner she felt reminiscent to the Eidolons.
'Odin, where have you gone? Have you sealed yourself away in my heart?'
These were the thoughts she kept to herself. She felt that, the further she dove into this growing abyss that was the Unseen Realm, the further she grew from the strengths she once depended on. First it was the ground beneath her feet that had abandoned her. Than it was Serah whom she had lost the ability to reach through her own shortcomings... And now, it seemed, the further she traveled through these Seen Realms, the more she lost. Odin would not come to her side, no matter how hard she called to him. Was this her fate? Was it her fate to simply lose everything? There had to be a way she could stop it. She wanted to find a way to use these eyes, to bring everything she has lost, back. The ride may have been a bit long, but she felt it short, time still but a faint presence to the time-stopped Valkyrie. When they arrived she was only drawn from her thoughts by the sound of his voice.
She would follow the young man, her body trailing in smooth, soundless strides. Her dark, blue eyes would trace the dilapidated structures of the facility. It was as if time had torn this place apart. A forgotten memory only strung together by the threads of another person's memories. What held it up so long? By the rust and growth of algae and other hanging moss, it was as if this place had been abandoned for many years.
“Do you know anything about this place?” She would ask.
Even inside many of the machines, which seemed to still run, were a far cry from being usable. Entire touch pads were missing while the fronts and sides of the consoles were twisted inside out by growing masses of vines curling around the computer wires, becoming examples of organic machines, if ever did she see. A soft wail hissed in from below the ground they walked upon...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2014 20:06:06 GMT -5
After landing the ship and walking on to the stone bridge, Squall just looked around. However, Lightning had soon brought up a common question. She had wondered if he knew anything about this ruined facility. Well it seemed like he had to answer the god like woman. It's not like it was anything to hide really.
"This facility was once known as Battleship Island. Basically, the researchers tried to develop another type of battle system to help in wars. They used this to help further their research in Guardian forces. In other words, they wanted to develop knew summons such as Bahamut, Alexander, etc. It's obvious they had an accident which caused the base to ruins," he stopped there.
Squall had been here before and it wasn't exactly pleasant. His last adventure here involved him getting two Guardian forces and a lot of unneeded fights with powerful creatures. "Once we go in were not going to be able to leave so easily. Powerful creatures inhabit the facility now. When you're ready give me the word."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2014 10:54:15 GMT -5
LIGHTNING (n.) a sudden stroke of fortune
Lightning climbed off the ship, following Squall into the facility. The entire place looked as if time had ravaged it mercilessly. It was a wonder it could still stand in the sea as it was. Her footsteps were silent. The only thing heard from the Valkyrie were her breathes and the clatter of her gunblade rested upon her hip. The warrior carefully listened to Squall's words. All in all this place was strange. She had a feeing toward it, like it was – dead. Its time had completely stopped. Spectres of the past often roamed places like this, unaware that time no longer flowed for them. So bound were they in their functions, they were unable to let go. She looked to Squall when he mentioned two familiar names.
So – perhaps different worlds came upon the Eidolons in different way. Did that mean the Eidolons themselves may have a world all their own? These thoughts could not be visited currently as there seemed to be something else among their midst. It seemed, also, that all worlds suffered war. Perhaps it was something one could never stray from. It was the nature of humans to stir chaos, for they were all born of it, so their nature could hardly be questioned, or was it merely an excuse not to do our best? Was it just a reason to not bother?
'Oh, yes well one can't go against their nature.'
It was a weak excuse.
A weak excuse for the weak-hearted.
She could not help but raise her hand to her chest and scoff out. How irritating. Squall spoke up and said once they head in, there was no easy way out. He was fine with that. As long as she had her blade, she was prepared. She was Lightning. She was not weak-hearted. Looking to Squall, she nodded.
“Something is strange here, I don't know if it's normal for this place, but something in me says to face it...” But why?
That was the question at the forefront of her mind. Who, or what, was luring them down? Whatever it was inhabited the lowest level and would serve to protest against their presence. Perhaps a few sabotaging acts? They couldn't very well make their way down when dead...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2014 17:56:59 GMT -5
"I guess there is only one way to find out. Let's go," He said with much confidence. Just like that Leon walked forward on the stone bridge and too the large metal door which sealed closed. Squall looked to his left and there was a small panel with a keypad. It had only taken the Lion a few seconds to input the numbers and get the old metal door open.
