Expanse: The City Reboot (Dark Fantasy Epic) Main Thread (Open, Started)

[Evrant-Knight]

Vergil Crawford - The Dean's Mansion (Gardens) - Tinsdal

"Very well then Andria, if you are fine and happy, then I am happy. After all, its elegant nights like these, that make you want to dance. Plus, it helps to have a beautiful dancing partner." Vergil remarked with a charming grin upon his face, as the pair began to dance.

Vergil began to hum a playful little tune, and was moving along in time to the beat; the Andria's body flowing elegantly with each individual step. The two of them slowly moved closer together, their feet, almost magically matching the distance, as their bodies touched. He then started to perform a few twirls, which Andria replicated with perfect synchronicity.

"I must say Andria, never knew you were such an accomplished dancer."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Vergil Crawford - The Dean's Mansion (Gardens) - Tinsdal

The couple continued to move with grace and elegance, as Vergil overheard conversation happening outside. He paid no attention for now, for his focus, was dancing. He could feel that Andria had made a step a few steps before he did, but decided not to bring it up, for it would only ruin the moment.

"So where did you learn to move like this?" Andria asked.

"I was taught by a woman known as Angela Scarletti, nicknamed the "Desert Queen". She was tall woman, platinum blonde hair that went past the shoulders; and gold coloured eyes. Tanned skin, although, much more tanned than mine; Probably born in the South Section, never did bother to ask. Then again, our knowledge of each other was mostly work related on my part."

 

[CrazyBlaze]

Telnor- The Dean's Mansion (Gardens)- Tinsdal

Telnor was looking around for Vergil and Vessel, finding them dancing he decided to have a little fun with it.

"Oh la la. Look at the two love birds tango. Is there a room for a sheet between this blanket and bed? A third leg on this stool? A second stick poking the tree? So how is the horse and who is the carriage in your little bumping? At any rate I think Mister Big Ol' Dean is about to make an address or something. Something important. At any rate Dancing Darlings lets go. I don't know it may be important.

 

[tobi the good boy]

Lucian Grey - The threshold of the North - Hollow's Peak

Lucian's strides began to rise with merriment as the ground beneath the black clad hunter's boots shifted from the coarse, jagged fissures of stone and snow to the welcoming paths of cooked mud and clay.

?Why are we here?? Lucian mused mockingly as he overpassed his brooding companion, the kick in his heels turning a merry waltz into the jubilant skips of a child, even the tail of velvet stemming from the tip of that atrocious piece of head wear wagged happily in his trails. Lucian was always fond of the North, the cold winds that sent shivers up and down his spine, the air of formality and intellect that shrouded the pain and woes of it's people and the Fashion!

?The North is a place of nobility, subtlety and silly little games.? Lucian listed nonchalantly before coming to a sudden stop and spinning like a dancer on the tips of his toes; his graceful display concluded with the locked gaze of gold and red, his body frozen in some ridiculous pose; a half bow with both arms extended at his side... A curtsey?!?

?Games that have rules... rules that are followed and bent, but never Broken. As to the 'Why', it's really quite simple; we need information, specifically 'where is our thief?' and no one in this world is more willing to part with secrets than that of scoundrels and scum.?

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Vergil Crawford - The Dean's Mansion (Gardens) - Tinsdal

Telnor's interference, caused Vergil to break the flow of his concentration; like needle coming off a record. Just as Telnor started to talk, the couple accidently stumbled onto the ground. A rather unhappy look appeared on Vergil's face as the Vessel lay on top of him.

"If we were in any other situation, I would actually be enjoying the way that the Vessel is lead on top of me." Vergil thought to himself, as this moment of discomfort, turned into a brief moment of pleasure and joy, a smile forming on his lips as this thought sank deep into his subconscious. He then assisted himself and Vessel up off the floor, dusting both of them down afterwards.

"Sorry for that Vessel, it seems we were interrupted." He remarked in a displeasing manner, as he gestured towards Telnor. Vergil raised his voice a little bit, and a little flare began to show in his crimson coloured eyes.

