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Post by Razgat on Sept 27, 2009 13:45:23 GMT -5
Cybele shrugged and sat up. "Well, you WERE able to cross it, which seems weird, but you DIDN'T know it was illegal. I can't punish you too harshly for that, that just seems.....wasteful." Cybele grabbed the gavel. "I hereby sentence you to a week of community service!" She slammed the gavel on the stand.
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Post by Mizagium on Sept 27, 2009 13:47:52 GMT -5
Community service?
"Sounds like a chance to check out what Aurora has done with the place," Johnny remarked to Sarah. She nodded. Cassandra nearly fainted from relief.
"Alright then, when do we start?" Johnny asked, none too enthusiastic.
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Post by Razgat on Sept 27, 2009 13:54:32 GMT -5
Cybele smirked. "I don't think you understand me too well. My comunity service is very...diffrent."
She left briefly and came back with kids' craft scissors and and a few squirt bottles. "I want you to cut every blade of grass individually, all measuring to be two inches exactly and then water each plant with a gallon of water using these squirt bottles. This begins day one."
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Post by Monika on Sept 27, 2009 13:57:17 GMT -5
"Have you lost your mind!?" Leon exclaimed. The sudden outburst triggered his suit to fire missiles from his boots, damaging the courthouse even more. "Ugh...I'll have to learn how to operate this thing soon." he muttered to himself.
"I was Emperor of this country for almost a decade! No way I'll be reduced to community service!"
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Post by Mizagium on Sept 27, 2009 13:58:10 GMT -5
Everyone's jaw visibly dropped. "Every... blade of grass..."
"Two...inches...."
"Gallon of water...."
"With squirt bottles." they all moaned.
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Post by Razgat on Sept 27, 2009 14:02:01 GMT -5
Cybele smiled and tossed the equipment to them. "Just wait for day two. You'll be scrubbing the streets with toothbrushes."
This job seems pretty fun so far.
"You may have thought Tyras was bad, but I'll be worse. Way worse."
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Post by Mizagium on Sept 27, 2009 14:05:27 GMT -5
"Is it too late to choose death?" Johnny whispered as they shuffled outside to begin their menial labor.
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Post by Monika on Sept 27, 2009 14:06:00 GMT -5
"Come on! We don't have to take this! Why don't I just destroy this place, like old times!" Leon laughed, preparing to send the entire courthouse into the Shadow Realm, home of all of his favorite Shadow brand products. But he couldn't.
"What?" Leon tried casting a tornado spell, but failed again.
"What!? Water! Fire! Wind! Earth! Something!" Leon yelled, but each attempt at magic failed.
"No...I can't use magic...NO!" he yelled. The wound from the Soul Cleaver had drained all of his inherent magical ability, and he was reduced to a standard human. With a power suit, of course.
"Screw that! I'll do this the old fashioned way! I refuse to perform community service for this place!" Leon yelled, and a pulse of crystal energy fired from his hands, destroying more of the courthouse.
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Post by Razgat on Sept 27, 2009 14:21:25 GMT -5
Cybele leaped off the stand and pounced on Leon, pushing him to the ground. She stood above him and knealed down so she could speak to him. "Do that again and your punishment will become worse."
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Post by Myrdraxxis on Sept 27, 2009 14:25:46 GMT -5
Typhos watched all this...glad that he was barely a part of all this madness. Though he did wonder why all these soldier's heads were asploding...
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Post by Monika on Sept 27, 2009 14:31:10 GMT -5
In a place far away from Awesome Land but extravagantly close...
Clyde stretched himself out upon the ground of the Fallen Paradise. His home...His palace...His, well, paradise. The massive fallen-angel-demon-monster thing sighed, as no one had come to visit him since Omega World Phase 3. Being a powerful entity, one would've expected him to escape this dreaded paradise of his, but due to his ridiculous size, the comparatively small entrance, and his being bound there magically, Clyde had no choice but to remain there.
"Ah...How lonely I am...I'm almost regretting abandoning Super Land for this place..." Clyde sighed. His only condolences were his video games; he had purchased the X-Cube, a system which had only been mentioned one other time in the entire AL series. He began playing a very odd game; it allowed him to view his acquaintances and their HPs from his TV screen. He had also purchased a telescope, and utilizing both he discovered a confusing oddity.
"My telescope, directed at my old home..." Clyde sighed again. "Shows me that Raphael is no longer in Super Land, and he would never leave unless he ceased to live. But...This video game says he's still alive. Slightly lower health, but still alive...Hmm. " Clyde pondered, but before he could finish thinking he sensed someone approach him. He immediately rose to his full height (roughly 20 feet) and yelled in a booming voice:
"WELCOME TO THE FALLEN PARADISE! I AM-
"Cut the foolishness, Clyde." said the man who had entered Clyde's realm. He donned a black hooded robe and was accompanied by a younger girl wearing standard teenage girl clothing.