"Come on." Leon didn't want to wait around all day. If there was something dangerous going on in the facility, he wanted to take care of it right away. For all he knows there might be some new monster that could pose a threat to his planet or worse. The worst part being Heartless, Nobodies, or the Unversed.
Squalls gentle eyes looked around for a few moments noticing multiple panels, tables, and advanced medical holding tubes. Over to the left was a pathway which would lead the pair to the next room. So far, there was no real threat in sight. Could it be that what they are searching for could be in the deepest part of the facility?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2014 11:41:59 GMT -5
LIGHTNING (n.) a sudden stroke of fortune
Squall seemed utterly confident in his approach. Lightning wondered what sort of experience in this place would leave him so casual to these horrors, at least they were to her. Could he feel the Chaos? Was he oblivious to the truth that surrounded them, or was he merely unconcerned? Though as they entered it seemed this place was heavily guarded. It was to either keep someone inside, or keep everyone out. She had been to this sort of military facility before, with a friend. But that was ages ago. It wasn't uncommon for the Military to experiment on greater weapons, but she was not expecting other worlds to be the same. She supposed that military, no matter where one went, always tried to serve war above peace... Outside of the depressing thoughts the ex-soldier could not help but pick up on the strange movements she felt. Was it her imagination, or the ocean life that swam about outside of the facility? The male urged them along, and the Valkyrie followed. When they entered it appeared to be a normal research laboratory, but a wailing sound called to her attention.
“Are there more levels below?” She would question.
There certainly were, and each level would be free of any monstrous presence that it was known for. Something was keeping the moon-borne fiends at bay. At the lowest level, the pressure machine would be taken over by a Possessor. The ball of darkness cackled and caused the machine to Malfunction, essentially trapping the two inside the undersea research lab;. The Possessor would remain concealed and cause its mischief. The strange appearance of the Heartless was odd, but darkness did not remain in just one world, and sometimes peeked out of the failures of another. Perhaps a collection of the crying hearts deep in the lab conglomerated and summoned the heartless to eat them up. Whatever the reason they were here, it would not be leaving any time soon!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2014 18:02:46 GMT -5
Before the Lion would begin to advance to the next room, Lightning had asked if there were any more levels. "If memory serves me right there should be a passage way that will lead us to the under water part of his facility," He paused. Leon wasn't exactly sure where this passage way is because it has been quite some time since he has been here.
However, the duo would have to make a very long and perhaps exciting exploration to find what they are looking for. "Lets go," Leon said softly. Carefully, the Lion had begun to walk into the next room. His eyes slowly drifting from side to side and up and down. So far, it was just another testing room, but with two doors for the duo to choose from.
With a split in the room this could make things interesting. One door could lead to a dead end and the other could take them around in circles. "Which way would you like to go?" Squall had asked. Of course he has no idea where she wanted to exactly go. In essence ,he was trying to act as a guide and lead this armored female to her destination.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2014 8:36:55 GMT -5
LIGHTNING (n.) a sudden stroke of fortune
She would listen to the lion as a he proceeded to explain about the area. A passage? She presumed it was not an easy way down. She gave a soft smirk at the present situation. So they had no choice but to explore this place? Not that she minded, because it seemed these days she was left to wander in search of a soul that possibly no longer existed in her world for that matter. It pained her heart to think of her sister as truly gone. It was something Lightning found harder and harder to do each, stagnantly passing day. She could not simply let go of this, because it had been her fault, at least that was what her heart told her.
"Alright." She agreed to selecting their next course of action.
She supposed his lack of initiative could have stemmed from an unfamiliarity of this place's inner workings, or the seeming lack of experience was due to his never braving farther than necessary. Little did she realize that there was much more to the lab than what one man could ever understand. The woman examined their options. She stepped forward and looked between the pathways. The simplest answer was always the one right in front of you. She lowered her head, thinking carefully.
