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Post by Ponic on Feb 17, 2015 21:53:35 GMT -5
(Takes place after the wedding/after Rem & Halo's honey moon but before Halo's arc...well obviously)
In the cabin, similar to what happened with Skylos, one of the shadows began to rise from the cabin and slowly started to shift and alter until it became the silhouette of Ponic and began to drift around the cabin looking for anyone.
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Post by Aqua on Feb 17, 2015 22:08:22 GMT -5
Rem ended up being in the kitchen, apparently trying to cook. "Alright....let's see...How did Eric show me how to do this again?...." Rem said, unaware a shadow was wandering around.
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Post by Ponic on Feb 17, 2015 22:12:02 GMT -5
The silhouette shadow of Ponic drifted closer to Rem once it sensed Rem's shadow. "Rem?" The voice was distinctly Ponic's, but it was rather sudden...
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Post by Aqua on Feb 17, 2015 22:18:53 GMT -5
"Ah!" Rem yelled startled, dropping the kitchen tools on the floor. Then he turned around. "Ponic?" Rem asked, knowing the voice, but not the figure. "Whats.....going on?"
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Post by Ponic on Feb 17, 2015 22:24:52 GMT -5
"Keera and I need help," said Ponic, "things are not completely safe in the Shadow Realm, and we can't leave just yet." Ponic paused, and tried to lighten the mood slightly, "so do you know where I can find some help?" Ponic said the last sentence with a more lighter tone.
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Post by Aqua on Feb 17, 2015 22:29:23 GMT -5
Rem gave an annoyed look. "Well gee, that isn't the least bit insulting." Rem said smirking, but then it passed. "What's going on? I can help."
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Post by Ponic on Feb 17, 2015 22:35:23 GMT -5
"It's a long story, but it could make for a potential war, come to the Shadow Realm," said Ponic. The shadow then shifted and turned into a portal to the Shadow Realm.
After Rem would step through it, he'd find himself in the same place that most of the others had arrived in. The outskirts of the Velut village of the Shadow Realm. Ponic was standing, with his arms out, and eyes aglow. Apparently, reaching across realms to access those shadows took most of his concentration. Once Rem was through the portal and Ponic had closed it, he seemed to snap back to reality and gave a wave to Rem. "Welcome back to the Shadow Realm," he said.
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Post by Aqua on Feb 17, 2015 22:48:10 GMT -5
As Rem stepped through, he was not used to how different it looked. It had been over 5 years or more since he had last came here. Rem smiled seeing Ponic. "It's good to see you again Ponic. It's been months. You owe me for missing my wedding. How are you? Whats going on?"
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Post by Ponic on Feb 17, 2015 22:59:48 GMT -5
"I heard you two got married, hopefully you'll forgive me when you find out what's been going on," said Ponic, going over to Rem and giving him a clap on the back. "Before we get into it, tell me, how was the honey moon?" Ponic led Rem toward the house where he and Keera were staying, the left overs of their house from when Keera, him and Markov were still living in the Shadow Realm.
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Post by Aqua on Feb 18, 2015 10:51:32 GMT -5
"The honeymoon was nice. Halo and I visited a lot of different terras. Since we could easily just go anywhere on our own terra, we wanted to see something we haven't before. It was fun." Rem said as Ponic led him away.
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Post by Ponic on Feb 18, 2015 20:40:01 GMT -5
"Sounds invigorating, I'd love to hear more about it when we have more time." Ponic took Rem to the old house and gestured him inside. It wasn't pretty, but it was standing and seemed sturdy enough. Keera was pouring over more documents. She seemed to be doing that frequently, information from her parents. Now that she knew that she was...
Why can't I say it to myself? Because it throws a giant wrench into everything that I thought was me? Keera thought mentally. She noticed Rem come in and got up to hug him. "Hi Rem, I hear you and Halo finally tied the knot. Congratulations," she said happily to him. "I'm sorry I couldn't have been there, things here kind of tied us up."
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Post by Aqua on Feb 18, 2015 20:48:42 GMT -5
Rem hugged Keera back. "It's alright. Im sure Halo will enjoy going over the pictures with you later. You were indeed missed. You missed Skylos and Yisha dance. More importantly, you missed Neon and Arianna dance." Rem chuckled.
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Post by Ponic on Feb 18, 2015 20:54:36 GMT -5
Keera stifled a laugh, "Oh tell me he was beat red in the face. Actually, don't tell me, I want to picture the funny moment for myself."
