A.N.: Disclaimer is on chapter 1! Wheehee!! Okay, caaaaalm. Much better.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed my fic! ^^
As a side note, I realised after I re-read my first chappie that some of you may not have got the whole soul thing that I was rambling on about. If you already know about then feel free to get straight to the story, or you can read on and laugh at my amazing explanatory skills. ^^;;
Basically, at the beginning of Soul Reaver, Raziel had his own soul, he was thrown into the abyss etc. When it came to the part where the Reaver was shattered against him, and bound itself to him, he got another of his souls. As we all know from the end of SR2 Raziels soul was SUPPOSED to become the spirit of the Reaver. So, by the end of SR1 Raziel had two souls. The third soul was something I added on, on a whim, he devoured his Sarafan, or his mortal soul. I've probably just contradicted myself a load of times there, but I really hoped that helped those of you who got a lil confused about that.
ANYWAY, on with the story!
Chibi-Vash -- FINALLY!!
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First Steps
Kain was nowhere in sight, as well as the Reaver's physical blade.
Well, not surprising really. I always had been on my own, why change that now? For the time being all that mattered was finding where the Sarafan dogs had concealed Janos' heart. Kain could wait, wherever he was.
However, first things first. To escape this chamber and get my bearings. I stepped over my carcass and observed the door through which I had entered. Barred and bolted. Not a hope of escape there. I glanced down at my former self, my expression, a frozen mask of pain and horror. Once I had laid eyes upon my body, my eyes could not help but wander down to the gaping wound left by the Reaver, but once there my eyes ignored the wound almost instantly, and concentrated on a shard of cleaved armour. Light. A very bright, large amount of light.
I gazed up to the stone rafters of the chamber and spied the skylights, one shattered. How? I do not know nor do I care, it was a route to the outside! I looked up at a pillar, inspecting the masonry for faults. The last thing one wants when climbing, is to suddenly find oneself on ones back under a ton or so of rock. The pillar passed the test and with a leap, I was clawing my way up and out.
Upon reaching the skylight and observing the stronghold, I was faced with a choice of gliding out to the lake, or gliding down deeper into the hold. Gliding down to the lake would mean an easy escape, but would leave my quest for the heart of darkness in a somewhat awkward situation, however, going down into the hold, would mean a lot of fighting, but would eventually ensure that the heart would be found. Needless to say, I opted to go further into the stronghold. Oh how I love to make things harder for myself.
After my long descent, I find myself in a courtyard very similar to the one in which I fought my brothers Melchiah and Zephon. It was deserted, suspiciously quiet. The only company I had were the severed heads of numerous vampires. Sickening. Not wanting to behold the heads longer than I had to, I turned to the door leading into the stronghold, the only way to go. Upon opening the door, I began to regret making the choice to come into the stronghold as I came face to face with at least seven Sarafan guards. At times like this, I really do wish that I still had my glyphs. Luckily for me, they seemed to have been off duty as they had laid down their weapons. Of course, one also had the element of surprise..
Fighting the guards was still no easy task. It did not take them too long to recover themselves and take up their weapons, during this time, I had already managed to slay two of their number. They hardly gave me a chance to respond or recover as they crowded around me, I was continuously dodging, ducking and defending, not giving me a chance to attack, although it really isn't surprising, they did after all intend to purge the world of all evil beings. Namely vampires. Getting a few attacks in here and there I slowly wore the remaining five guards down, it was painfully slow, and I feared that no sooner had I dispatched these guards, more would arrive, and be heavily armed.
Finally only one guard remained. I wore him down to within a few inches of his life, not intending to kill him. I wanted answers. I tore his weapon from his hands and pinned him roughly against a wall.
"Where is it!?" I demanded.
"W-Where is what?" Was the weak reply he gave me.
"You know what I seek, the Heart of Darkness! Where has it been concealed? Tell me, or I shall make you suffer."
He laughed weakly, yet bitterly, "How could I suffer more than I already am? I am prepared to die. You will get no answers from me."
I shook him, "You will tell me! I intend to drag your death out as long as possible, give me an answer to my question and I shall make your passing far more pleasant.."
Again, he laughed, "I border the edge of mortality anyway, however, I shall enjoy watching you fail your quest for the demon heart." He coughed harshly, spraying a minor amount of blood upon me. "The heart has been carried far north, beyond the ruined eyrie, further north than you could imagine."