A soft, distorted whisper murmured across her ears, drifting through the pressurized chambers of the underwater facility. The groan and twist of the metal and glass that held back thousands of pounds of water could be very terrifying for most, but there was little else Lightning had to fear. What had she left? A disregarding scoff escaped her soft lips as she raised her leather stretched hand toward the path, as if it was calling to her. So, you wanted to lead her? Chaos lingered, and she felt that it was partially her own fault, all considering. She had failed to defeat Caius, She had failed her sister. She had failed her friends. She began to tremble as her feelings tried to take over, but clenching her reaching fingers into a fist she would mentally and physically crush that feeling. She seemed to be getting frustrated, but why?
“...It's empty...” Her heart silenced at the realization. “This place.” She added as she marched forward.
Though the woman was encased in heavy looking armor, it never seemed to make a sound. Each step was light and never laid to the ground long as she almost seemed to glide across the ground. The pipes hissed with steam, the pressure tightening through the machines as they carried down. It only seemed to get darker as they made their way down. Whatever was down here was consuming the light, most destructively. The darkness had been growing here for sometime, the remnant hearts and spirits of those long gone were a tasty treat for a Heartless...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2014 10:39:51 GMT -5
As he slowly followed behind Lightning, he heard her say that it was empty and another word. Why was this girl so anxious about this place? There was nothing here really. What could possibly be here that was so important to the pink haired woman. "Guess we have to try the other door." With that Squall turned around and made his way to the other door.
With much ease he pushed the door open as it eerily creaked from the lack of maintenance. This door led to a long glass pathway which brings you to an elevator. Now this elevator only goes straight down to the bottom half of the facility. So it will be underseas adventures. Squall assumed Lightning would have heard the creaky door so he said nothing.
With that Leon began to walk down the glass pathway and made his way to the elevator. There he waited for the Goddess to make her way over to him. The Lion really didn't understand what was happening to this place like Lightning? To him this place has always been letting off a strange feeling that you can't really understand.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2014 23:53:21 GMT -5
DATA TAGS. Next~!
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to the soldier, the civilian, the martyr, the victim.
THIS IS WAR
Investigating this sort place always had its dangers, but the worst came with being unable to clearly focus on where the noises came from. Creaking pipes and the sound of echos that carried with each passing footstep seemed to dance off the walls, reverberate and make it sound like a marching army. One would swear they were alone, only to be spooked by the sound of breathing as it slowly escalated with every moment you were unable to identify who it belonged to. The drawing breathes grew heavier and faster only for you to realize… it was you breathing in your own ear. This was a crypt. Here spirits of the dead spoke whispers of the past that were sure to have been lost to the ages. They are desperate for others to hear their story and strive to haunt the living, cursing them for their continued existence. Nothing left behind but remnant wails and pained anguish of the defeated.
Lightning followed Squall in hopes to quell these voices. It was a chance to learn a chance to change their fate. Though she could not save them, perhaps she could sate them. There was no telling what else they would face. Squall himself said that there lived monsters down here. These ruins were a breeding ground for abnormality. Monsters born of scientific bastardizations had life breathed into them with every passing season. More and more did they become violent and only that much hungrier for flesh. But as they rode down the elevator no such beast made itself known. Even what was formerly the next of the great Weapon Ultima: now sat an empty room filled with dripping walls of a laboratory slowly singing to the bottom of the sea. It would soon be home to the creatures of the deep. When Light stepped from the elevator, as soon as it hit its landing: she felt it. In her chest rumbled the Darkness that was now growing through the lab.
The Darkness was thick and seemed to fill the atmosphere, but something was watching them, waiting to pounce.
“What is this?” Was this normal? The young leader seemed to know what he was doing and where he was going. He had to know if this was normal, right?
The Valkyrie drew her blade and seemed to become more attentive, though her stance was still light and loose. Looking around she felt as if the darkness was clawing at her flesh. Whatever it was, it was watching them and waiting for the other to loose their guard. It would be a tasty pair of hearts if the wild Heartless could get them! But he was weak alone, so it would have to depend on it… the fallen machines that would become its new body. The steam engines themselves….
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2014 15:12:54 GMT -5
As Leon and his current partner further dwelled down the blackened glass hallway. Something rather devious began to occur. Slowly, Squall began to come to a halt as he heard something like controlled machine moving sounds. Quickly, he turned his body so each shoulder was facing towards an exit. This aloud him to easily look down both sides of the hallway.