"R-Raphael? How did you recognize me? I hadn't seen you since I was demonized! How are you?!?" Clyde gasped; he had heard so many orders from Raphael that his voice was easily recognized.
Raphael removed his hood to show his face, revealing slightly wrinkled skin and graying hair. "Before you ask, I'm wearing a black robe as opposed to a white one to keep a low profile. The Four Orbs have been destroyed; Cynthia and I-" The girl next to Raphael raised her hand and hung her head in shame.
"-managed to survive. They thought they killed me, but no one noticed the post in the thread that said I merely gave up and was never defeated. H'Razia was killed and Karzem...Well, I don't know about Karzem." Raphael said, checking his watch. "As you know, because of the curse placed on the denizens of Super Land, without the Wind Orb's power my lifespan is almost at an end and Super Land is...doomed." Raphael sighed.
"Why are you telling me this?" Clyde asked, close to crying. He restrained himself; one of his tears could have very well flooded the area.
"You were my second in command, Clyde, and even though you acted rashly and betrayed me, I am a man of forgiveness. I left young Aeon a note declaring him the new leader and, smart as he is, I want you to watch over him. Make sure he does his job right." Raphael sighed again, growing slightly weaker each second.
"Thanks..." Clyde replied softly, happy that he could reconcile things with his former commander. "So...Where are you guys gonna go next?" Clyde asked, trying not to end the conversation on such a sour note.
"Cynthia and I are going to attempt to rebuild her country of Pyresia. She says that it was mercilessly destroyed by a man who fits Veralice's description quite well." Raphael and Clyde both laughed heartily, having had their adventures with Leon in the past. Cynthia looked at each disdainfully, prompting them to stop.
"Is that so?" Clyde asked. "Well...I don't wanna keep you too long..Seeing as how you're limited on time...Goodbye...Lord Raphael." Clyde chuckled, having grown accustomed to not having to address anyone by "Lord".
"Goodbye, Second-in-command." Raphael chuckled back, and he and Cynthia disappeared into the darkness of the Fallen Paradise.
"Alright...I suppose I've a job to do, then. Last request and all..." Clyde said with a hint of sadness, focusing his telescope onto a certain part of Super Land. With it he saw...
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Aeon awoke from his room, a small area roughly the size of a bathroom. He didn't mind the cramped space; it provided him with every necessity. He looked in the mirror hanging on his closet and sniffed. He saw his reflection; a humanoid creature with talons, short wings, short tail feathers and a beak. He was a bird like humanoid, as were all the citizens of Super Land after a curse placed on them so long ago. He didn't mind it, however; Super Land was a floating island, hundreds of feet above Awesome Land, so the location suited the bird creatures nicely.
"Ah...One day I'll find a way to reverse this curse. Stupid Leon..." Aeon coughed; Leon Veralice had become an anathema amongst the citizens for his pilfering of the Masamune which caused them to take the form of birds. "No use crying over spilled blood, though." he laughed, hovering and hitting his head on the low ceiling of the room. The impact shook something from his nightstand. It was a note which read:
Dear Aeon,
After Clyde abandoned us and I was defeated by Leon and company, I made the only logical choice by leaving you all. You're better off without me. Mark my words: I am not dead, but I will be quite soon. From this point forward, you, for your diplomacy, problem solving and ability to resolve anything, are hereby the new Lord of Super Land. Use your newfound power to do anything necessary to the survival of your people. Good luck.
Sincerely, Ex-Lord Raphael
"NUH-UH! NO WAY NO WAY NO WAY OMG OMG OMG" Aeon said hurriedly, not believing what he had just read. He knew it had to have been true, however, because Raphael wrote in such a manner with such a rare type of pen that no one could impersonate him, even a master of forgery. In his excitement, Aeon hit the ceiling again, passing out onto the floor.
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Leon instinctively fired a pulse of energy from the orb on his chest, knocking Cybele away. "You must be crazy if you think I'm gonna listen to you just because you're one of my sister's drones." Leon said, getting to his feet and destroying more of the courthouse.
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Alastor and Laurine continued working on whatever their device was.
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Post by Razgat on Sept 27, 2009 14:37:44 GMT -5
Cybele growled. "I'm no drone! Leave before I send you to prison! You'll be tortured for sure!"
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Post by Monika on Sept 27, 2009 14:51:25 GMT -5
"Whatever you say." Leon laughed, always happy to comply. "Just don't expect the grass to be cut by these hands." He lifted up his hands and looked at them. They were cloaked in silver robotic gloves, powered by energy from the Power Crystals.
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Aeon woke up and jumped up happily, this time making sure to NOT hit his head on the ceiling. "Yea! I'm the new High Seraph of Super Land! Time to go do stuff before some terrible plot twist planned by some evil person messes things up!" Aeon said, and he ran off to the palace of Super Land to plan things.
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"Alastor, how much longer til this thing is ready?" Laurine demanded, growing impatient rapidly.
