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Wabacha wrote:Yeeees excellent. Don't know why it didn't come up when I searched Albion. I'll have to work on it tomorrow though as I gotta get to sleep for work.

Synnadine wrote:"Leads?" Sam raises an eyebrow and crosses his arms, closing his eyes as he visibly goes deep in thought trying to think. No doubt recalling what she said. "Mmm...I'd say referring to anything she said as a 'lead' might be pushing it on account of how vague she was being." He opens his eyes and looks to Wuddy, but keeps his arms crossed. "First she confirmed to me I'm no longer a vampire, but I'm not a normal human either. She said I'm something much more...primal. Basically. That's what I gathered anyways, she didn't outright say that. Old hag." Sam scoffs in clear annoyance that she wouldn't just give him straight answers before continuing, looking up and to the side as he tries to remember. It's a little jarring to see Sam doing that since this is a telltale pose of someone recalling memory, something Wuddy (or anyone else) would've never seen Sam having to do. "Then she went into that story I mentioned, I couldn't repeat the whole thing even if I wanted to but basically-" He looks back to Wuddy. "She told me how there was once a human who conquered all of Immensus, until he just kinda disappeared. Eventually a small portion of his legendary power resurfaced and split into four different individuals. Three of those individuals went on to pass this so called 'legendary power' on to those close to them as they just lived their lives. Thousands of years later and, well-"

A hint of pain is in Sam's eyes as he looks away and recalls a moment Wuddy would remember. It was the last time they were in contact before 18 years of isolation took hold. "One of those three powers were passed onto me when I watched my last living relative die. I met all the requirements to inherit the power, so, I did. And what we saw in Calsnova was part of that power awakening for the first time since the split." Sam looks back to Wuddy. "Then in a round about way she basically told me that I have a destiny, one I will need my awakened power for, and that even with all her knowledge nothing is certain. It felt like I'd heard all that before but I'm not sure where. Probably from Death, but it's hard to remember things you experienced while dead when you come back to life."

;_;

Synnadine wrote:;_;

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Wabacha wrote:"Ah, a Dragneel. You do remind me of Felix." The heat of the sun emanating from Kirk disappears into the empty face of the ancient knight left here to guard the path to its lord, created as fast as it disappears. Not that he minded really. As a party trick, the Drinker's Envy of the Desert's heat wasn't going to last until morning, though the threat of the Drinker turning Kirk into another star will keep the unnatural heat off of him tomorrow. More importantly, he finally has a proper punching bag to take some of his growing anger out on. This will not be a proper fight, as Kirk's hand twitches and the Drinker stirs. The knight is no doubt growing powerful off of the power stolen both by it and by the Drinker. He may not get all of it back, but that isn't Kirk's concern anymore.

Much like how the Dragneel has no concern for the sun's heat Kirk is releasing, even though the knight is supercharged by the power it took from Kirk it cannot reach the slowly dwindling resistance Kirk has gained over the course of the Desert's and the Drinker's weapon's race. Fire engulfs the unmoving Kirk as his empty hand reaches up to meet the ancient Dragneel's fiery blade. If only Theo, Richard, hell, even Albus could see his Patron's power now, a power that survived the Cataclysm. At least Albus has seen it at work with a inferior magical item, a sword that should have burst with magic when he crushed it before he left, only for it to crumble in his hands with nary a whimper.

The Drinker's Envy was never its true, holiest Domain.

A sword filled with fire and fueled by the power of the sun crumbles to ashes in Kirk's empty palm, consumed in an instant by his touch. The same hand continues moving as the knight continues his follow through with now empty hands, the knight's power vanishing to nothing as Kirk grabs its neck. All life inside Felix's ancestor disappears as its lower half separates and fully becomes dust that burns away under the unrelenting heat of Kirk's own sun, with no bloodline left to protect the empty husk of a knight from its fire. Kirk stands now unmoving, his grip on the husk of the Dragneel disappearing as the rest of its body burns away.

"All of you. Mocking my Patron with your smug antics and basic tests. What happened to the Zocom that held the Spirits in reverence?"

The Drinker exerts its power to stop the heat born form Kirk of its own accord as new power courses through its current servant as he bursts into mana-infused flames. "I've had enough of us being judged by a stinking desert. Know this, Crossed King, wherever you ended up." Kirk clenches his fire infused fist and quenches the flames, satisfied with this sacrifice to his Patron. With his eventual death, all of this power that the Drinker grants him to do its work will go to reforming the Spirit, to return to its true form for the first time in millennia, or even millions of years. "The only reason we do not consume this entire farce of a test right now is out of loyalty to your crown and the country you created. And, because I don't want to accidentally destroy what I came here for. I'll play by its games, to protect your people, and to free them from one of your ancient enemies. It better make me strong enough," He says as he strides towards the waiting army, knowing that even with the Dragneel's power made his own he is a mote of dust compared to the raging supernova of Salem's true power. "To free Zocom, once and for all."

