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written Saturday, January 7 2006 01:58
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If I see any more demons I'll snap. That is all. Why doesn't anyone use pixies? Naughty pixies that trap you in a forest maze of some sort. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, January 7 2006 01:58
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If I see any more demons I'll snap. That is all. Why doesn't anyone use pixies? Naughty pixies that trap you in a forest maze of some sort. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 15:54
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OOC: I guess the purple background softens it a bit, but if you compare it to Cain's leather jacket in the normal Cain, you will see how the skin is actually the same "leather" color. Think of it as someone who has been way to much in a solarium. It was never ment to be a strong red anyway, that would look funny. [ Thursday, January 05, 2006 15:57: Message edited by: The_Nazgul ] -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 14:17
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OOC: It's ok, I like how you used dutch, it works well there. Too bad spanish is not as cool when doing spells'n stuff...neither is english anyway. One thing though, the trip back to the temple is more than 15 min. It took me like three posts to get from the temple to the top of the mountain. I think you should let the others post a couple of times each before rejoining the party. Ephesos, here are the dialog pics for Cain. Normal and "Demonized", hope they work for ya. I'm using the first one in a scenario I'm working on, the second one I won't probably use. The monster pics I'll work on later, do you want a "sitting down" graphic for Cain? I posted them here so people could see my image of Cain, I thought other players could use it too.  [ Thursday, January 05, 2006 14:25: Message edited by: The_Nazgul ] -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 5 2006 05:14
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Cain was at this point carefully climbing the slippery stairs leading to the source of the combat. It was here that he felt the demonic presence leave the combat; it was not surprising then to hear no more shouts of battle or clashing of weapons. He stopped. The silence lingered for what felt like an eternity; those ten minutes were all too familiar for Cain, many times in his mortal life he had experienced the calm after the storm. Only this time, the bigger storm was yet to come and Cain desired to live through that storm and for that he would need the help of the mortals, like it or not. The time seemed appropriate to rejoin the mortals, Luckily for him, battle had just concluded. They would be weak and willing to listen and do just about anything to survive. As he prepared to enter the scene he heard footsteps coming down the stairs. For a moment he thought his plan would go to ruin, someone was still very much healthy and combat ready, his worry soon disappeared as he noticed the footstep revealed someone was painfully dragging his feet down the stairs. Bulking up to his highest and strongest form, Cain steadily walked up the stairs to meet the tired combatant. What the… For a second, Cain lost his composure. In front of him stood Filbert. Not the naive, young and bubbly annoying Filbert he had hired back in the town, no, this young mortal was not Filbert, or was he? His clothes and armour were torn and shred, his hair was a mess and his skin was pale, grey and with tones of green around his eyes. But his eyes, if there was any part of Filbert that still indicated any sign of life that was his eyes. They screamed fury at the darkness before him, and then the eyes turned down and found Cain. It was reassuring for Cain to see his presence had an even stronger and more shocking effect on Filbert. Soon this effect was repeated on the rest of the mortals that had curiously gathered behind the drifting Filbert. Two females, a human Cain had recognized from the town and a Drow he had not seen before, adopted discrete combat positions behind Filbert; apparently they were the only ones capable of anything close to serious combat. Behind them he saw an unmasked Tuulentekija and a tired Edith who wearing a mask. Both almost dropped the wounded body they were carrying. It was a Druid of some sort, the robes looked familiar somehow. Cain was quick to dismiss the three of them, as they looked barely capable of holding themselves. There was a tense moment of silence all around; suddenly, the tension was cut by a painful scream from Filbert. "You bastard! You killed my father! You will die by my hand!" Recklessly, Filbert launched himself at Cain. Cain easily avoided Filbert's clumsy swing; so awkward was his move that Cain straightforwardly snatched the sword from Filberts hand. Cain stared bemused at the enraged Filbert that somehow stumbled back into a clumsy combat stance; he didn't seem to notice the obvious tiredness and unusual stiffness of his body. It was in his turn that Cain noticed the serious dagger wound in his back Poison, I should've known. The imbecile is hallucinating. Filbert charged once again, this time throwing a direct punch at Cain's face. "This is for my father and the royal house of Ningal!" Cain didn't move this time; the words that Filbert screamed triggered forgotten memories from his mortal life, memories from his days in the Order. Yes, Cain remembered. Filberts fist landed flat on Cain's right cheek. There was a second of silence, as Filbert waited for a grunt of pain from Cain. Instead, Cain slowly turned his face to Filbert as if nothing had happened while Filbert retrieved his fist somewhat baffled. "I remember