"Looks like we have some company," he said with a weary tone. There were two robot bodies being possessed by the Heartless guarding the elevator they needed to get to. And, to make it worse they had another two robot bodies pursuing them from behind. "The Heartless just don't give up." Leon was rather annoyed with the blackened creatures.
They had so many talents and techniques that it was ridiculous. Why did the beings of darkness get treated so well, but the warriors who fight for the light get little to no help? With his Lion Heart Gunblade ready, Leon charged towards the two possessed humanoid robots. With ease he made two simple downward strikes on the one closest to him.
With no hesitation he jumped back and moved in a defensive position as he saw the second one charging in for a strike.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2014 23:30:26 GMT -5
DATA TAGS. Next~!
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NOTES. You can't justify the Darkness without understanding.
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THIS IS WAR
Following the beaten path Light kept a cautious ear on her surroundings. The hollowed space easily distorted sound and, to the Valkyrie's dismay, light. The large, glass sheets that separated them and the deadly pressures of the ocean caused what little light, that shone from the overhead floodlights, to dance rhythmically with the flowing and shifting waters. It was a great deal of sensory information to take in.
Squall suddenly spoke up. The young man noticed something. Being that the warrior, herself, was no native to this land she had no means of recognizing anything out of place. She had just recently roused from a deep, uninviting slumber, woken by a voice leading her to lay the dying to rest. Chaos was thick in the world and, as she traveled, so did it seem so everywhere else. The sounds of steam hissing from the machines seemed natural, especially among the grinding of gears fighting the wear and tear of their age.
"Heartless?" She questioned.
Squall's tired tone spoke of a multitude of, seemingly, unending encounters with these creatures. Heartless, was that the word he used to describe the Chaos? There were many questions to be had, but only one, clear, course of action to be taken. Reaching for her blade the, Valkyrie prepared to face the unknown enemy. She sensed something, well akin go nothingness, surrounding them.
"Not today!" The warrior assured as she dashed forward.
Her light figure, unburdened by the enchanted armor, allowed her to seemingly glide forward. Even without the use of her AMP technology, the ex-soldier was untouched by the grievances of gravity's hold. Before the Roboheartless could do away with Squall: the warrior managed to cut her blade across the machine, arcing the blade. The motion was followed by a powerful back flip that managed to sent the warrior several feet away. When she landed her form had turned itself to face the last machine heading for them. With a loud crack the gunblade gripped in the warrior's hand fired and cut into the machine with enough force to send it flying back.
"Are you alright?" She asked the young Commander.
They needed to get on the elevator, and it would appear they needed to do so quick. For in the distance a massive shadow rushed was toward them, slithering along before it formed a nimble Neo Shadow. Light motioned to Squall, urging him to cross onto the elevator. The enemy was closing in... While down below the largest sat in wait with its ambush.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 18:48:27 GMT -5
It had only taken a few seconds before Squall was slightly knocked back by the possessed robot. Thankfully, the Lion hadn't taken any real damage from the attack. Thanks to all of Leon's training he knew how to react in most situations. So fighting and being a leader is what he is constantly perfecting with each new confrontation.
Unfortunately, these Heartless possessed robots seemed to be taking reduced damage because of the robot bodies. At the rate they were going it was going to take forever to clear these enemies. Now Squall really wanted to use one of his abilities, but he might break the glass in doing so. That was something, which would not be in his best interests at the moment.
Soon enough a Neo shadow had made its appearance and Lightning motioned for the Lion to go for the elevator. "I'm alright, you?" With a slight nod, Leon bolted towards the elevator door and did a baseball slide, tumbling into the elevator. Quickly the man got to his feet and looked over to Lightning. "Come on," he said with much vigilance.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 15:45:43 GMT -5
DATA TAGS. Next~!
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to the soldier, the civilian, the martyr, the victim.
THIS IS WAR
The warrior was glad to see that the young man was well. She would reach out to him so they could board the elevator before the Neo Shadow caught them. The metal doors slammed closed. Light looked to the mechanism. Seeing as they were already at the top the only way to go was down. The knight reached out and pulled the metal lever, rather amused it was not much different from the way elevators worked back on Pulse. It was a strange, heavy device that worked on a collection of mechanisms and gears rather than the simple case of electricity as she had seen on Cocoon. It was, without a doubt, a very different world, but there were still many things she could propose that they held in likeness.
