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Post by Monika on Jun 6, 2009 11:39:08 GMT -5
Leon awoke from his unconsciousness and smiled before breaking out into laughter. He couldn't believe he was still alive and desired to celebrate...but they had a mission to accomplish. "I was saying something before I passed out...Ah, yes, the Fire Orb." Leon said, counting on his fingers to make sure he was correct. He blew sand away from everyone before continuing. "Hmm...Everyone, move out of the way for a moment. I'm going to track down this next location using some nifty illusion magic."
Rather than wait for the party to move of their own accord he whispered the word 'Push' to his staff. A light gust of wind pushed them all to the edges of Bill's lovely tower/ship/flying device thing. Leon rushed to the center and drew his standard Illusion symbol into the floor, something he had only done twice before: once against Calfrun and once against Mari.
The symbol began to glow as he said
"Lord of Illusion, hear my desire! Reveal to me the Orb of Fire!"
The symbol erupted with light, prompting Leon to shield his eyes. Once the light faded, a transparent map appeared in its place with a flashing red 'X' in a very unusual location. Leon walked up to the map and grabbed it before muttering "Oh dear..."
"It seems the next Orb is in...a volcanic mountain. What's worse is that the mountain is inaccessible from anywhere other than underground. If we tried entering via another route the mountain's defense would activate and-
Leon grabbed Mari's arm again and withdrew a sheet of paper from his pocket. He siphoned a milligram of her power and created a bolt of lightning from the sky. The bolt incinerated the paper on contact before turning it into liquid and then...into nothing. It just disappeared.
"-that would happen." Leon withdrew a small book from his pocket that he had stolen from Raphael's library during the Wind Sage saga. "According to this book, the lava is specifically designed to completely erase anything it touches. So...yea...Underground. To make things even worse, we sort of need to make a trip to Clyde...Ever since he turned into some freaky demon thing, he hasn't let people underground much...Which explains why my pet dragon hasn't come back yet." Leon recalled that Chaos had tunneled underground pages ago to scout for news but had yet to return. Unnerving though it was, he ignored it for the time being and awaited input from the others.
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Post by thecheat on Jun 6, 2009 11:59:49 GMT -5
A choir of angelic DREADHAWKS (reference point) burst into song as they appeared from nowhere all around the party. Guitar solos of unimaginable magnitude shredded the very air as the faint sound of DANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA could be heard. The DANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA grew louder, as if approaching from some great distance. As the fog of time cleared, so did the sound of the DANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA. Suddenly, an incredibly badass figure began spinning out of the sun as if it were a newspaper headline from some old, really bad TV show. The figure was yelling DANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA. The silhouette ceased it's spinning in favor of a series of aerial stunts, including back flips and triple-salchows. The physically impossible stunts seen by the party (who were aroused from their state of unconsciousness by the dreadhawk choir and guitar shred-fest) could only be performed by one impossibly handsome and hardcore individual. That very same individual landed on the tower thing, sending a tremor throughout the entirety of its structure. "About that lava junk...that's what happens when I bleed. That being said, try to stay away from me when I bleed. It doesn't happen often. Twice, to be exact. Now...where's your bathroom? I've been holding it in since I mysteriously disappeared." Narrator, the god-like entity who only wants someone to match him in a battle of a catastrophically imaginative scale, has returned. That delightfully neutral figure from the Awesome Land past is back to ROCK YOUR DAYS SO HARD THAT YOU WONT KNOW WHICH WAY IS KOSHER.
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Post by Mizagium on Jun 6, 2009 12:12:08 GMT -5
(HOLY @(%#$*%#$)(%#$)%*#)$%*#)!!!!)
Johnny merely stared. "Where have YOU been the last two seasons, huh? We could have REALLY used your help!"
Matteas looked confused. "Just who is this fellow, anyway?"
"He's..." he sighed. "The Narrator."
"The... Narrator?"
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Ridley, Riley, and Rachel circled the Tower, keeping an ever present watch. They saw the angelic chorus of Dreadhawks and sighed.
"Looks like he's back, huh?" Riley said finally.
"Yeah, I guess so..." Ridley said absently.
"So, pretty much everyone from Awesome Land is back?" Rachel asked.
"Except the Watsrobes..."
"Yeah, whatever happened to them?"
