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Post by crystaline440 on May 27, 2011 20:31:42 GMT -5
"Well, you've been around a while. Ever here of an artifact called the 'Mirror of Yata?' It supposed to be an ancient artifact that binds the most dangerous spirits to the spirit world." Cory popped another piece of geminite into his mouth. "Let's just say, due to an unexpected, centralized earthquake, the mirror was broken, and the 19 spirits sealed inside were realeased."
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Post by Alato on May 29, 2011 21:00:03 GMT -5
Arras dropped his bottle to the ground as soon as Cory finished speaking. "The Mirror...broke?! Did they manage to contain any of the spirits before they escaped completely?" Arras was trying to keep calm, but this wasn't exactly cheery news. "I can't believe I'm just now hearing about this..." He mumbled to himself.
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Post by crystaline440 on May 29, 2011 21:13:55 GMT -5
"No...the guards were busy when the earthquake hit. They were trying to deal with the cause of it." Cory said, looking down while blushing slightly. "But the good news is, all of the spirits are bound to this country. Its a special seal the Crystaline's put over it as a favor to the shaman who originally trapped them."
As Cory and Arras talked, a mysterious girl watched them from the trees.
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Post by Alato on May 29, 2011 21:38:18 GMT -5
"I remember that now... Yea I'll help you, seeing as my boss is probably gonna call me in anyway for this." Arras raised one of his eyebrows when he saw Cory blush. "What exactly was the cause of the earthquake, Cory?" Arras said, picking the bottle back up and taking an excessively deep swig. "I've got the suspicion that you had something to do with it, but I won't be angry if you did, so no need to lie."
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Post by crystaline440 on May 30, 2011 12:38:40 GMT -5
"Okay, fine. I sleep-tremor, okay?" Cory blushed slightly. "My mom and grandpa both did it, and I guess I do it too." Being half-vampire had advantages, like increased hearing, and Cory drew an arrow in the dirt towards the tree where the girl was watching him. He 'looked' over at Arras to see if he got the message.
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Post by Alato on May 30, 2011 13:29:18 GMT -5
"That sounds kinda funny actually." Arras said as he nodded at Cory. He closed his eyes and raised his voice. "All right little missy. I would rather not have to make you come down out of that tree because my sister would give me an earful, but that doesn't mean I won't do it. We ain't talking about anything worth spying on, so if you wanna listen come down here and do it in person." Arras picked up his sword from the ground beside him and got into the position to stand up.
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Post by crystaline440 on May 30, 2011 14:30:30 GMT -5
The girl just laughed. She jumped down with the grace of a dancer, her red hair flowing after her. "Oh, but its such an interesting conversation!" She said, her body saying from side to side to an unheard musical beat. "So why do my brothers and sisters, and even I, interest you two boys?"
Cory stood up. "Well, I guess that explains why I can't feel a heartbeat form you. So, which of the spirits are you?"
The girl laughed, "I am Otohime, the beautiful princess."
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Post by Alato on May 30, 2011 14:49:05 GMT -5
"Oh, so one of you found your way here and saved us the trouble. I have to thank you for that." Arras stood up alongside Cory and got his sword ready. "So boy, what should we do?" It had been a long time since Arras had assisted in sealing the spirits away, and since he spent more time doing things than telling people to do them for him he didn't have knowledge of how to fix this since the original shaman was dead and that strategy wasn't going to work. "I wouldn't guess a couple thousand years of imprisonment would have made you nice would it?" Arras jokingly asked Otohime. He wasn't sure if she remembered him or not, he had changed his looks slightly since that time.
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Post by crystaline440 on May 30, 2011 15:25:00 GMT -5
"Not really. But it was good for building up some rage!" Otohime made a dancing move and balls of light began to form around here as she did. As she finished her dance, the balls shot forth, becoming strong lasers.
Cory shrugged his shoulders at Arras. "Heck if I know what to do." Cory brought up a boulder and shot it forward at Otohime. Since the balls of light were floating, Cory had know idea what was coming towards him as he fired off multiple stones.
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Post by Alato on May 30, 2011 15:35:05 GMT -5
Arras shoved Cory down to the ground to knock him out of the way of one of the lasers. In that same instant he created a shield that instantly encased one of the lasers within it, bouncing it around inside and making it even more powerful. "Then I guess our only choice is to kill her." Arras swung around and released the attack back at Otohime. Arras released a bit of his power to activate his enhancement aura, which would give Cory a good 15-20% more power.
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Post by crystaline440 on May 30, 2011 17:54:41 GMT -5
"Whoa." Cory said as the power hit him. "That's like a really GOOD piece of geminite!" Cory stood up and made a handsign to focus his chakra. Crystals began growing at his feet. "Crystal Style: Tsuchi Kage Dragon!" The crystals seemed to absorb the shadows underneath them and form into a dragon. The crystal beast flew straight at Otohime. "Not as strong as when Kagaru and I tag-teamed it, but it'll do."
"You silly, you can't kill us! Only trap us again! But that could only be done with one of the other two artifacts. But good luck finding those, that fool shaman Izanagi took their hiding place to his grave!" Otohime laughed as she danced around the dragon and her returned laser."
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Post by Alato on May 30, 2011 18:11:43 GMT -5
"Well then I'll raise the dead if I have to! And besides, there has never been anything short of a god that this sword hasn't been able to kill!" Arras pulled his sword from it's sheath, revealing the black sword with a dark-purple flame pattern flowing across the metal. He swung the sword through the body of the crystal dragon, not destroying it, but filling its core with Arras' power. Arras allowed more of his power to release and fill the area, hopefully weakening Otohime and strengthening him and Cory. He had been hiding and holding most of his power so that he could blend in as a normal human, but when he got fighting he had to slowly release it all or else risk taking out everything and everyone in area.
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Post by crystaline440 on May 30, 2011 18:24:23 GMT -5
"Cursed diety." Otohime said as she did multiple flips away from the pair. "Your day will come, Arras. And you will pay for your family's crimes, Crystaline!" She quickly faded away from sight and the area.
Cory just smirked as he felt her prescence leave. The dragon just sank back into the ground and became shadows and crystals once again. "That was kinda fun. By the way, why'd she call you Arras? A nickname in reference to how you're as strong as that god?"
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Post by Alato on May 30, 2011 18:36:43 GMT -5
"Well, I guess you could say that. It would be weird if I wasn't as strong as myself now wouldn't it?" Arras put his sword back into its sheath, taking all of the energy he had released with it. "I really don't like telling anyone, makes it more difficult to move through the human world like I do. I guess I can give my trust to you though, since both Kagaru and Tanya give you theirs. Just make sure you refer to me as Gard whenever in the presence of others."
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Post by crystaline440 on May 30, 2011 18:47:36 GMT -5
Cory cracked his hands, a habit he had gotten into from before. "Don't worry. If I can pretend that Kagaru is my seeing-eye-cat, than I can remember what to and what not to call you." The thought of what Otohime said about two other artifacts crossed his mind. "I think I know what those two artifacts are. My grandpa told me about them when he would tell me the legend of the Mirror of Yata. One of them is the Sword of Kusanagi and the other was some sort of orb thing...I can't remember its name."
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