Those were his last words, his breath failed him, and his blood pooled around him as he hit the floor. So, the heart had been taken to the Frozen Wastes..
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A.N.: Chibi-Vash: *wanders in and settles on the computer chair* Hello, Vash here! Jessie is unable to write her author notes as she was struck by a rather nasty ailment around a quarter of a way through this chapter. So, I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce the brains behind this operation. Yep folks it's her budgie, Duo.
Duo: *twitters from the mirror*
Chibi-Vash: Well, as requested by Jessie, here are the thanks to the reviewers!
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J.M.S -- Was that a good Hmmmmm, or a bad one?
VladimirsAngel -- Thank you so much for feeding the Chibi-Vash, you are now his most favoured reviewer at the moment! (Chibi-Vash: *glomps*) I too am fascinated by Raziels 'suicide'. It really is intriguing, ne?
Mark -- Out of interest, do you know J.M.S? .Same response as the one to his applies.
MortalK55 - Thank you for reading my fic, oh esteemed humorous parody writer! Very much appreciated.
Lora-Helen -- ..Well hello again Laura! Thank you for the praise, but then you would know that it was quite a deep meaning, as you were with me when I started writing this and when I was playing SR and SR2 I had to stop every ten minutes and explain what was going on! ^^ Oh well, at least you understand now, yeah?
plink -- Heh. Like I said at the beginning, the soul thing was a lil confusing, but I hope you understand it now! *looks around as if expecting to see a floats pair of eyes staring at her*
Angel-chan -- YAAHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! Many thanks for enjoying my fic! Here is some more of it! Chibi-Vash would like it known however that he will only be allowed to be taken ransom, so long as the ransom money is $$30, 000, 000 (well he is rather shorter than Vash-Vash) and is regularly fed.
Lisa-Ann - I've been a good girl Steph! *holds out hands for the rights to LoK* Honest! *satanic tail pops out from under her jeans*
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Chibi-Vash: Well, Duo and I will nag Jessie for another chapter if you really want it!
Duo: *makes that annoying twittery noise that budgies are so good at and nips Vash*
Chibi-Vash: *edges away from Duo*
As a side note, I realised after I re-read my first chappie that some of you may not have got the whole soul thing that I was rambling on about. If you already know about then feel free to get straight to the story, or you can read on and laugh at my amazing explanatory skills. ^^;;
Basically, at the beginning of Soul Reaver, Raziel had his own soul, he was thrown into the abyss etc. When it came to the part where the Reaver was shattered against him, and bound itself to him, he got another of his souls. As we all know from the end of SR2 Raziels soul was SUPPOSED to become the spirit of the Reaver. So, by the end of SR1 Raziel had two souls. The third soul was something I added on, on a whim, he devoured his Sarafan, or his mortal soul. I've probably just contradicted myself a load of times there, but I really hoped that helped those of you who got a lil confused about that.
ANYWAY, on with the story!
Chibi-Vash -- FINALLY!!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
First Steps
Kain was nowhere in sight, as well as the Reaver's physical blade.
Well, not surprising really. I always had been on my own, why change that now? For the time being all that mattered was finding where the Sarafan dogs had concealed Janos' heart. Kain could wait, wherever he was.
However, first things first. To escape this chamber and get my bearings. I stepped over my carcass and observed the door through which I had entered. Barred and bolted. Not a hope of escape there. I glanced down at my former self, my expression, a frozen mask of pain and horror. Once I had laid eyes upon my body, my eyes could not help but wander down to the gaping wound left by the Reaver, but once there my eyes ignored the wound almost instantly, and concentrated on a shard of cleaved armour. Light. A very bright, large amount of light.
I gazed up to the stone rafters of the chamber and spied the skylights, one shattered. How? I do not know nor do I care, it was a route to the outside! I looked up at a pillar, inspecting the masonry for faults. The last thing one wants when climbing, is to suddenly find oneself on ones back under a ton or so of rock. The pillar passed the test and with a leap, I was clawing my way up and out.
Upon reaching the skylight and observing the stronghold, I was faced with a choice of gliding out to the lake, or gliding down deeper into the hold. Gliding down to the lake would mean an easy escape, but would leave my quest for the heart of darkness in a somewhat awkward situation, however, going down into the hold, would mean a lot of fighting, but would eventually ensure that the heart would be found. Needless to say, I opted to go further into the stronghold. Oh how I love to make things harder for myself.