As Kirk stands there, with the newly acquired essense of the Dragneel ancestor feeding the Drinker, loudly booming out to the distant army that was keeping itself far far away from him as mana infused fire bursts from his body before it dies down. The desert itself seems to listens to what he has to say... For a moment there was nothing. Silent eyes cast on him from afar before all the bodies forged of sand start to return to the sand beneath their feet.

So a new rumbling began to reverberate under his feet, the glass floor he left behind on his waltz into the melted ruins all cracked and suddenly uprooted, jutting out into the desert. Kirk was correct, he had been underestimated and his patron belittled for its current state. So a more fitting Champion has been chosen to test him on his way to the capital to face down his past. "Consuming the test would only invite more wrath and attention to you Bargore." A deep male voice booms across the desert, powerful eyes glare at down on him from a distance. From where he was standing now Kirk could feel a strange pressure that seemingly overflowed across the broken shards now jutting all around them. "But you are right. We have been taking you and the Drinker too lightly. I am here as your apology... Rejoice."

In the distance he could see a figure, draped in a grey cloak and robe. Under the hood, two burning eyes of shining silver gazed with sure intensity down at him from atop the dunes. Though his position quickly changed as he leaped down to be level with him, the glass floor crunching beneath his... Clawed feet. Bird like talons easily crunched the glass beneath his feet. The pressure this man was giving off was like his own, confusing yet familiar. Now that he was closer Kirk could... Make out a beak under the hood, and white feathers. There were no bird folk amongst the Beast-kin... He was dealing with someone old from Zocom's past. On William's map he did jot down that there were people known as [Phoenix folk]. But he described them with red and orange, maybe even green and blue colours. Never Silver. "I heard you actually know a descendant of the Dragneel family. Now you've shamelessly eaten a ancestor. You don't mess around human, even gone out of your way to callout the administrator of the desert. You have my respect whether you care or not." He easily stood at 7ft tall but his physician was seemingly skinny, though the robe made things difficult to tell. It was difficult to tell why or how he was making his own flames retreat in such a manner. But this man was dangerous. The King had chosen to send this man to test him and the drinker. "But enough talk, lets see why they woke me up!" The Phoenix man quickly shifted his stance and raised his leg, dragging all the shards of glass with it as he upturns a whole sheet of shards to fire it as a vast wall at him, threatening to eviscerate him.

And behind that the stranger brought his fist back under his cloak, winding it up behind him as the air started to gather around his enclosed talons. Expectant eyes watching Kirk to see what he will do he suddenly launches himself forward with one hand primed and another obscured at his side, staying behind the sheet of glass he kicked his way with an attack prepared.

The Sangheili Separatist wrote:Ah yes, another friend lost to the void. Little more than a ghost.
At the rate they have been dropping these last couple years I wont be surprised if I develop an Abandonment Complex :/

I'm sorry what?

ZOCOM wrote:As Kirk stands there, with the newly acquired essense of the Dragneel ancestor feeding the Drinker, loudly booming out to the distant army that was keeping itself far far away from him as mana infused fire bursts from his body. The desert itself seems to listens to what he has to say... For a moment there was nothing. Silent eyes cast on him from afar before all the bodies forged of sand start to return to the sand beneath their feet.

So a new rumbling began to reverberate under his feet, the glass floor he left behind on his waltz into the melted ruins all cracked and suddenly uprooted, jutting out into the desert. Kirk was correct, he had been underestimated and his patron belittled for its current state. So a more fitting Champion has been chosen to test him on his way to the capital to face down his past. "Consuming the test would only invite more wrath and attention to you Bargore." A deep male voice booms across the desert, powerful eyes glare at down on him from a distance. The newly acquired Dragneel essence he took in now quivered in reaction to the approaching challenge the desert has risen in response. It was not reaction to family. It felt deeper than that, it was more like... anticipation and worry. But what did a family blessed with Draconic power have to worry about? "But you are right. We have been taking you and the Drinker too lightly. I am here as your apology... Rejoice." The essence seemed to shrink away even more with every step that this person too forward. There was never a family that the Dragneel's didn't get along with... Was he now facing a family so old that they did not exist in the current Zocom.

