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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Aug 13, 2018 11:09:58 GMT -8
Name: Personal Stuff
Requirements: Approved Character
Job: You need to deal with something personal. Anyone can GM it. No world changing things, nothing lore heavy. (Can be the player once, can be the GM once a month per player.)
Bonus: Be the GM +2 exp
Payout: +3 exp, Random Loot Roll
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Rai would be riding on the motorcycle he was currently borrowing from Trin. He had gotten a little turned around on his way from leaving Hades Territory. He was intending to make a short cut back to the girls but... he had gotten lost, well... not exactly lost, he just felt like something was calling to him... when he felt the pull was at it's strongest Rai would stop. Looking around the sky and air seemed to be a creepy red color.
"What is this place?"
Rai asked himself. There was something... familiar about it. But what Rai couldn't quite put his finger on it. Rai would begin to roam about this strange Territory. What few people were here and there would be very suspicious and scatter anytime Rai go close to them. But despite how afraid the people were they couldn't help themselves from being drawn to this stranger, something about him called out to them, but their fear was enough to keep them from coming any closer. For now Rai would just continue to look around.
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Post by Onides Une on Aug 13, 2018 11:58:14 GMT -8
Yes many avoided Raikotsu and many ignored and distanced themselves from him. However while kept distant a fair few remained watchful. You can tell them apart from the usual innocent crowd. They were dressed in a patchwork rebelious fashion they wore black and metal, were dirty, stained, and armed. Every time one spotted Raikotsu they would follow one step to step.
Only watching though.
You there! a voice heavily clothed seemed eager to get Rai's attention.
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Aug 13, 2018 12:07:48 GMT -8
Hearing the voice Rai stopped, curious. Looking around he would attempt to see who had called him and from where.
"Hello?"
Rai would ask.
"Who's there?"
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Post by Onides Une on Aug 13, 2018 12:27:56 GMT -8
A small hand reached in from her cloak and pulled out a cloth blotched dyed and darkened with blood. She waved it to him.
"Over here! Hurry! Before they catch you." she called. Not even they will hurt you but they wont treat you kindly.
From within the building poured out more Rebelious looking men as they converse amongst themselves. I take it back... They wont be nice at all Blood Dragon. Best come with good company or so I say. Some have waited for this day, some have prepared for this day.
This one speaking looks at a person to send a message into ones mind. It is a one way and short connection.
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Aug 13, 2018 12:31:31 GMT -8
Rai was quite curious as to what was happening. But he would heed the woman's warning and make his way towards her.
"What's going on? Who are they, and why do they have a bone to pick with me?"
Rai pondered for a split moment.
"Wait, what do you mean 'Prepared for this day?'"
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Post by Onides Une on Aug 13, 2018 12:50:43 GMT -8
She tapped a wall after seeing him come for her. She waited on him too get close.
"Since you left this place split apart. Hungry unworthy men spilled not but blood to gain control and..." she looked side to side. "They enjoy keeping it."
She grabbed Raikotsu by the shirt and they slipped through a wall that was solid not moments ago. This place might be the most familiar to Raikotsu but it was as if a battle tore it up and the many of people who come in and out of it seem to have tried to put it back together.
"This place saw many of those men but we who waited for this day have kept it, ours... Yours."
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Aug 13, 2018 13:04:55 GMT -8
As Rai walked into the building he could feel it, this... this place was what he was being drawn too. But, why? For what reason could he have been drawn here? He would walk around inspecting the place. Listening to the woman's words. Wait...
"Mine? What do-"
Just then Rai was slammed with memories he had long since attempted to forget. Memories of the Crimson King. He could feel the cruel blood lustful ruler still apart of him. Rai grimaced.
"This... this 253 isn't it. The Crimson Kingdom."
There was bad taste in his mouth after uttering those words, the air suddenly tasted a little too heavily of Iron... He recognized this place now. This was where he had buried the Bleeding Mansion. After all the horrors he had committed within it's walls Rai couldn't bring himself to keep it with him. So he buried it to symbolize the death of the King.
"What happened here? I thought... I thought y'all would have been better off without me. I never intended for any of this to happen..."
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Post by Onides Une on Aug 13, 2018 13:34:19 GMT -8
"No one here blames you." Men and women came as word spread amongst the halls many would begin to adorn their own symbolic token. Shirts, scarves, gloves, and other clothes dyed thick and dark with blood.
"No we were not better without you, but we wear blood and are ready to spill blood to keep what was yours... What is ours." she undid her cloak and sat in an old chair. Her hair was a stark black but her face was half tattoed in red from her hair line to her cheek bones. "It is a matter of this was our home and we agreed with your envision of it. Pride and hope of it returning to its former peace."
A good fifty or so people ranging all ages stood and looked at him with stoic and pained looks. It was a constant war since he left. They were hardened by it and yet never waning on their Determination.