know. I remember your father; I remember what we did to him and the people of Ningal for refusing to hand in the artefacts. If it is of any consolation, the Order of the Sacred Item is no more … neither is Cain," there was a brief pause, "I finished with both of them." "You lie! You Bastaaard!" Filbert screamed in fury and charged once again, with more anger than actual strength he viciously started punching Cain's stomach and chest. Cain remained immobile, receiving Filbert's punches one after another. Then slowly but steadily Cain started laughing, first a mumble, then an outright loud mocking laughter. "Is this all you have Orloki! Is this your paladin! Your mighty champion!" With his left hand, Cain grabbed a frustrated Filbert by the neck and lifted him to eye level. "Don't you understand worm! You are as much of a menace to me now as you were when you were ten, cowering in a corner as I finished your father." Cain strengthened his grip around Filbert's neck as he started to choke. Behind him, the female warriors slowly approached him. "Look at you," Cain continued, "Orloki has drained your energies and your own party has beaten you to a pulp of flesh and bones. I might as well send you to your father." With his right hand, Cain pointed Filbert's sword at his stomach, but he then remembered his original plan and released Filbert, who fell on the floor gasping for air. "But, you might still prove useful if we are to defeat Orloki." Said Cain as he slowly turned to the party. "We?" Broke in the Drow. "You don’t plan on attacking Orloki with these trinkets do you?" Cain asked, waving Filberts sword mockingly and then tossing it away. He then boldly walked between the females and towards Edith, Tuulentekija and the seriously wounded Druid. "I am offering my assistance." Cain continued, as he snatched his old pouch of healing spores from what was left of Edith's bag. "My enemy is your enemy and I am more than combat capable as Tuulentekija and Edith can assess." He then opened the pouch and released the remaining spores over the Druids most serious wounds. The Druid screamed in unbearable pain as his skin sizzled to the contact of the spores, luckily for him, he passed out. Cain then stood up and faced the wider tunnel leading to the peak of the mountain. "We are close to the final battle, you should all rest and heal." Cain said as he walked further into the tunnel, just enough so that the party could see his bulky silhouette sitting down on a boulder. "I will keep watch on this tunnel, you may decide weather you go with me or not, the way I see it, you don't have much of an option." OOC: Sorry if I looked too powerful in front of Filbert. But let's face it, he is human, poisoned, beaten and probably drained from Orloki's control against a relatively fresh, very strong Cain. 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written Thursday, January 5 2006 02:35
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OOC: This is getting intresting... *** IC UNDER CONSTRUCTION *** -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, January 3 2006 10:22
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--- Originally written by Anna: Don't you have anything more intelligent to say, mister-no-name ? What's the trouble with you ? --- :D Lol. I can picture Anna barking at a cornered i*, hehe. Where are the stick figures when you need them. --- Originally written by Akai Hoshi: I found a bug in Nephilim Mystery. When I play it, it sucks. --- Lol, that's just mean. ...Ok, I'm laughing to easily today. Better calm down or the brits will kick me of their island. :P -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, January 2 2006 05:34
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OOC: Hmm...page 18, on the brink of the final battle? Unlikely...better wait for this one to finish and jump in the next RP. :cool: -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, January 1 2006 03:52
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Happy New Year All! ... hmm, that's pretty much it. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, December 31 2005 10:35
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I will start playing again. I got mad with BoA when I noticed (a bit too late) that you can't do lightning effects outdoors, which ruined my whole scenario. I still have the bunch of finished towns and monster graphics from that scenario. Right now I'm thinking of a new scenario where I can put all that work to use, so yes, I wil be playing any new scenario out there to get some ideas (If I don't come up with any idea, I'll probably donate all the stuff to the Lyceum or something). For me, the biggest problem with BoA designing is not the coding but...ENGLISH! When I was designing my scenario I lost 1/4 of the time correcting spelling errors and that is a lot of time. For a moment I thought on making a scenario in Spanish, for the little spanish reading comunity out there. Just curious...who would actually attempt to play a scenario in spanish? [ Saturday, December 31, 2005 11:08: Message edited by: The_Nazgul ] -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 30 2005 14:37