In the distance he could see a figure, draped in a grey cloak and robe. Under the hood, two burning eyes of shining silver gazed with sure intensity down at him from atop the dunes. Though his position quickly changed as he leaped down to be level with him, the glass floor crunching beneath his... Clawed feet. Bird like talons easily crunched the glass beneath his feet. As he descended down the fire Kirk was putting out retreated through no control of his own. It was if the fire itself ran away from this person... The pressure this man was giving off. Now that he was closer Kirk could... Make out a beak under the hood, and white feathers. There were no bird folk amongst the Beast-kin... He was dealing with someone old from Zocom's past. On William's map he did jot down that there were people known as [Phoenix folk]. But he described them with red and orange, maybe even green and blue colours. Never Silver. "I heard you actually know a descendant of the Dragneel family. How are those newts doing? Still proud of being dragon pretenders?" He easily stood at 7ft tall but his physician was seemingly skinny, though the robe made things difficult to tell. It was difficult to tell why or how he was making his own flames retreat in such a manner. But this man was dangerous. The King had chosen to send this man to test him and the drinker. "You know what. I can hear it on the way to the Capital. First." The man quickly raises his foot, dragging all the shards of glass with it as he upturns a whole sheet of shards to fire it as a vast wall at him... But something was very wrong. The fire bended around the shards, if Kirk was waiting for the Drinker to key into what was making the shards do this. His drinker would not find it, not at first, there was no technique he was using that the Drinker could pick up on. These shards refused to melt as they flied towards him, threatening to eviscerate him.

And behind that the stranger brought his fist back under his cloak, winding it up behind him as the air started to gather around his enclosed talons. Expectant eyes watching Kirk to see what he will do he suddenly launches himself forward with one hand primed and another obscured at his side, staying behind the sheet of glass he kicked his way while all the fire Kirk had generated was retreating more and more against his will.

Two things. One: Remember Kirk's running theme of terrible introductions? Staying true to character, haha.

Two: the Dragneel power is just Kirk's now, there's no Dragneel left. There also is no fire or heat being generated by Kirk, he the Drinker stopped the heat and Kirk put out the fire.

Surprise three: Due to how much I gotta do in Waaaabcha, after you edit the birbman's challenge I'm going to put our faux pas master on the back burner until it calms down.

The Sangheili Separatist wrote:Ah yes, another friend lost to the void. Little more than a ghost.
At the rate they have been dropping these last couple years I wont be surprised if I develop an Abandonment Complex :/

The Sangheili Separatist wrote:Friends just stop all communication and disappearing.
Its been a rather repetitive trend. People i've known for 5-8 years just "Nope, never responding again" for no reason.

That's nuts man, I'm sorry you gotta go through that.

The Sangheili Separatist wrote:Friends just stop all communication and disappearing.
Its been a rather repetitive trend. People i've known for 5-8 years just "Nope, never responding again" for no reason.

You have us <3

Synnadine wrote:You have us <3

Thats true.

The Sangheili Separatist wrote:Wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't so common. You know i've never heard a single word from Mason since we graduated? And i have to bend over backwards to maybe catch Jon at the right time for him to maybe reply. And those two were practically my best friends.

It's just.....bleck.

That's the same with me for a few of our old friends. I've spoken a couple times with Max at most, and it's been a couple years since, I haven't talked to Tom at all since we graduated. Same can be said for many others though I will admit large fault in that, because I'm horribly anti-social and socially anxious so I'm bad at keeping in contact regardless of how I feel. I dunno.

Actually, the only people from our graduating class I still talk to like.....AT ALL.....are you Putnam and Devis. Which is crazy to think about cause I had so many close friends besides. I still consider everyone my close friends, I guess I just don't feel a constant need to continue talking to them to mentally assure myself that we are. I hold hope that were the time to ever come where I spoke with any of them again that it'd be like we never stopped talking, but again I guess I just don't need that reassurance. I'm wired weird.

Synnadine wrote:That's the same with me for a few of our old friends. I've spoken a couple times with Max at most, and it's been a couple years since, I haven't talked to Tom at all since we graduated. Same can be said for many others though I will admit large fault in that, because I'm horribly anti-social and socially anxious so I'm bad at keeping in contact regardless of how I feel. I dunno.

Actually, the only people from our graduating class I still talk to like.....AT ALL.....are you Putnam and Devis. Which is crazy to think about cause I had so many close friends besides. I still consider everyone my close friends, I guess I just don't feel a constant need to continue talking to them to mentally assure myself that we are. I hold hope that were the time to ever come where I spoke with any of them again that it'd be like we never stopped talking, but again I guess I just don't need that reassurance. I'm wired weird.

Except you aren't in self-imposed exile. And it's not like i need to constantly talk either. Im not THAT social myself. But it is needed to keep somewhat sane out here. But there where a lot of folks in my High School Crew I had befriended overtime. Some of my former bullies from middle and elementary school even.