Ponic gave a slight sigh. "Sorry to break up the moment, but I suppose we should get this underway," he said, regretful he had to break the happiness with a dash of cold water. "Rem, you know that Keera and I came here to locate more information about her parents, correct?"
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Post by Aqua on Feb 18, 2015 21:10:31 GMT -5
Rem nodded. He had been waiting for Ponic to bring the news. They did summon help, so clearly there is a reason. "Im pretty sure I heard that from someone in the cabin. Did you guys find something that puts you in danger?"
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Post by Ponic on Feb 18, 2015 21:50:52 GMT -5
"Where to begin," said Ponic, "well, to start, tell us, Rem: has anyone mentioned anything about the different races in the Shadow Realm?" Ponic went straight to the others, because he didn't make it a habit of advertising his culture. That said, he figured someone in the cabin must have said something about the various races in the Shadow Realm such as the Irates, Ulter's, and Veluts since Neon, Arianna, Zoe, and Skylos had all some and assisted him and Keera in recent events.
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Post by Aqua on Feb 18, 2015 22:05:11 GMT -5
Rem thought it best......not to bring up why he knew, but he did. Ponic had enough problems. He didn't need to know someone was pretty much stocking his house to kill him. "Yeah, I got a somewhat crash course from Skylos. You are whats listed as a 'vault', correct?" Rem asked, showing that he understood what Ponic was talking about.
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Post by Ponic on Feb 18, 2015 22:15:01 GMT -5
"Velut, Rem, not vault. We don't have locks that you put on us," jabbed Keera.
"Veluts are our race, yes," said Ponic, "then there are the Nictucs, which are another race of Shadow Wielders. They wield shadow in a way that is different from a Velut, they can manipulate it on a deep level so it is more like an anti energy than your standard shadow." Ponic, having an unlocked core, was capable of wielding shadows the Nictucs way, however. "There's the Ulters, who were the Shadow Warriors that occupied our village for years. They don't wield shadow, but they are very durable because shadow is deeply mixed with them, and they have technological substitutes to wielding shadow. Finally, there are Irates, they use shadow far more than necessary and infuse it in themselves to a point where there is a massive mutation in their inner being. It makes them horrid looking things, and they can infect other Shadow Wielders as well."
Keera sighed and then continued where Ponic stopped. "My parents were scholars Rem, as soon as we started looking for their documents, the Irates struck at us nearly instantly. They were always dangerous but this is the first time they've been so actiev and daring to cross into other villages. Rem, they were out of control, infecting everything, and trying to stop us at every turn from finding anything out about my family."
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Post by Aqua on Feb 18, 2015 22:32:07 GMT -5
"Goodness...." Rem said. "Well so what happened with them? Are they still after you?" Rem asked.
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Post by Ponic on Feb 18, 2015 22:55:11 GMT -5
"That's the thing," said Keera, "my parents they were scholars and they found..." Keera's voice trailed off, she could barely say it all because of what she had found out recently. Ponic put his hand on her shoulder and continued. "We found a crystal with Arianna, and after learning about it, we discovered that it could cleanse the Irate infection by pulling apart the Irate shadow into Light and Darkness on a deep power level. We took the crystal out into the plains of the Shadow Realm, with Skylos, they are areas with odd mystical properties.
In the plains are 'focal points', which can increase power when used correctly and amplify it. We use the crystal out in the focal point and, it cleansed the infection. The plains then gave us a vision. The Irates were paid by someone, to keep us from finding out about Keera's parents. If it was just about the crystal then we could easily say that the Irates just didn't want their race to be eliminated, but the fact that there was another individual pulling the strings here. That meant there is a bigger game going on that we aren't aware of."
"Ponic, there's no sense in hiding it," said Keera, cutting Ponic off, "we also found out that I'm..." Keera paused and swallowed, "I'm adopted, apparently, Rem. My parents found me as a baby and took me in, which is why I had no memory of it. The plains made visions in us, and when it was done we sensed something else. The Irate leader, her name was Rickta, Neon had killed her not long ago. We sensed her dear spirit form fuse with the destroyed Irate infection just as the energy dispersed from the crystal." Keera paused to see if Rem could figure out what that meant.