"Telnor. You had to go and ruin such a tender moment for us didn't you, with your light hearted antics. Pity. I was rather enjoying that. Everything seemed to flow nicely. Still, I suppose there is more time later. The Dean's announcement must be important, if we have to attend." Vergil sarcastically remarked in a nonchalant manner, openly showing his displeasure at having to stop.

 

[FinalDream]

Scarlett Verneer - The Dean's Mansion - Tinsdal

Artis gave a resigned sigh and looked at the woman. It seemed there would be no convincing her to leave. Placing the scalpel carefully down on the table he took a towel to remove the excess blood from his hands and extended his arm to show the way to the cold room.

?I have only just started my work. Are you sure you wouldn?t like to come back? Miss??

?Verneer. And. No. I want to see him now.?

?Very well.?

Scarlett looked at the old man and gave him a slight smile. It had been much easier to gain entrance to the mortuary than she thought. Scarlett walked the short distance to the cold room behind the old man and stepped inside once he opened the door for her. She shivered. The small tiled room was kept as cold as the mountain air to help preserve the body that lay on the wooden block, covered by a single white linen sheet. Scarlett looked at Artis and he nodded before closing the door behind him. She took a deep breath and stepped forward removing the sheet from table. A single tear rolled down her cheek as Scarlett looked at pale body of Kalyn Alexander Vaalender. Her father.

It had been a crazy couple of days. So much had happened. So much had been lost. The feelings swept Scarlett of her feet and she collapsed into the corner of the room. Tears flooding down her cheek. The little girl with the heart of stone was now breaking. Cracking. And falling apart like dust in the wind?

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Vergil Crawford - The Dean's Mansion (Gardens) - Tinsdal

"Why thank you for the compliment Vessel. We will certainly have fun on our little date in that regard. Come, we might as well join the others, and listen to the Dean's announcement, for what its worth." Vergil remarked, their arms locked, as he and the Vessel left their private area, paying no attention to whatever Telnor had to say.

 

[FinalDream]

Tear - The Dean's Mansion - Tinsdal

Tear felt lighter than before, as if a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders. She was sat on a bench in the garden hiding from the world when the **** approached her. Tear was still confused. She couldn?t work out how she felt about Scarlett removing, no stealing, the sigil from her. She didn?t understand much about it?s existence or meaning but Sera had treated it with respect. And for Sera that was unusual.

Sera?

Vergil had been right about her. She was a cruel and selfish woman. But in these last few years like a mother to her. She suspected Scarlett felt the same.

?You could say that.? Tear looked up at ****. ?I had something? stolen. Something personal.?

 

[Korten12]

Velen ? Gardens ? Dean?s Mansion - Tinsdal

?I am sorry? I just never believed this was going to happen. I saw the signs and I thought it would have stopped on its own as it seemed to have done so on the mountain pass? But then it came back?? Velen spoke to Itsuka who didn?t seem pleased with this answer.

Itsuka glared at him. ?What are we supposed to do now? We have no idea where Gemsi or Mizuki is! For all we know, he could have killed her!?

?I don?t think so? If he was going to kill her he would have just done it on the spot.?
?How do you know? You don?t know him.? Itsuka said crossing her arms.

Velen leaned back. ?You?re right, I don?t know him. But I got the feeling that this isn?t over so soon. I think he has a plan??

Dean Jastis Vo?ana ? Gardens - Dean?s Mansion ? Tinsdal

Everything had turned to hell, he had no idea how the Mage Order got in and now he was going to have to somehow deal with a Dark God? Things couldn?t get worse. Kalyn was dead and Mizuki captured, and some other guests were killed as well? He stood up from the ground and had to address everyone to get things under control.

The Dean got the guards to get everyone together. ?Everyone, I know that the events that just happened were horrific and I am still baffled at what happened. I still wish this was a nightmare. But it?s reality and we have to press on. No doubt the Mages Order will be angry at the news, but we can?t deal with them now. Right now we have to find a way to deal with the Dark God and quickly before he can cause mass death in the City??