"Please understand, Laurine, that I just lost my brother AND assistant AND I have to build this thing for you. It will take time...hopefully no more than a few days...And we'll need a power source, preferably one that's not the-
"Already taken care of!" Laurine laughed, taking bags and bags of Power Crystals from some compartment. She had raided the mines after the people had finished excavating them.
"-Power Crystals...Ah..." Alastor sighed and resumed work on this project.
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Post by Razgat on Sept 27, 2009 14:54:32 GMT -5
Cybele growled again and pulled Leon to his feet. "I don't care who you were, but you're definitely doing something!"
She pondered for a moment, trying to decide a propper punishment. "Alright, you'll be the town cryer for two weeks. You just have to walk around and yell out the time and news every once in a while. Just go and get out of here!"
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Post by Monika on Sept 27, 2009 15:02:52 GMT -5
"Easy enough." Leon smiled. "Thank you for the duties you're performing for Awesome Land." He laughed in an almost mocking tone before exiting the building so he could scream stuff like a madman.
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Post by Razgat on Sept 27, 2009 15:12:41 GMT -5
Cybele sighed and left the somewhat destroyed court room. She stood in front of the guards (Bara, Toulient, and Tyohos) and told them to keep an eye on the prisoners before leaving to turn onto market street.
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Post by Mizagium on Sept 27, 2009 15:41:19 GMT -5
Touleint watched Cybele go, and turned to General Bara. "I don't think I like her."
Johnny and the others commenced to using pre-school safety scissors to trim the blades of grass one by one.
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Post by Razgat on Sept 27, 2009 15:56:08 GMT -5
Bara sighed and turned to his soldiers. "I don't like her very much either, but we have no choice."
He then turned to Galiana, who had collapsed from shock. Thomas was watching over her, trying to wake her up. "If she doesn't wake up soon, you should take her home and get her to bed. I've seen it before. She should wake up soon. Go tell a servant first about her so she doesn't get into any trouble for not being at her post."
Thomas nodded and picked her up, carrying her in his arms. Her red hair fell over her face. Bara brushed it away and looked at her with concern before turning to follow the prisoners. He called out to Typhos and Toulient. "Come on, boys, we have work to do."
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Post by Mizagium on Sept 27, 2009 18:39:41 GMT -5
"Work? Aren't we supposed to be watching them?"
Please leave Johnny wished.
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Post by Monika on Sept 27, 2009 19:04:54 GMT -5
Aeon looked around his country of Super Land before stepping outside, his shining white robe battered by the wind. He examined the huge golden stone wall that was engraved with various symbols explaining the Masamune. "That Leon...Under my rule he'll pay for the crimes against my country. I suppose I'd better announce to everyone that I'm the new High Seraph...It'd be weird for them not to know." Aeon laughed, running around outside and showing Super Land citizens the letter from Raphael.
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Aurora walked in on Laurine and Alastor working on their project and put her hood back up. "What is going on, Laurine? What are you working on?" Aurora asked, eying their work with a bit of distrust.
"Ah! Aurora! Just the lady I wanted to see!" Laurine ran up and hugged Aurora, creating a state of confusion in the mind of the Imperatrix.
Aurora pushed herself away and asked "Are you alright, Laurine? You seem a bit-
"Ecstatic!?" Laurine jumped up and down, unable to contain her happiness.
I was going to say something else... Aurora thought before commanding Laurine to stay still for at least one moment.
"It's just that...I want to serve you so much, Your Majesty, that I was hoping that you would let me tend to foreign affairs without Winston. I would like to travel to Super Land myself with a few soldiers to establish a treaty with them." Laurine requested, kneeling before Aurora.
"Uh...Sure? Just...Don't hug me again, please..." Aurora sighed as Laurine began jumping up and down again, wondering what was going on. She bid the two adieu and walked off to the tower, planning out events for the next day.
Perfect. Absolutely perfect! Laurine thought. She turned back to Alastor and quickly did in 10 seconds what would take Alastor about 30 minutes to accomplish on the device they were creating. He was shocked by her speed but considered it a side effect of her happiness. "How much longer, Alastor?" Laurine asked.
"Ah...Really all we need to do is set up a testing area for it. Such a machine is dangerous and we should know what it's capable of before using it." Alastor's eyes widened as Laurine began shoving ridiculous amounts of Power Crystals into the machine, along with Siphon Crystals to promote the devastating reaction that happened when the two touched together.
"You really shouldn't do that!" Alastor warned, but it was far too dangerous to take the Crystals out.
"Hmph. Don't bother dissuading me. Set up the testing area directly above the Alpha District, Alastor." Laurine instructed, looking around the lab for something.
"Are you mad!? You'll be hitting-
"I know. I'll be taking that old airship of Leon's up to Super Land for a bit of work there. I will contact you via our badges and give you the word 'Fire' when I want you to start the machine." Laurine chuckled before running to the garage area of Alastor's lab and driving the airship out to where Toulient/Typhos/Bara and co. were.
"You all! Come with me immediately!" She commanded them without any other instruction.
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