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Post by Aqua on Feb 19, 2015 20:30:44 GMT -5
This was a lot to take in. He wondered why the others never mentioned these missions they went on, but that wasn't the point now. "So....if I understand correctly, you have some sort of powerful spirit mass out and about causing havoc?" Rem guessed. He wasn't entirely sure, but it seemed logical based on what Keera was saying.
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Post by Ponic on Feb 19, 2015 21:15:34 GMT -5
"A vengeful spirit, with the full power of the Irate infection at her side. That energy didn't just get dispersed, it had to go somewhere, and she siphoned it up at the perfect moment," said Keera.
"Which is where it gets difficult. We stayed behind to see what Rickta would do, and apparently she had been infecting Nictucs..." Ponic paused for a moment, "Rem, no one bothers the Nictucs because they are probably the most powerful race in the Shadow Realm. They might go searching for Irates, or they might trace any infections here to the Velut village, they'll crush us in a fight. We need to find Rickta and end this, once and for all."
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Post by Aqua on Feb 19, 2015 21:18:25 GMT -5
Rem nodded. "That I understand perfectly. Have you guys been tracking her? Where is she right now?"
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Post by Ponic on Feb 19, 2015 21:36:34 GMT -5
"We felt her presence not far from the Nictuc village to start, but it's hard to track a spirit. They have no shadow, we can only feel her because of the shadow power she is using," said Ponic, "our best bet is to make our way to the Nictuc village and go from there. You up for this?" asked Ponic, getting up and moving to the door. He was asking because he wasn't going to unneedingly risk Rem's safety. They were risking angering the strongest race in the Shadow Realm. Granted Ponic could Shadow Wield like them, but an entire race against 3 individuals if things went south, long and dangerous odds, not to mention the angry vengeful spirit that would be after them.
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Post by Aqua on Feb 19, 2015 21:47:03 GMT -5
"If it isn't stopped, whos to say it will stop with just the Shadow Realm? Im in. This thing needs to be stopped before it causes more damage." Rem said. Plus these were his friends. He wasn't about to let them handle this alone.
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Post by Ponic on Feb 19, 2015 21:56:18 GMT -5
Ponic smiled at Rem. "I knew we could count on you. We'd better go..." Ponic's voice trailed off.
"What's wrong?" asked Keera getting up. Ponic turned and stepped outside looking around, "something isn't right..." he muttered looking around. Very suddenly Ponic summoned shadows and shot them around in a shield. "Get down!" he shouted. Immediately after, large waves of shadow began to rise out of the ground, destroying many of the buildings around them.
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Post by Aqua on Feb 19, 2015 22:05:47 GMT -5
Rem quickly got to the ground, taking out his shield just in case. "If you can sense the shadows, does that mean this is her?" Rem asked, looking around. He saw the buildings being destroyed around him, but no attacker yet.
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Post by Ponic on Feb 19, 2015 22:20:25 GMT -5
Ponic held the shield careefully, but it was taking a pounding and he was having issues battling against such overwhelming barrages of shadow energy. "No, wrong type of wielding to be, Rickta. This is Nictuc, we should go." Keera looked around, "might be dangerous to teleport, we don't know where is safe. Rem can you help me get us out of here, any direction away from this barrage, really."
"Better make it snappy," said Ponic, trying to keep the shield up, but grunting from the effort.
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Post by Aqua on Feb 19, 2015 22:39:53 GMT -5
Rem nodded. He then placed his hands on the ground as they glowed green. After a few seconds, a small tunnel of earth appeared above ground. Rem would continue to build it as they would go. He also had his other hand glow white as he covered the tunnel ground with light to prevent the shadows from getting through. "Alright, let's move!" Rem said.
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Post by Ponic on Feb 19, 2015 22:49:57 GMT -5
Keera quickly followed Rem and Ponic went after him as well, throwing shadow over them as the tunnel continued through the area. "That is Nictuc shadow wielding, this complicates matters." It meant that Nictucs were attacking the Velut village, apparently suspecting them, or maybe they just decided every race was a potential suspect. "We should get further into the village, see what's what. Keep going this way, Rem, a few kilometres out from here the crest of a hill, we'll be able to see most of the village from there."
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Post by Aqua on Feb 19, 2015 23:23:40 GMT -5
Rem nodded. "Alright. Just keep the back closed up. It takes to much energy to keep the entire tunnel up." Rem said. "Are you sure we wont just lead him into the village?"
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