Suddenly a pool of blood appeared and then spewed upwards and then outstepped Gemsi once more. Everyone got tense and the guards and everyone that got weapons were ready to strike. The Dark God grinned. ?I have come with news. Your dear Mizuki is still alive? If you want her alive, then you must get me these things? Thirty Virgin Women of the Elite Class, Ten Tank full of blood, and all the money in the North, no exceptions and all by tomorrow. If you fail, it won?t be just Mizuki who dies.?

With that the blood pool went down and Gemsi once more vanished. The Dean was flustered. ?Damn! How the hell are we going to comply to those demands!??

Velen stepped forward. ?We need not. We need to prepare and wait for his arrival tomorrow and strike.?

?But if we do that he will just kill us. Remember the fight against the Master eleven years? Most of our attacks did nothing and no matter how much we hit him he couldn?t die. We still don?t even know how we won.? Itsuka spoke.

?Then what are we supposed to do?? Velen spoke.

 

[DragonofDecay86]

Vincent - Threshold of the North - Hollow's Peak

Vincent sighed, walking past Lucian and his crazy theatrics to head further down the path to the district. Sometimes Vincent felt that Lucian got a little carried away with his theatrics, and would thus lose sight of their objective, but it seemed this time Lucian was the one who knew exactly what they would need to do.

"Lucian it seems that we will need to keep our eyes on our possessions the whole time we are in this district." Vincent said, looking over to the worn down walls of the district to see a few ragged-looking men standing next to a small fire and looking over in there general direction. Vincent smiled, his hand closing tighter around the pommel of his blade.

This is going to be a fun district.

 

[Korten12]

Dean Jastis Vo?ana ? Gardens - Dean?s Mansion ? Tinsdal

Jastis simply looked at the Vessel. ?Can anyone confirm this? I have never heard of such a person like this. Then again I didn?t expect a Dark God to manifest himself.?

Lorel Ion ? Gods Realm

Hours passed and the sun came up and stretched over the city and the trio began to make their way to the center of the city believing it would be the location of the Head God. The technology the Gods possessed was strange to them it was highly advanced but didn?t seem godly, and then again what they believed to be godly was only what they believed from priest tales.

When they reached further in they began to notice the level of technology changing it was looking for medieval and it was reflected on people?s looks as they began wearing clothes more akin to the City. ?Must mean that the City is reflected on time periods?? Suggested Ofila.

?Must be so.? Monica responded.

They reached a point where they couldn?t move through alleyways anymore, there was a huge plaza a head of them that they were going to have to cross. But how could they with their faces being widely known? Lorel and the two sat there trying to think of idea?s but none where coming up. They were in a pinch.

He looked out at the plaza and then noticed something, a small girl wearing rags, something no one else was, and she seemed more human then everyone. She was looking all around, looking scared, and he noticed her eyes were not white like the Gods and Goddess. Suddenly two Angels in heavy armor rushed over to her and then grabbed her by the arm forcibly.

She yelled out in pain but no one was looking at the situation. He didn?t understand what was going on but he couldn?t let it proceed. Lorel ran out of cover and unleashed spells at the two Angels sending them flying. The girl was crouched in ball, scared and crying. ?Your fine now? Those two Angels won?t be hurting you anymore??

She looked up and saw that her eyes were sky blue, and her hair was dark purple. ?Thank you mister?? She spoke in her young high pitched voice.

Suddenly he could hear screams and the Gods and Goddess noticed him. ?It?s the Dark God!? One of them exclaimed.

Ofila and Monica ran out of cover and over to Lorel. ?Lorel? You have just made the situation worse!? Ofila said.

?I couldn?t just have them hurt her!?

Ofila laughed. ?Can?t blame you.?

The Two Angels got back up and called in support immediate and the area was vacated. ?Dark God and Minions have been spotted, back up request. They have Subject 512.?