The heavy doors seemed to lock them in the small car. The hissing steam forced the elevator down to the bottom floor. They had a moment to breathe, but Light also had a questions for Squall. Now that they had a moment alone she could ask without interruptions, hopefully. As the metal carr rattle as it rode down the shaft: the rose haired warrior turned to face Squall. Her blue eyes had a soft, gentleness to them, but they also carried a rather distant worry that she could only hope would be disregarded in this world. So far it seemed to be a similar feeling, but not quite the same one she was searching for.
“These… shadows. Do they belong here?” Are they a natural state of the world or something that did not belong?
If the latter were the case she certainly would have had to act upon it, but were they a natural part of this world she could not go about destroying the balance. Light and Darkness danced together for a reason, but she also could not ignore the danger these things stirred. How did they travel? Where did they come from? The elevator touched down at the deepest portion of the laboratory. There pure darkness had amassed as it possessed the main system, the doors which once sheltered the Ultimate Weapon. but what lay behind those doors now? They would have to push through the possessor to find out...
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2014 17:10:38 GMT -5
Moments after Squall had made it to the elevator, Lightning had done the same. So now for a good minute they were going to be alone together. To do anything and everything in this elevator if they wanted to. The Goddess had broken the silence by asking if the Shadows belonged here. The only thing that Leon was certain of is that they do not.
"No. The Heartless come and go as they please. They will appear anywhere. These black creatures kill and destroy anything they want. I've had to fight them for a few years now and it really is exhausting. No matter how many you kill they keep coming back like an endless sea of vast emptiness." Squall soon grew silent as the elevator hit the bottom floor.
As the large metal doors opened up it had brought them to a very black misty wide open room with many human testing tubes and all kinds of machinery. Their adventure was just getting started.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2014 13:50:33 GMT -5
DATA TAGS. Next~!
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to the soldier, the civilian, the martyr, the victim.
THIS IS WAR
As Squall spoke, she listened. The valiant knight could not help but wonder if these spectres of Chaos were the same as the man she had met, who housed within him a very physical manifestation to chaos. Were these the same? She could tell they were Chaos, but she knew they were not the same as hers, and looked different from his. The color was different. Chaos had many varying hues of colors from what she could see. If the universe was made from Chaos, so would the colors of the world, she would submit to the idea of. It certainly sounded like Chaos, with the way Squall described it. Unkillable, swarming, capable of appearing anywhere… these were the properties she had known chaos to have, which also included being able to reside in all living beings and twist.
Caius was a special case, but what of Vincent?
She could not quite understand what it was she was experiencing. Were these monsters a result of her incompetence and inability to stop the chain of events that had followed her beyond the grave, was it the fault of another? Was the world simply being swallowed by a natural order that neither she nor the gods had power to control or was it something more? Whatever was the case, perhaps this was the reason she had arrived here. Her reason for being here looked to be to help Squall and keep his world safe from being swallowed by the Chaos. When the elevator suddenly stopped Light found herself tensing up to keep balance. It was an old, unsteady machine that showed its decay of time.
As she stepped off with Squall she found find herself in a maze of an unforgiving nightmare. Something out of the books she read growing up. Mad experiments down in the name of Lindzei. Fiendish attempts to turn you into a Cei’th and wipe out any remnant of one’s humanity. How wrong they were, the truths but lies fed to them since birth. But this was far worse, to find out the lies were a truth for someone else. The vats were filled with a vile fluid that Light could only imagine would do to a normal human.
“What is… all of this?” The soft words exhaled from her lips before she even realized the words took life in her heart.
How much deeper was this place? How many more horrors they need to pass before they reached the source of this darkness. She was ready for anything, at least always prepared to fight, but her spirit was nowhere near ready for the prospect of having the face a Chaos, a Darkness that has spread into the many worlds that encompassed this universe. Her hands remained at her side, unwilling to draw too near these strange tubes. The dark mist was thick and, not a putrid smell nor a smoky one as one would expect: but there was a strong, presence within it, as if it should exist, like humidity clinging to a stone as condensation. It was a very convoluted description, but it was the only one Light could truly consider most accurate. It was from a past experience she once had in Bohdum.
“Perhaps… it is the reason the Darkness seems to congregate here? What are they hunting, this despair?” She softly wondered as she followed Squall.
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