A.N.: Yep, you guessed it, the disclaimer is on chapter 1!!
Oki-day, first and foremost, I'm SO SO SO SORRY for taking an age to write and post another chapter! Heh, I blame Kain for this. He's too damn fatalistic!! The little bugger! .
I still haven't found my chapter notes so, this may well be quite a random chapter, but I really hope that it fits with my story. It's confusing cuz I'm having to make assumptions in the time lines for the different games (namely Blood Omen 2 and Soul Reaver 2). It's confusing!! o.0;;
Anyhoo, the Chibi-Vash is back on his feet so, on with the fic! (Damn, this makes it sound like it should be a humour.)
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Per Chance to Meet
"Show yourself, I know you are here."
Ahead of me, who should step out from behind the Balance Pillar, but Kain.
"Raziel," He acknowledged. "I knew you would come."
I narrowed my eyes. I believe that I had once said this before. 'Every time I see you something cataclysmic happens.' I really would not be surprised if my quest would have many such events. Just as I had found my life come full circle at the Stronghold, a quests destiny it seems, always comes full circle too. For it all started here, at The Pillars.
"Kain. Why do you hound me? Is there not something better for you to do??"
He looked almost taken aback. It was only a flicker however, he immediately regained his composure.
"May I remind you Raziel, whom is it who saved you from your endless cycle?" He narrowed his eyes. "Our differences will be settled at a later date Raziel, the fate of our world is the more important matter. Hear me out Raziel, then make your assumptions."
I stayed quiet. I was strangely intrigued by what Kain had to say, I had a gut feeling it would affect my quest in one way or another. I would let him speak. Maybe what he knew would be of some use. He did not wait for a reply from me.
"As I said before Raziel, all of our actions were orchestrated by the Hylden, a race hell bent on revenge against our kind. The one who knew this most was Janos. Two hundred years before you walked again, I saw what the Hylden did to Janos. They used him to give energy to a machine and creature known as 'The Mass'. Using this being, they planned to rid Nosgoth of both humans and vampires alike, as 'revenge' on the ancients of our kind, for banishing them. To them, Janos made the perfect being to power the device."
Interesting as this was, I had places to go, I hoped that Kain would soon make his point..
"If you raise Janos again the Hylden may well try to use him to power the device. In their containment, there is no knowing what they may have come up with. They could well have created another being to wreak destruction upon Nosgoth. If this happens they will surely find a way either to the past or present, and eradicate everything.. That, Raziel, is why Janos must stay dead."
I considered what Kain had said. I saw now why he was so eager to keep Janos dead. But I had made a promise to myself and Janos, I would avenge him and restore him, I now saw reason to break my promise. So why did I still feel so compelled to go north?
Kain seemed to see my confusion as to what I should be doing.
"Fate commands you to find the Heart of Darkness Raziel. You will travel North whether it is your will or not, what you choose to do with the heart after you regain it, is left to you. The Hylden have planned this so that you will restore Janos to life. This is what you must fight."
And then, Kain was gone.. I despise fate.
There was no sense in lingering at The Pillars any longer, shifting to the spectral realm, I started north once again, with new thoughts.
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Jessie: Huzzah!! I finished at long last!! \^o^/ Man, I really hate dialogue heavy scenes!! Oh well, who knows when we will next see Kain again.
Chibi-Vash: Well, I hope it's not too soon. All his damn talking gave me a headache! *grumbles*
Jessie: Well that's your problem little dude! *smirk* Well guys, sorry if this chapter was a bit of a let down, but from here hopefully things will get better!! The plot shall thicken. At some point anyway.. FATE DEMANDS IT!!
Raziel: *grumbles and twitches*
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With thanks to those patient reviewers, and a set of LoK plushies:-
Angel-chan -- ^^ Whelp, me did finally continue! I hope you still read this and like the plushes! ^^;; *looks around and whips out a Raziel plush then sniggers* Voodoo!! =) *sticks a pin into it* (Raziel: GYAAK!! BITCH!! ) Heh, well, me thinks he'll talk now, under pain of voodoo!!
VladimirsAngel - Thanks for the icey cream, it helped the Chibi-Vash. I'll have to remember that one when I need to be jammy! ;) I'm glad that you liked the last chapter, this one I hope you liked too. I indeed agree with you about Raziel. That's why I wrote it. =)
Deionarra -- =) I still love Jenga, but then you may have gathered that already! I can see what you mean about the morbid-ish parts, I read your fic. And still am! ^^ It's kewl. Unfortunatly the God of Finding Lost Things has still not helped my find my notes, but I'm not gonna let that faze me. I WILL write more!!
Angie - Heh, hey cuz! ^^ Good to know that you liked this, even if I did kinda bully you into it.. *whistles innocently* (Chibi-Vash: *scowls and beats Jess around the head with a flowerpot*) _ Owwie...
MortalK55 - Heehee, well there was the chapter, hope it met up to the standards set by the other chapters of the story! The sugar was probably not a good idea, many character suffered voodooing at my sugar high, but I loved it!! More, more!! *goes slightly psycho and, on pain of flowerpots, voodoos with the plushies again*
Hash - Sorry about missing a shout out for ya in the last chapter. ^^ So, Hash is back!!
lora-helen -- *blinks* Laura, I really think you should see the school shrink more often! ^^ Well, I dunno what I'm gonna do with all the suff you gave me, but I liked it!! I dunno, it'll probably make it's way into an upcoming fic of mine in the near future.
May you all enjoy the plushes!
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Jessie: Whew! A few days rest, then I start typing again! ^^
Chibi-Vash: Not likely! *pulls out a Jess plushie and pins* WORK ON NOTES NOW!!
Jessie: *gets traumatised and starts scribbling* Memo to self: Voodoo not so hot.