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Knox sat in the controls with Byll. He saw Narrator's return, but said nothing. His mind was focused on Sarah...
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Post by Myrdraxxis on Jun 6, 2009 12:12:40 GMT -5
(holy crap dreadhawk!)
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Post by Razgat on Jun 6, 2009 12:13:46 GMT -5
Mari stared at all the Dreadhawks and Narrator. "So.....the mountain?"
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Post by thecheat on Jun 6, 2009 12:14:52 GMT -5
"Where have I been? WHERE HAVE I BEEN? I've been looking for the bathroom. I could have used the toilet in my pocket, but where's the challenge in that?"
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Post by thecheat on Jun 6, 2009 12:16:35 GMT -5
"Screw it, I don't care anymore."
Narrator proceeded to piss off the side of the tower. The wildlife that his glorious piss rained down upon was never the same again. Poor critters can't even look anyone in the eye anymore...
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Post by Mizagium on Jun 6, 2009 12:16:38 GMT -5
Everyone stared. HARD.
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Post by thecheat on Jun 6, 2009 12:18:31 GMT -5
Narrator isn't what you'd call self-conscious.
"Look at it. LOOK AT IT. YOU HAVE TO LEARN SOMETIME."
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Post by Myrdraxxis on Jun 6, 2009 12:20:32 GMT -5
Farther away from the group, where no one noticed, Hermit pulled himself to his feet. His body hurt, but he could barely proccess the fact that he was even still alive.
A vision of his newly demon-ized companions flashed into his mind and he shuddered. He glanced down aty the new gauntlets on his hands then back at the Awesome Land group. He began to think.
If they were against Zais....
Hermit turned and thought about simply heading off on his own.
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Post by Mizagium on Jun 6, 2009 12:20:58 GMT -5
"So... are you here to help us find the Fire Orb, with our enemy-turned-friend Leon?"
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Post by thecheat on Jun 6, 2009 12:23:56 GMT -5
"I'm about to DO WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT," Narrator thundered. The sun hid behind a cloud. You heard me, the sun HID. The cloud didn't move, the sun did. Narrator's cool like that. "At the moment, I want to find out why my blood's in a mountain. I never bled enough to fill a volcano. Once I bled on purpose to break a lock, the other time I tripped and fell into a pile of swords. Both of those where just paper cuts, though. WHO THE HELL SYNTHESIZED MY LAVA BLOOD?"
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Post by Mizagium on Jun 6, 2009 12:38:10 GMT -5
"Probably this Clyde fellow," Matteas offered. "Leon said something about him just before you arrived."
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Post by Myrdraxxis on Jun 6, 2009 12:40:50 GMT -5
Hermit stared at Narrator. Oh yes, going off by himself was appealing more and more to him....
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Post by Mizagium on Jun 6, 2009 12:41:59 GMT -5
"Hey you! I know you!" Matteas pointed at Hermit, who wasn't hid quite as well as he thought he was. "You're Hermit Crab, or something..."
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Post by Myrdraxxis on Jun 6, 2009 12:53:21 GMT -5
Hermit twitched in annoyance. "It's Hermit.." he grated out. "And you SHOULD know who I am, I beat your ass, remember?"
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Post by Mizagium on Jun 6, 2009 13:02:24 GMT -5
"Oh, yeah... HEY!"
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Post by thecheat on Jun 6, 2009 13:54:36 GMT -5
"Sounds like someone needs a hug. C'MERE SAD FACE," sez The Narrator.
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Post by Monika on Jun 6, 2009 17:33:55 GMT -5
Leon stared at their old/new companion with an expression of awe and exasperation. "Welcome back...Narrator." Leon said, though in his mind he thought something completely different. "As for the lava, I'm not sure how it was created or why it does what it does, but we're going to have to tunnel underground to avoid it." Leon looked around for a moment before adding "Except Narrator. Considering his blood is of a similar quality and supposedly travels through his body all day, I doubt he'll be harmed."
"Anyway, we'll need to take the ship back to Super Land for a moment. Even though it's a million feet in the sky it happens to be the closest method to getting underground." Leon said, recalling the portal outside Raphael's palace.
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Post by Myrdraxxis on Jun 6, 2009 17:39:41 GMT -5
Hermit began walking away.
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