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Aug 13, 2018 13:44:56 GMT -8
Rai would look at the people throughout the room. All wearing blood stained clothes... It was kinda creepy. Then again, he wasn't really one to talk since had built an entire mansion out of his blood after years of cutting himself to bleed into the foundation of the building... So we'll call this even.
"Are... you sure that you want the Crimson King back. He... I... was cruel back then, hard. I'm not the same anymore, and I'm not sure I want to return to that. If you want my help in attempting to restore order in this territory I will help, but... Are you sure that's what you want?"
In the back of his head Rai imagined the voice of the King that he used to be. Go on, do it, reclaim what is rightfully yours and rule as is it is your right. You know this is what you want. Embrace it. Rai shook his head. He knew it was only his past fears and regrets clouding his mind, it wasn't a real voice. However, if he had any real hope in growing stronger for the future, he had to prove he was better now than he was back then, and this could be the place to do it. Looking back to the woman who had brought him here.
"So, is it your wish to re-crown the Crimson King?"
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Post by Onides Une on Aug 13, 2018 17:46:37 GMT -8
"Well, lets put it like this. The old King left us, all this is his fault. But... You say you've changed? You been cleansed of this sin and it will no longer touch you?" She smiled. "Then it is not a Resurection, but a Redemption. Raikotsu Sudeki king of the Crimson Kingdom does not have to dig up his past if we can have a better future." a chorus or agreeing voices amd nods echoes in theory faces.
"Old king, new king, or... Maybe no king?" she shrugged. "What it is you choose, will you still be leaving here without fixing something for the better?" the look of anticipation ran through her eyes. They believed in Raikotsu, not sure they would actually understand the weight of it on Rai. But it was plain to see they were running thin on options and resources.
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Aug 13, 2018 20:47:20 GMT -8
Rai listened to the woman as she spoke, and it filled him with confidence and inspiration.
"Alright. Then lets make a statement. Nobody move."
Rai would close his eyes and hold his arms out. He could feel it calling him. His old home. Just beneath the surface, itching to return to its former glory. Rai would meditate on the feeling and become connected with blood beneath his feet. Then he would flick his hands up and there would be sudden and large rumbling, it would feel as though a large earthquake was happening beneath their feet. Then slowly black blood would come oozing from the ground all around. The floor that Rai and the others were currently in would begin to rise, like an elevator, as the mansion began to take shape and form around them. Walls, ceilings, halls, door ways, stairs... all coming back to it's original glory. Faster than even Rai expected. It was as if the mansion itself wanted to be complete again. After a short period of time the mansion would stand whole once again. Though, for some reason it seemed a lot larger than Rai remembered... like, a hell of a lot larger... Something to figure out another time.
"Alright, our strong hold is now back in action. Now, lets take back the rest of our territory."
Rai would look around the room.
"Who's with me?"
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Post by Onides Une on Aug 13, 2018 21:06:53 GMT -8
The power of him has sent her body tingling and many on their knees cheering and crying with joy.
She smiled and went to a window as the red burning light began to show through. Which made her speechless. A few bright eyes joined her she placed a gentle hand over the child and held tight.
He asked who was with him and she turned looking to him with a wicked determined look on her face.
"Light the beacons and send the birds. Let ours know the time has come at last!" She smiled. "We have many, and many more will join as we light the way for a new hope. For now I need to tell you what you're up against."
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Aug 13, 2018 21:14:41 GMT -8
Rai would walk towards the back of the room and a Throne would materialize as Rai sat down. Then he would hold up hand to make a table and chairs appear for everyone else.
"Then, let this officially be our first war meeting."
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Post by Onides Une on Aug 13, 2018 21:41:50 GMT -8
She would actually lead him to an old offic with a wide table. Their was a map of the territory of new and old. Battle plans and tactics lined the walls and pined to the table and chairs. A bit disorganized but everything is spread in a deliberate manner.
"I am one of three generals this is our base and we spread out amongst the land using birds to communicate. One of us speaks to creatures and another mmolds bone at will. Many of us have Qi but many more do not. A lot of them had baught by our competitors. The resistance and the scavengers." she pointed to the colored areas on the wall map showing the territories.
"We have an agreement and a copy in each of our hands what land we control. But passing through each land is no problem and no trouble; for business see?" She zeroed in on the resistance spot. It was bigger than the other two. "Here were the people who almost got you. Strong and powerful, we've had to be smart and resourceful to keep them away but they are greater in number."
Finally touching the smallest portion of the map. "The Scavengers, they do no harm but they are rich and are neutral. They care about money, highest bidder wins a Scavenger's favor. Industry and resources come from them."
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Post by Raikotsu Sudeki on Aug 13, 2018 22:28:32 GMT -8
Rai investigated the map as she spoke, nodding.
"Hmmm, what are the chances of unification of the land. Despite all the in fighting that has been happening throughout the years, these people all use to be neighbors and even family. I can't imagine they would all want to keep fighting if we could find a way to unite them, right?"
Rai would ask hopefully, though... he had seen enough darkness in the world that he himself doubted his own words.
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