Thats about enough of me whinging, just needed a little vent. Thanks for the support.

Wabacha wrote:Two things. One: Remember Kirk's running theme of terrible introductions? Staying true to character, haha.

Two: the Dragneel power is just Kirk's now, there's no Dragneel left. There also is no fire or heat being generated by Kirk, he the Drinker stopped the heat and Kirk put out the fire.

Surprise three: Due to how much I gotta do in Waaaabcha, after you edit the birbman's challenge I'm going to put our faux pas master on the back burner until it calms down.

Fiiiiine I'll do the changes.

Sorry guys, I was going to do some posts today and get Albion started but I just got off a shift of 11 straight hours in 90+ degree heat. I'm a hundred percent wiped.

Aeritai

Wabacha wrote:Sorry guys, I was going to do some posts today and get Albion started but I just got off a shift of 11 straight hours in 90+ degree heat. I'm a hundred percent wiped.

Its fine!

Post self-deleted by ZOCOM.

Wabacha wrote:Sorry guys, I was going to do some posts today and get Albion started but I just got off a shift of 11 straight hours in 90+ degree heat. I'm a hundred percent wiped.

No worried papa. You take your rest

Aeritai wrote:Its fine!

Nice Zuko meme, I didn't realise it until I went to your nation. 10/10

Aeritai

ZOCOM wrote:Nice Zuko meme, I didn't realise it until I went to your nation. 10/10

Thanks!

Wabacha wrote:Sorry guys, I was going to do some posts today and get Albion started but I just got off a shift of 11 straight hours in 90+ degree heat. I'm a hundred percent wiped.

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Synnadine wrote:https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61IwNTw0fCL._SY355_.png

I shouldn't like this. But I will

Wabacha wrote:Sorry guys, I was going to do some posts today and get Albion started but I just got off a shift of 11 straight hours in 90+ degree heat. I'm a hundred percent wiped.

I normally only go at it for 8 hours, but its regularly 90 to 100+ degrees where i work plus humidity. I feel thy pain my dude.
Cool drinks (water mostly), non strenious activity in a cool area, and rest is pretty much how i deal with that.

Synnadine wrote:"Leads?" Sam raises an eyebrow and crosses his arms, closing his eyes as he visibly goes deep in thought trying to think. No doubt recalling what she said. "Mmm...I'd say referring to anything she said as a 'lead' might be pushing it on account of how vague she was being." He opens his eyes and looks to Wuddy, but keeps his arms crossed. "First she confirmed to me I'm no longer a vampire, but I'm not a normal human either. She said I'm something much more...primal. Basically. That's what I gathered anyways, she didn't outright say that. Old hag." Sam scoffs in clear annoyance that she wouldn't just give him straight answers before continuing, looking up and to the side as he tries to remember. It's a little jarring to see Sam doing that since this is a telltale pose of someone recalling memory, something Wuddy (or anyone else) would've never seen Sam having to do. "Then she went into that story I mentioned, I couldn't repeat the whole thing even if I wanted to but basically-" He looks back to Wuddy. "She told me how there was once a human who conquered all of Immensus, until he just kinda disappeared. Eventually a small portion of his legendary power resurfaced and split into four different individuals. Three of those individuals went on to pass this so called 'legendary power' on to those close to them as they just lived their lives. Thousands of years later and, well-"

A hint of pain is in Sam's eyes as he looks away and recalls a moment Wuddy would remember. It was the last time they were in contact before 18 years of isolation took hold. "One of those three powers were passed onto me when I watched my last living relative die. I met all the requirements to inherit the power, so, I did. And what we saw in Calsnova was part of that power awakening for the first time since the split." Sam looks back to Wuddy. "Then in a round about way she basically told me that I have a destiny, one I will need my awakened power for, and that even with all her knowledge nothing is certain. It felt like I'd heard all that before but I'm not sure where. Probably from Death, but it's hard to remember things you experienced while dead when you come back to life."

"That's a fanciful way of saying old," Wuddy sneaks in as Sam tries to put back together what the Old Hag told him from 7000 years of fading memories. Even with aura to help keep his mind sharper than most, no one can hold that many years without losing something. It is something difficult for Sam to deal with and his friend to see, but now they must deal with a far more grim threat. The idea that the power Sam used to match and defeat Enkara was desperately needed for something. Something coming their way soon.

"It must have been the reason Death, or whomever acts in the behalf of Death resurrected you against the dragon's wishes. It seems to me that missing one of these four legends is a disaster guaranteed to happen. Though, we have no idea how to find the other three. We didn't even know you had this power."

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