Oki-day, first and foremost, I'm SO SO SO SORRY for taking an age to write and post another chapter! Heh, I blame Kain for this. He's too damn fatalistic!! The little bugger! .
I still haven't found my chapter notes so, this may well be quite a random chapter, but I really hope that it fits with my story. It's confusing cuz I'm having to make assumptions in the time lines for the different games (namely Blood Omen 2 and Soul Reaver 2). It's confusing!! o.0;;
Anyhoo, the Chibi-Vash is back on his feet so, on with the fic! (Damn, this makes it sound like it should be a humour.)
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Per Chance to Meet
"Show yourself, I know you are here."
Ahead of me, who should step out from behind the Balance Pillar, but Kain.
"Raziel," He acknowledged. "I knew you would come."
I narrowed my eyes. I believe that I had once said this before. 'Every time I see you something cataclysmic happens.' I really would not be surprised if my quest would have many such events. Just as I had found my life come full circle at the Stronghold, a quests destiny it seems, always comes full circle too. For it all started here, at The Pillars.
"Kain. Why do you hound me? Is there not something better for you to do??"
He looked almost taken aback. It was only a flicker however, he immediately regained his composure.
"May I remind you Raziel, whom is it who saved you from your endless cycle?" He narrowed his eyes. "Our differences will be settled at a later date Raziel, the fate of our world is the more important matter. Hear me out Raziel, then make your assumptions."
I stayed quiet. I was strangely intrigued by what Kain had to say, I had a gut feeling it would affect my quest in one way or another. I would let him speak. Maybe what he knew would be of some use. He did not wait for a reply from me.
"As I said before Raziel, all of our actions were orchestrated by the Hylden, a race hell bent on revenge against our kind. The one who knew this most was Janos. Two hundred years before you walked again, I saw what the Hylden did to Janos. They used him to give energy to a machine and creature known as 'The Mass'. Using this being, they planned to rid Nosgoth of both humans and vampires alike, as 'revenge' on the ancients of our kind, for banishing them. To them, Janos made the perfect being to power the device."
Interesting as this was, I had places to go, I hoped that Kain would soon make his point..
"If you raise Janos again the Hylden may well try to use him to power the device. In their containment, there is no knowing what they may have come up with. They could well have created another being to wreak destruction upon Nosgoth. If this happens they will surely find a way either to the past or present, and eradicate everything.. That, Raziel, is why Janos must stay dead."
I considered what Kain had said. I saw now why he was so eager to keep Janos dead. But I had made a promise to myself and Janos, I would avenge him and restore him, I now saw reason to break my promise. So why did I still feel so compelled to go north?
Kain seemed to see my confusion as to what I should be doing.
"Fate commands you to find the Heart of Darkness Raziel. You will travel North whether it is your will or not, what you choose to do with the heart after you regain it, is left to you. The Hylden have planned this so that you will restore Janos to life. This is what you must fight."
And then, Kain was gone.. I despise fate.
There was no sense in lingering at The Pillars any longer, shifting to the spectral realm, I started north once again, with new thoughts.
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Jessie: Huzzah!! I finished at long last!! \^o^/ Man, I really hate dialogue heavy scenes!! Oh well, who knows when we will next see Kain again.
Chibi-Vash: Well, I hope it's not too soon. All his damn talking gave me a headache! *grumbles*
Jessie: Well that's your problem little dude! *smirk* Well guys, sorry if this chapter was a bit of a let down, but from here hopefully things will get better!! The plot shall thicken. At some point anyway.. FATE DEMANDS IT!!
Raziel: *grumbles and twitches*
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
With thanks to those patient reviewers, and a set of LoK plushies:-
Angel-chan -- ^^ Whelp, me did finally continue! I hope you still read this and like the plushes! ^^;; *looks around and whips out a Raziel plush then sniggers* Voodoo!! =) *sticks a pin into it* (Raziel: GYAAK!! BITCH!! ) Heh, well, me thinks he'll talk now, under pain of voodoo!!
VladimirsAngel - Thanks for the icey cream, it helped the Chibi-Vash. I'll have to remember that one when I need to be jammy! ;) I'm glad that you liked the last chapter, this one I hope you liked too. I indeed agree with you about Raziel. That's why I wrote it. =)
Deionarra -- =) I still love Jenga, but then you may have gathered that already! I can see what you mean about the morbid-ish parts, I read your fic. And still am! ^^ It's kewl. Unfortunatly the God of Finding Lost Things has still not helped my find my notes, but I'm not gonna let that faze me. I WILL write more!!
Angie - Heh, hey cuz! ^^ Good to know that you liked this, even if I did kinda bully you into it.. *whistles innocently* (Chibi-Vash: *scowls and beats Jess around the head with a flowerpot*) _ Owwie...
MortalK55 - Heehee, well there was the chapter, hope it met up to the standards set by the other chapters of the story! The sugar was probably not a good idea, many character suffered voodooing at my sugar high, but I loved it!! More, more!! *goes slightly psycho and, on pain of flowerpots, voodoos with the plushies again*
Hash - Sorry about missing a shout out for ya in the last chapter. ^^ So, Hash is back!!
lora-helen -- *blinks* Laura, I really think you should see the school shrink more often! ^^ Well, I dunno what I'm gonna do with all the suff you gave me, but I liked it!! I dunno, it'll probably make it's way into an upcoming fic of mine in the near future.
May you all enjoy the plushes!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jessie: Whew! A few days rest, then I start typing again! ^^
Chibi-Vash: Not likely! *pulls out a Jess plushie and pins* WORK ON NOTES NOW!!
Jessie: *gets traumatised and starts scribbling* Memo to self: Voodoo not so hot.