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Orloki. Cain could not get him out of his mind. Every tunnel he entered, every stairs he climbed, the demon lord gained strength. Cain knew his Uruk-Hai guide felt his presence too, but he could not feel it as Cain could, after all, part of Orloki was now part of himself. Gurlak, his Uruk-Hai guide, knew all too well Cain's new strength and speed, as he had suffered his beatings every time he had lingered on their way up the twisted passages of the mountain. The tortured creature had, by this point, been brutally beaten into submission. The thoughts of Cain where interrupted by a slight breeze, a cold breeze coming from the tunnel ahead. The Uruk-Hai sensed this too and turned to Cain waiting for new instructions. Cain nodded, indicating the creature to continue forward. As they got closer and closer to the source of the breeze Cain was now certain he would have to walk through the wind, ice and snow waiting for him out there, he was curious as too how his new body would react to such weather. So far he had walked though warm and damp caves without having any trouble, but this would be different, mainly because his upper body was completely naked and his trousers where not in the best state either, it was only his fine boots that had remained relatively untouched. As Cain looked at his boots he gasped in surprise, making his Uruk-Hai guide stop immediately, fearful of another beating. Right there, below his feet. A pond of water reflected Cain's face. At first glance, he was unrecognisable. Not in the sense of a drastic new demonic form or shape. He could see his mortal face quite clearly and clean, free from the scars that plagued his mortal form; even his short dark hair was still there. No, it was not the new reddish hue and texture of his skin either, it was something else. Two strong, sharp yellow eyes glared back at him from the reflection like daggers. Cain smiled at his new features, these sharp incisive eyes would prove useful in diplomacy should he ever require dialog to save him troubles. As Gurlak made his way to the snow covered outdoors, Cain noticed he flapped his wings agitatedly for a few second before calming himself. Cain could tell Gurlak had seen something out there, Demonic reinforcement? He thought. Gurlak noticed Cain knew something and in an almost spontaneous reaction flapped his wings high and up the mountain, he flew quite fast considering the beatings he had received. Cain had launched himself at the Uruk-Hai but failed to catch him, the creature was high above him now, flying steadily towards the peak of the mountain. As he struggled to fly up the mountain and against the blizzard he spotted what the Uruk-Hai had seen and where he was probably going. In the distance, made almost imperceptible through the blizzard, he could see glowing lights similar to those emanated by the Uruk-Hai. Cain grinned at the prospect of testing his power with these creatures. "You will have to do better than this Orloki!" Cain shouted out loud in defiance. Barely bothered by the cold and wind around him, Cain steadily marched up the mountain. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, December 26 2005 06:27
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I had that problem during the Chilean summer, a lot of "mosquitos y zanqudos" during that period. Closed windows and doors were enough to keep most of them out, those insect-repelent-thingies you can plug anywhere also worked just fine. Here in England I don't have that problem, there seems to be very few of them and they are evenly distributed on all houses, they also make queues to enter every house so there is never an exeding amount of bugs per house. :P [ Monday, December 26, 2005 06:28: Message edited by: The_Nazgul ] -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, December 26 2005 05:55
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Recipriversexclusion: "A number whose existence can only be defined as being anything other than itself." Brilliant, that word should be aded to the english language...is it? Or is it just part of Hitchhiker's Guide? As for the GIFTS, I think they will be fine, in fact, they will probably survive and rule the world once all humans perish, then again, so will nasty roaches. I predict a fierce battle for Earth will take place, between roaches and GIFTS, who would win? Roaches have the nasty diseases(sp?) but then GIFTS have the annoying high pitched voice...tough call. [ Monday, December 26, 2005 05:59: Message edited by: The_Nazgul ] -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, December 24 2005 17:08
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Feliz Navidad Chicho...y deja que quejarte hueon, pareci vieja. :D -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, December 24 2005 15:01
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Never mind, it's working now. My brother was messing around with the OS and something he did made Avernum 4 work. Apparently it had something to do with the system pref. This thread can now be deleted. That is all. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, December 23 2005 13:55
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quote:I meant the logical answer considering my belief, not the absolute answer to the question. :rolleyes: As for the asteroid thing, I heard Apophis has good chances of hiting us... Scientists are monitoring the progress of a 390-metre wide asteroid discovered last year that is potentially on a collision course with the planet, and are imploring governments to decide on a strategy for dealing with it. Nasa has estimated that an impact from Apophis, which has an outside chance of hitting the Earth in 2036, would release more than 100,000 times the energy released in the nuclear blast over Hiroshima. Thousands of square kilometres would be directly affected by the blast but the whole of the Earth would see the effects of the dust released into the atmosphere. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, December 22 2005 08:58
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I can't get Avernum 4 to start on my Mac (Powerbook G4 - the latest OSX). Each time I start Avernum 4, after asking the usual resolution stuff, It mentions something about not locating (or was it execute?) some sound data and then quits. I checked the data folder and the sounds are there. Any ideas? Maybe it's something with a very obvious solution, this G4 is quite new and it's been a while since the last time I used Mac. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, December 21 2005 12:34