?Subject 512!?? A voice over the COM channel spoke. ?Damn? Trinity Knight Din will be coming.?

In seconds more Angels arrived and surrounded the group. ?What's the plan now?? Monica asked.

They couldn?t run or they would be shot and killed without even be able to do anything, and standing there and trying to fight would most likely yield the same results. Then he saw him, a large and tall man behind the Angels whom moved out of the way for him. No doubt he was a god with his white eyes. He wore large white armor with golden outlines and he had a large spear on his back.

?I am Trinity Knight Din, release Subject 512, and we may just let you live Dark God.? The man spoke in a very demanding voice.

Lorel frowned. ?Subject 512? This girl? What do you want with her??

?She is a broken Angel! She bares none of their strengths and doesn?t follow commands.? Din said.

He couldn?t believe what he just heard, she was in trouble for being more human than the Angels? Lorel stepped forward. ?Damn that! If you think we will honestly give her back to you so you could make her some mindless machine or kill her, then you?re wrong.?

Din was surprised by the answer and began to wonder if this was really a Dark God, the energy he was giving off suggested as much, but the two others were just normal humans, and there was something familiar about them. ?What?s your name??

Lorel was surprised by the question but answered none-the-less. ?Lorel Ion.?

Suddenly the man waved his arm and the Angels all ran off in seconds, and a Flying machine landed next to them. ?Follow me.? The man said as he entered the Flying Machine. Lorel was hesitant but they had no choice and there was something going on?

 

[FinalDream]

Scarlett Verneer - The Dean's Mansion - Tinsdal

Scarlett looked at the crowd assembled before the Dean and his guard. Anger. Fear. Hope. She saw a wide range of emotion displayed on their faces. Most of all she could see the loyalty of these people to the one man they looked to for salvation from this nightmare. Scarlett took a deep breath and joined the crowd remaining slightly out of sight from the group she had been travelling with. She didn?t want to start an argument. Not now. Everybody had been through enough.

She listened to the speech and drew her blade in surprise when Gemsi arrived to deliver terms on Mizuki?s life. They were outrageous. Like most demands. And Scarlett knew that to succeed the Dean and his friends would need one hell of a plan if they stood any chance of succeeding against this dark god. Scarlett closed her eyes in sorrow at the Vessel?s idea. That was not the thing to take lightly. Even if she had been ?taking in? gods and dark gods for years. Could they ask such a thing from the Vessel? Was the risk worth the price?

Scarlett looked at the group. Then at the dean.

?I can.? She said breaking the silence and drawing the attention of the crowd. ?But Vessel? are you sure about this??

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Vergil Crawford - The Dean's Mansion - Tinsdal

Vergil shouted in protest to the Vessel's plan.

"Don't do this Vessel. I mean, are you sure that this will work? What if this whole plan backfires, and you end up killing yourself."

 

[FinalDream]

Tear - The Dean's Mansion - Tinsdal

Tear looked at the floor. ?Is it odd that I don?t know??

Something in the back of her mind was causing doubt as to wether or not Tear wanted the sigil to be returned to her. Scarlett must have been desperate to get the symbol if she had gone to such extreme measures to remove it from her body. The attack might have left Tear a little shaken but it was the thought of what the sigil was for that was now driving the thoughts in her mind. She tried hard to remember all the times Sera had spoken about it, granted it was only on a rare occasion that Tear managed to prise even the slightest of details from her lips but still Tear was determined to remember something.

Tear looked back up at the ****. Something about her seemed a little odd. She dismissed it. The attack from Scarlett had come as quite the unexpected surprise. Given Tear regarded herself as a fierce fighter the fact she was still shaking unnerved her. Would she seek revenge upon Scarlett? Fight back and reclaim the sigil for herself? What was it even for? How did Sera come to have it in the first place? Should she talk to Scarlett about it and face her fear?

Tear felt frustrated. She was full of questions but held very few answers.