Tikobe
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| 29 Oct 2013 09:43 PM |
2ne's Beating Hearts Profile.
Chapter 1: Homunculus You have been accepted into the Homunculus Guild, an organization devoted to slaying the Homunculi. They seem to have taken a particular interest into a taboo subject with the object in mention being you, though what it is is beyond you. All you know is that they have called you out to some place called the Well of Souls.
Chapter 2: ??? ???
Chapter 3: ??? ???
Beginning: A man in a brigandine tunic with plate armor on his legs and arms and a targe shield with a mace approaches you. Behind him is some kind of cave, with a strange blue glow coming out of it. The man is Jaten, the current manager of the Homunculus Guild.
"Are you ready?" he asks. For what is beyond you.
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| 30 Oct 2013 03:15 PM |
| "Yes, I am ready" I am eager to see what is beyond the cave |
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| 30 Oct 2013 11:48 PM |
| "I can't help but to say I admire her enthusiasm," says Daric, the second-in-command, as he comes out of the cave, "But she doesn't look for sight before she charges into an unknown and possibly dangerous area blind." |
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| 31 Oct 2013 06:42 PM |
| I am annoyed by the last comment and replies," That is not true" I stand there waiting for further instructions/comments |
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| 31 Oct 2013 10:58 PM |
"You do NOT speak to your superiors that way!" commands Daric.
"Now Daric, the girl can be a little feisty, that's good. Could save her every so often," says Jaten.
"Or killed..." replies Daric. |
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| 01 Nov 2013 06:27 AM |
| I sigh. "I am sorry" I said feeling a little guilty |
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| 02 Nov 2013 11:11 AM |
| "No need to be sorry, Daric isn't much of a people person," says Jaten, leaving Daric a little shocked and hurt, "Now, follow please. I must explain to you the nature of this place." |
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| 02 Nov 2013 11:38 AM |
| "Ok" I said following Jaten. As I pass by Daric, I whisper "Sorry, and I'm sure he didn't mean it" seeing the hurt look on his face. I smile with a thumbs up letting him know that everything will be alright. Then, I continued on into the cave looking at my surroundings with Jaten |
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| 02 Nov 2013 11:54 AM |
(Copy/Pasted from another Beating Hearts thread. Yay for simple ways to do things! xD)
Walking while talking inside of the cave, Jaten explains the whole concept.
"About 2 years after the first Homunculi, we learned of... something. A Soul Shield, as Seers, people who can see into the Soul, call them. It prevents a Homunculus from tapping into your spiritual heart. However, it can only be unlocked through a ritual here in the Well of Souls. And there is no promise that you'll have one. You won't even know until one tries to do it. It is because of this, that all recruits must undergo the ritual, any guild member with a Soul Shield can help us tremendously. Now, as to what makes the place so unattractive. The Well of Souls is a device, not an actual well. It is of Ancient-make, just like the giant statue that looks over the city. The Ancients, some call them the Elves, had necromancers, like we did, but where we gave the Homunculus their vampiric abilities, the Ancients' necromancers tried to give theirs an actual soul. It is because of this that they made the Well. It has the uncanny ability to trap all the souls of those who died near it inside of the device. The Ancient Necromancers had killed hundreds of their own people to store into the device. There could be hundreds, if not thousands, of souls inside of the Well, unable to go to the Hereafter. Sadly, the project never worked, but it has the ability to repulse Homunculus, unlock Soul Shields, and has a dark enough past no human would come to see the secret ritual."
He stops in front a strange device, purple metal with hollow rings spinning all around in random directions, firing blue, lightning like beams at an ethereal glow of sky blue.
"Any questions before we start?" Jaten asks. |
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| 02 Nov 2013 12:05 PM |
| I smile" Not at this moment" |
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| 03 Nov 2013 12:45 AM |
"Very well. Now this ritual shall have 3 phases, the first being the Oath," explains Jaten, motioning to Daric to start the Oath.