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Hi, welcome to spiderweb, leave your sanity at the door. As for the question? Uhmm...I'm a christian and as such I believe that the end of this world as we know it will come when no one expects it. So the logical answer to your question would be any date not mentioned in this thread. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, December 21 2005 06:53
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Cain had followed the dark paths of the mountain with considerable ease, while in his past life darkness provoked unease and even fear, his new form found only comfort and a level of warmth in the cloak of darkness. His steady pace was abruptly interrupted however, when he heard a guttural conversation in the cave opening ahead, it was not a common conversation, the language was not one of this world, he had never heard it before, yet it was a language he could understand. Somehow, these foul words where etched in his very mind, a possible side effect of his intense transformation to demonkind. Getting closer he could make out the words and also the constant disturbance of the air, something was moving very quickly. It didn't take long for Cain to notice it was actually the flapping of very big wings. "It was your fault Gurlak! You said we should charge them," argued one of the harsh voices. "When the Overlord or master Filbert finds us we are going to be tormented for our incompetence." A deeper one answered back. "Shut up Tukvar! You were not doing anything fool! Besides, how was I to know one of the mortals would blind us with light." Master Filbert? That imbecile; master of demons? What has happened with the world while I was gone? Cain tried to piece the story in his mind, while he carefully peeked at the cave opening before him. His suspicions about the identity of the creatures was confirmed when he found two Uruk-Hai slowly flying up one of the passages before him, they had nasty cuts over their heads. They continued with their argument. "I bet the mortals will be captured anyway, if not by us then by the Overlord himself, you know he controls this mountain like his very body." Snarled Gurlack. "Yesss," Hissed Tukvar. "The she-mage and the masked one will pay for what they did to us." Edith, Tuulentekija, they are still alive I see. They might be useful in the battle against Orloki. Cain slowly started walking towards the Uruk-Hai, testing his own stealth abilities. "Gurlak! Look!" cried Tukvar. Cain was close enough to see what Tukvar was pointing at. There was a clean-cut side passage before them. It was completely unnatural. "I don't remember this passage," answered a troubled Gurlak. "The master must have opened it for us! The mortals must have gone this way for sure." Tukvar suggested, flapping his wings excitedly. Gurlak flew towards the opening and stared at the passage before him, a long stairway up the mountain disappeared in darkness. "You know," answered Gurlak. "For once, you might be right Tukvar." There was no reply. "Tukvar!" Gurlak turned to Tukvar only to find Cain holding on to Tukvar from behind, one arm around his chest and with the other painfully pulling Tukvar's head backwards, his hand and claws brutally griping his face. Tukvar flapped his wings violently in an attempt to free himself from Cain's strong hold. He failed. With a brief snap, Tukvar's head was ripped off from his body; the snap was followed by the soothing sound of demonic ash gently falling over the cave floor. Needless to say, Gurlak was shocked; he had never seen anyone or anything restrain an Uruk-Hai and then literally break him like a worn out doll. Cain grinned, displaying a vicious array of sharp teeth. "Now," said Cain in the demonic tongue, shocking the Uruk-Hai even more. "You seem to know this mountain very well, I need a guide to reach the mortals and then to take me to Orloki." Cain had not even finished speaking when Gurlak turned to flee; his attempt was frustrated by Cain's strong grip on one of his wings. He then grabbed the other wing and, titling his body slightly, pulled Gurlak towards him only to turn on the spot and ram the Uruk-Hai against the right cave wall, without releasing him, Cain pulled once again, this time smashing the hell spawn against the left wall. He repeated the painful process a couple of times before slamming the battered demon against the cave floor. Lifting the winged creature by the neck, Cain spoke again. "Let me rephrase that." Cain drew him closer to his face, tightening the grip on Gurlak's neck. "You WILL take me to the mortals and you WILL lead me to Orloki." -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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Chicho, yo tambien soy chileno porsiaca (de Concepción). Pero estoy viviendo en Inglaterra. The Forgotten, you are missing the whole point, the uprising and crushing part is the best! -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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I would also like to add that, after getting rid of Bush and planting someone I could control in his place, I would go back to Chile and fund a paramilitary group to take down Saurion's regime and start a golden age for Chile under me, Overlord Nazgul. PD: I am slightly disapointed to find out that there is actually an older spiderweb member from Chile in these boards. :P [ Monday, December 19, 2005 12:01: Message edited by: The_Nazgul ] -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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"Get rid" of George Bush. