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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 18, 2013 14:36:07 GMT -8
Once more a familiar figure would darken the land around the wall. This time as few had seen him before. No armor of Golden Godhood nor symbol or trappings of Draconic origin were trapped across his figure. The arm made of stone did not hang at his side. Mathew came not with a show of strength but a show of vulnerability. He was not here as a God, nor as an Elder. He was not here to reverse a curse or to unite the land.
So much continued to happen and every step he took seemed slow and agonizing. He had spent his life teaching and looking after himself. Even taking students of his own recently. He was a master, with nothing to learn, no challenges ahead. He had been foolish, blinded by his ego. Years wasted believing he knew it all. He had just scratched the surface. It was only recently that he accepted the idea of a teacher, only after his eyes had been opened to new wonders and ideas. It was only now he saw how vast the ocean of potential really was.
"Mother Gaia."
He called out, back straight and looking up at the wall. A proud man who had clawed and earned everything he had and everything he was. What he did next was not easy, but when he felt how she moved the Earth he felt like a child watching his parents. He had never encountered anyone with his talent but her skill before. It was no salve to his pride however. And it took visible effort and a very plain look of discomfort for what he planned to do next.
What they demanded was respect. Respect from everyone, but perhaps more so from him than others. To have been transformed so easily showed the breadth of their power in a way that killing Leon with ease could not. He had felt it first hand, and it was humbling. He had disliked that feeling, and thinking back on it he couldn't help but taste bile. He was not used to being overpowered so completely. And so for the first time in his life Mathew dropped to a knee before the wall. His fist digging into the dirt as he bowed his head.
"Mother Gaia. I humbly ask that you grant me the honor of studying under you. I wish to refine my skills in the art of shaping the Earth."
He was here to learn.
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Post by David B. on Dec 19, 2013 17:31:46 GMT -8
Gaia watched, stepping out of the wall as Mathew had called. Taking to the knee, however, got her eyes to light up. This was the correct way to seek something from the Titans. Supplication. Bowing. Honoring. They were made and lived to rule, and those they ruled should know it. Not anything against these little creatures, but the Titans, in the end, should be the ones they worshipped, and no one else.
"And why would I want to teach you? You could be my enemy tomorrow, for all I know."
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 19, 2013 17:56:38 GMT -8
He looked up as she spoke.
"You're right. I could be your enemy tomorrow. But that would be the choice of your people. I will take any and all precautions I can for mine. But I still believe that unity is our best way to stop Strike and his desires."
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Post by David B. on Dec 19, 2013 18:00:55 GMT -8
Gaia stared.
"Do you even know his desires?"
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 19, 2013 18:04:17 GMT -8
"I have been told he wishes revenge. He has been working with the creation of super soldiers."
As had Barker.
"I have seen the result of his handiwork. Killing with ease and for symbiotic masks which we do not fully understand. Yet also willing to let others use them. I do not fully know his desires, but I do know that they do not bode well for us. He has shown that much already."
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Post by David B. on Dec 19, 2013 18:09:40 GMT -8
She checked her nails.
"So, you want me to teach you, yet you don't understand several things. You don't understand the one you call your enemy, yet you pretend that we should help you fight him. You don't understand yourself, so you seek to keep yourself busy without facing the truth of who you are. And you don't understand your power, so you hope that I will bring the understanding. For someone who expects so much, you understand very little."
Still...it wasn't a no.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 19, 2013 18:22:52 GMT -8
"To not understand your enemy fully does not mean you can not recognize that they are your enemy. But I know that he has shown himself to be my enemy. I recognize that not every person may feel the same."
He said in regards to her first statement.
"As for knowing myself. I think I know myself better than most people know themselves. And I know what I am willing to do to achieve my goals. I know why I do what I do, and I know what I want. What I really want. I am fully comfortable with who I am, and with my demons and my positive side."
More than he could say for most people.
"And do you have a better idea for when you meet someone with the same skill set as you that could do it better? Would you not do the same in my shoes?"
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Post by David B. on Dec 19, 2013 18:31:07 GMT -8
She shook her head.
"You have a stone head. One would have thought you learned, when the truth came out about Barker."
She smirked.
"We have been watching you a long time. And of everyone in your little gang, I expected it to be your wife who wanted from us first."
She stared.
"I like you. You know how to play the game. Tell me what you would do with this power. Vanquish your...'enemy', and rule the world?"
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 19, 2013 18:40:23 GMT -8
"At the time Barker was my enemy. I do not believe I was wrong. However right now the enemy of my enemy is my ally. And if you believed that my Wife would want from you first then perhaps it is you who does not know me that well."
He said, more than a little pleased at that.
"What I am going to do with my power is die from it. My fate is not to rule, but to die. And I am fine with that. Because no matter what I will complete my mission, even if I must crawl out of the afterlife itself once more. I will see my enemy vanquished and give my family a chance to live before I lay down to rest."
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Post by David B. on Dec 19, 2013 18:44:56 GMT -8
She laughed.
"Or maybe you and your wife don't understand each other as well as you think. She will come to us, eventually. I thought it might be her first but....you will see. Kronos will have his way with her and you both."
Gaia watched, eyes glinting.
"The power you want me to awaken in you...may kill you. In fact, I'm almost certain it will."
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 19, 2013 23:14:10 GMT -8
His face darkened when she said that Kronos will have his way with his wife. He would not if Mathew had anything to say about it. That was for damn sure.
"There are a lot of things in this world that will probably kill me. I'm used to it."
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Post by David B. on Dec 20, 2013 4:24:33 GMT -8
Gaia smiled.
"Very well, Dragon. I'll train you- if you do something for me. I seek an item of great power."
Her penetrating gaze stilled.
"The bolt of Zues. Fetch me this weapon, and I will train you."
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 20, 2013 8:51:10 GMT -8
Mathew stood up and shook his head.
"Then I shall go without your training. I do not steal from friends and allies. To ask me to do such would beg me to not offer you and your kind the same respect. I will learn what I need to learn elsewhere."
And with that he would turn to start leaving.
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Post by David B. on Dec 20, 2013 11:17:02 GMT -8
She watched him go, not moving to stop him, but speaking anyway.
"Your friend doesn't have it. And i'll get what I want anyway. Will you?"
She would meld once more with the wall!
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Dec 20, 2013 11:19:42 GMT -8
"Then who does have it?"
He called back over his shoulder. Stopping in his tracks.
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