"Do you, Dara, agree to keep the secret of the Homunculus Guild, to join the fight when we need you to, and help us until you leave? And you will most likely leave after your first job, like most people. Do you agree to admit your mortality, to know that these Homunculi are stronger then you, better then you, capable of more advanced magic then Human mages, and yet you will still fight them until you die. Do you agree to keep our happenings here at the Well of Souls and our Oath a secret, and do you realize you can turn back right now, though Jaten and I will kill you if we see you have any intent on sharing the secret," says Daric. |
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| 03 Nov 2013 09:53 AM |
| "Very well. Phase 2! The Unlocking! Just touch the base of the Soul Well. Don't ask how long though, Daric and I will tear you away when you need to stop," says Jaten, pointing to the round, motionless base of the Well. |
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| 03 Nov 2013 03:15 PM |
| "Ok" I put my hands on the base of the device Soul Well |
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| 03 Nov 2013 09:45 PM |
| Images flash through your mind, making you see strange things, people being murdered, and statues. Statues, lots of them. Statues... that kill. As sudden as these images started, they stopped, Jaten saying, "28 hours..." |
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| 03 Nov 2013 10:27 PM |
| Even though the images had stopped, they keep on playing in my head. The murdering, why? I am reminded of why I must fight. I have to take away the enemies in order to keep peace... There is no reason for bloodshed, yet people still thirst for blood. It is greed and power that takes our souls to a new place, a bad one. But there needs to be someone there for you, to take away greed and power, to bring happiness. Everyone deserves a second chance, I want to be that person who leads evil into new light, I want the world to be a peaceful place. Then I heard Jaten say "28 hours..." I wonder what he means |
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| 03 Nov 2013 10:41 PM |
"Alright..." says Daric, writing down some papers into his book, "28 hours connected to the Soul Well... That's the average amount... Pity."
"Well, at least Terilda will be happy. That girl never is please when the results are similar, if only she understood the limits of time the human body has," says Jaten, who goes to you.
"Amazing, isn't it? When we touch the Well, we are connected to it, and the souls of the people inside. We see their memories... Horrifying images. I always hear about the murders of those who were used to make this, but yet, you mumbled about statues... Strange, you're one of 4 people who mentioned that. Always about giant statues that would come to life, and kill mass hordes of innocents. It makes me think of those Colossi, the strange statues that the Ancients left behind. Peculiar things, they're in perfect condition after thousands of years, and some even appear to breathe... No matter, time we get to the third Phase, a Celebratory Drink, and/or a meal, the meal being mandatory. You've been connected to it for nearly a day, best to eat and restore your strength," says Jaten. |
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| 04 Nov 2013 02:45 PM |
| "Ok! Then lets go have some meals! I hope you guys had some food, water and sleep while I was touching the well." I am ready to go have a nice meal with Jaten and Daric, I hope we can be friends even if all the Homunculi are dead. I wonder what would happen next, our future that is beyond our grasp. |
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| 04 Nov 2013 10:32 PM |
Optimistic, are we?
Well, anyways, before entering a daze, it is a celebratory drink, after all, Jaten tells you, "By the way, tomorrow, you are to meet Terilda. She's our Historian, meaning she keeps track of the records which are a crucial, mandatory thing unless we want to be shutdown by the King, and our Mission Assigner. She'll give you your first mission, consider it a separate test. Most members leave after their first Homunculus, and so we figure it best to purge those who would. Terilda records it to be 60% of all new recruits. Pray hope you're not in that crowd, though no one will be mad at you for doing so."
Daric comes in, "So, what do you want me to get you both. Meal's on me?" |
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| 04 Nov 2013 10:56 PM |
| "Ok, I will make sure I meet her." Then I turn to Daric, " Do you want me to pay for the meal? :)" "Oh, and do you know what time it is now?" |
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| 04 Nov 2013 11:02 PM |
"No, I got it, don't worry," says Daric.
And you realize you were there at night, and it's been only 24 hours. The sun will rise soon. |
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| 04 Nov 2013 11:04 PM |
| "Oh, ok! Then lets watch the sun rise, it will be beautiful! We can watch it while we eat! :D" |
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| 04 Nov 2013 11:07 PM |
Jaten just gives you a blank stare.
"Nah... I'm good..." says Jaten, obviously confused by this statement. Perhaps the Guild isn't always fun and games. |
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| 04 Nov 2013 11:21 PM |
| "Ok. Hm... So what should I have...." |
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| 05 Nov 2013 05:46 PM |
(I believe a time skip is in order here...)
You climb up the slope to the shoulders of the Heart Colossus, the Colossus that the city was built around, where a ridge with several buildings await the following morning. You see a building made of golden-brown wood, showing all the trademarks that indicate the headquarters of the Homunculus Guild. |
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