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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The_Nazgul welcomes you gnoll. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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OOC: Hey, it's me. Its Christmas holidays, which means more time to kill, which means I can RP again. I have to give you people some credit, I thought this RP wouldn't make it. I was wrong. Hope you don't mind me joining again, I can always delete it. I think I'll follow MSW suggestion about Cain not actually dying. IC: Darkness. Is this hell? Is this the afterlife…The void? Why am I conscious? Touch. A single drop of water fell on Cain's face; he felt the liquid slowly evaporate on contact with his new flesh, still hot from the epic combat. He slowly opened his eyes. Sight. First a blur, then color, finally shape and slowly everything came together to form an image. It was moss. He remembered something. The glowing moss on the cave ceiling released another drop of water on Cain's face, the cool water quickly evaporated. What happened? Where am I? Cain breathed out strongly as he moved his hand to his face. It felt rough and hard. Smell. As he inhaled deeply he felt the odors around him. It was a fetid smell, a smell of decay and dampness, but there was also a hint of warm dust all around, it came with the smell of something scorched…something burnt. It is said by elders and wise men alike that the sense of smell is strongly attached to memories. It was not any different for Cain, images of battle and fire flooded his mind, accompanied by screams of creatures and the deafening sound of explosions and falling rocks. Cain groaned. Hearing. He listened to the echo of his own voice bounce around in the darkness around him. For a moment he thought of it as alien and dangerous before realizing it was his own. My skin, my voice… The images gradually organized in his mind as he slowly but steadily stood up. He felt heavier, but somehow faster and stronger at the same time. Then the images came together as a finished puzzle and it was all clear. The crystal case, Orloki, the four armed beast and his blades, the cave-in. The blades! Cain looked at his chest, where he remembered the cold blades of steel had pierced his body. Tearing the burnt leather jacket he once used he stared at his new form for the first time. His body was slightly more muscular than before, but it was also dark, red and rough, like leather. No matter how hard Cain looked, there was no sign of a wound of any sort, not even the smallest scar from Cain's past battles as a mortal. He then looked at his hands, just as rough as the rest of his body but accompanied by short black claws. He pierced his chest with one of his claws; black blood covered his finger tip. He watched in pleasant surprise as the small cut slowly closed. Cain smiled as he liked the blood of his finger. Taste. No, not the blood in his finger, for Cain that tasted to nothing he could recall in his mortal life. No, this taste was different. Cain tasted defeat, he was slashed and tossed aside in battle with the four armed creature and Orloki had escaped, covering his exit with a mantle of dust and rocks that fell over him and, coincidentally, over the four armed monster that was about to slay him. He remembered clearly now, crawling to the corner under the cover of dust and darkness that, to all nearby spectators, might have looked like the demonic ashes of a slain demon. But no, he had escaped; he had survived, crawling to this small side cave and collapsed. How long was I gone? Cain walked into what was left of the temple. Shattered bones and rocks decorated the ruins of a once majestic structure. There was no sign of life anywhere around, but he felt life around him, or what he thought was life. Orloki, Cain could feel his presence just as Orloki could feel his, somehow, part of their spirits were still held together. Cain would never be free unless Orloki was vanished from the world of the living and he knew Orloki had the same plans for him. Cain reached for his old dagger, protruding from nearby boulders. As he held the item in his hand it felt, light, small, insignificant even. He took the dagger with both hands and twisted the fine steel with incredible ease. Gadgets of mortal men, I no longer need them. He tossed the ruined item aside. As he walked out of the ruins and up the twisting tunnels he could not help but smile as he remembered how he spent most of his mortal life in search of magic gadgets and trinkets of men. He would not need such things anymore; he was a new creature, master of his own destiny. No, not yet. As long as Orloki was alive he would never be completely free. Taking a long deep breath Cain released a fearsome hellish shout of defiance. "ORLOKI!!!!" The name of the demon lord echoed through the veins of the mountain, and every small creature and insect nearby trembled at the thunderous scream, for in their inherent instincts, they knew a hellish battle would ensue. -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, December 15 2005 06:23
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Hi there, I can't say I remember you, but then again, I don't really post much. I'm one of those who do more reading than posting. A "hi all" on my part is not out order, it has been a while since my last post. Now that christmas holidays start, I should have more time to kill in these boards. [ Thursday, December 15, 2005 06:27: Message edited by: The_Nazgul ] -------------------- "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying." Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, May 1 2003 07:00 |