After my long descent, I find myself in a courtyard very similar to the one in which I fought my brothers Melchiah and Zephon. It was deserted, suspiciously quiet. The only company I had were the severed heads of numerous vampires. Sickening. Not wanting to behold the heads longer than I had to, I turned to the door leading into the stronghold, the only way to go. Upon opening the door, I began to regret making the choice to come into the stronghold as I came face to face with at least seven Sarafan guards. At times like this, I really do wish that I still had my glyphs. Luckily for me, they seemed to have been off duty as they had laid down their weapons. Of course, one also had the element of surprise..
Fighting the guards was still no easy task. It did not take them too long to recover themselves and take up their weapons, during this time, I had already managed to slay two of their number. They hardly gave me a chance to respond or recover as they crowded around me, I was continuously dodging, ducking and defending, not giving me a chance to attack, although it really isn't surprising, they did after all intend to purge the world of all evil beings. Namely vampires. Getting a few attacks in here and there I slowly wore the remaining five guards down, it was painfully slow, and I feared that no sooner had I dispatched these guards, more would arrive, and be heavily armed.
Finally only one guard remained. I wore him down to within a few inches of his life, not intending to kill him. I wanted answers. I tore his weapon from his hands and pinned him roughly against a wall.
"Where is it!?" I demanded.
"W-Where is what?" Was the weak reply he gave me.
"You know what I seek, the Heart of Darkness! Where has it been concealed? Tell me, or I shall make you suffer."
He laughed weakly, yet bitterly, "How could I suffer more than I already am? I am prepared to die. You will get no answers from me."
I shook him, "You will tell me! I intend to drag your death out as long as possible, give me an answer to my question and I shall make your passing far more pleasant.."
Again, he laughed, "I border the edge of mortality anyway, however, I shall enjoy watching you fail your quest for the demon heart." He coughed harshly, spraying a minor amount of blood upon me. "The heart has been carried far north, beyond the ruined eyrie, further north than you could imagine."
Those were his last words, his breath failed him, and his blood pooled around him as he hit the floor. So, the heart had been taken to the Frozen Wastes..
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A.N.: Chibi-Vash: *wanders in and settles on the computer chair* Hello, Vash here! Jessie is unable to write her author notes as she was struck by a rather nasty ailment around a quarter of a way through this chapter. So, I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce the brains behind this operation. Yep folks it's her budgie, Duo.
Duo: *twitters from the mirror*
Chibi-Vash: Well, as requested by Jessie, here are the thanks to the reviewers!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
J.M.S -- Was that a good Hmmmmm, or a bad one?
VladimirsAngel -- Thank you so much for feeding the Chibi-Vash, you are now his most favoured reviewer at the moment! (Chibi-Vash: *glomps*) I too am fascinated by Raziels 'suicide'. It really is intriguing, ne?
Mark -- Out of interest, do you know J.M.S? .Same response as the one to his applies.
MortalK55 - Thank you for reading my fic, oh esteemed humorous parody writer! Very much appreciated.
Lora-Helen -- ..Well hello again Laura! Thank you for the praise, but then you would know that it was quite a deep meaning, as you were with me when I started writing this and when I was playing SR and SR2 I had to stop every ten minutes and explain what was going on! ^^ Oh well, at least you understand now, yeah?
plink -- Heh. Like I said at the beginning, the soul thing was a lil confusing, but I hope you understand it now! *looks around as if expecting to see a floats pair of eyes staring at her*
Angel-chan -- YAAHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! Many thanks for enjoying my fic! Here is some more of it! Chibi-Vash would like it known however that he will only be allowed to be taken ransom, so long as the ransom money is $$30, 000, 000 (well he is rather shorter than Vash-Vash) and is regularly fed.
Lisa-Ann - I've been a good girl Steph! *holds out hands for the rights to LoK* Honest! *satanic tail pops out from under her jeans*
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Chibi-Vash: Well, Duo and I will nag Jessie for another chapter if you really want it!
Duo: *makes that annoying twittery noise that budgies are so good at and nips Vash*
Chibi-Vash: *edges away from Duo*