~*~* Where the Quest Takes Us *~*~
Chapter 7 - 2 Daft, 2 Ludicrous
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"Why on earth would we not kill this man!?" protested one of Sheba's guards. "He's a frickin' PSYCHOPATH!!" and then, to drive in what he had just said, Issac unleashed another wave of psychotics.
"Take THAT!!" Issac said, stabbing the guard squarely between the eyes.
"Issac! Stop!" Sheba called.
"He started it." Issac said childishly, pointing at one of the eleven guards surrounding him.
"Me? Why me? You jerk!" said the guard, just before being stabbed.
"CUT THAT OUT!!!" Sheba said. "WHY ARE YOU BEING SUCH AN A-"
"Whoa whoa whoa!" Ivan said, cutting her off. "I'm sure we don't want to be calling Issac any nasty things right now."
"Right..." Sheba said, taking a deep breath.
"Now, Issac, we need to talk." Ivan said.
"About what? The issue of why this STUPID GUARD GOT HIS BLOOD AlL OVER MY NEW SHIRT!! I OUGHTA CUT HIM A NEW EYE!!!" Issac screamed.
"You already did that." Sheba said, pointing to a dead body with a hole in it's forehead.
"Oh. Heh heh heh..." Issac chuckled almost evily. "Anyway, what is it you need to tell me?"
"I just talked to a small boy. He said there's an evil sorcerer that's using his mighty powers to make you go insane." Ivan explained.
"There's a small boy sorcerer who's using his insanity to give me mighty powers? ALL RIGHT!!!" Issac cheered.
"You misheard me." Ivan said, repeating his explanation.
"Ohhhhhhh..." Issac said longly.
"Anyway, this sorcerer's in Lemuria, so while you're talking to Piers, I'll deal with him." Ivan said.
"And I'm coming too!" Sheba said. "I mean, my palace is pretty much destroyed anyway, and not one person's gonna like my explanation on why there are eight guards down."
"You're coming with us? Great!" Ivan said, smiling.
"Whoo! More companionship!" Issac said. As he did, he didn't notice one of the guards that had just been knocked out was standing up. Having missed everything that had happened in the last five minutes, he raised his sword and ran at Issac.
"No! Stop! He's not... Oh my..." Sheba said worriedly. Issac had picked up the guard by his legs and was spinning him around in circles.
"THE LADY SAID STOP!!! AND I HAD JUST CALMED DOWN, TOO!!! YOU ARE AN INSENSITIVE CLOD!!! YOU MUST PAY ACCORDINGLY!!!" Issac bellowed, releasing the guard to go flying at the wall. His body went limp, and he slid slowly down the wall.
"Oh-kay, Issac, I think you've killed enough..." Ivan started.
"HE'S NOT DEAD YET!!" Issac yelled, grabbing a nearby wall torch. He set fire to everything flammable in sight, including the dead bodies of some of the guards.
"Aw, crap..." Sheba said, starting for the door. Unfortunately, the door was made of wood. Wood is flammable. Issac had already set fire to the door.
"Looks like it's out the window for us." Ivan said, leaping out a nearby window. He gave a short yelp as he broke through the glass.
"Ivan no, it's..." but Sheba's warning came too late. She was going to say that the window was seventy feet off the ground outside, but before she could, Ivan was falling and screaming.
"Where's Ivan?" Issac asked, running up to her, his left sleeve on fire, the back of his head singed, and one of his boots gone completely.
"He just... He..." Sheba held back sobs. "He's... Surely dead..." she started to cry.
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Issac and Sheba broke through the flaming front door and went to inspect Ivan. It seemed indeed as if he was dead.
"No... Ivan..." Sheba said through sobs. "Before we leave for Lemuria, I want to give him a proper burial. Okay?"
"Of course." Issac said.
They went to town and purchased a casket and two shovels. When they returned, they found Ivan's body lying in exactly the same place it was when they had left. Issac and Sheba placed Ivan in the casket and began digging the hole.
An hour later, a rather strange girl walked up to them. "Hi. My name is Silver Yukai. I was a friend of Ivan's back in Kalay. I heard he had died, and I came to attend his funeral." the girl had short sand brown hair with blue streaks, and wore a long green tunic.
"He died only an hour and a half ago. How'd you get here so fast?" Sheba asked curiously.
"Oh, that's not important right now. I notice this palace is on fire." Silver said weirdly.
"Uh, yes, it is..." Sheba said, exchanging weirded out looks with Issac.
"CAN I GO INSIDE AND WATCH STUFF BURN?!?!" Silver suddenly screamed.
"What? Are you insane?!" Sheba exclaimed. "Go inside if you want, but I'm not promising you'll come back out alive."
"YEAH! FIRE, HERE I COME!!!" Silver said loudly, running for the front door.
"Anyway, let's bury this guy." Issac said. He and Sheba lifted the casket and placed it in the large hole they had dug. They each said a few words, and began filling in the hole.
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Ivan awoke in complete darkness. He went to sit up, but cranked his head on a VERY low ceiling. "What the...? Where am I?" he said. "I must have been knocked out... But..." he tried to see where he was, but there was absolutely no light anywhere. He suddenly became aware that he was having trouble breathing. He began to panic, and started pushing hard on the roof. It wouldn't budge. He tried the walls. No luck. There wasn't enough room in whatever he was in. "I've gotta get... Out..." he said to himself. The lack of air was becoming a real problem, and he started to feel dizzy. He had an idea. He managed to turn himself over, and prepared to cast his most powerful Psynergy straight down. He cast Spark Plasma, and it worked! The bottom of his dark prison blew up, as well as the ground below. Ivan tumbled blindly into the hole, and eventually found himself splashing around in some water. It was still dark, but he could fix that. He took off his cape, and set fire to it with his Psynergy. The room lit up, and revealed he was floating around in an underground lake!
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Mr. Jupiter: Yes, just incase you didn't gather so, the winner of the contest was Silver Yukai. So many correct entries, I had to do the random draw thing again. Thanks for playing, and good luck next time!
Chapter 7 - 2 Daft, 2 Ludicrous
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"Why on earth would we not kill this man!?" protested one of Sheba's guards. "He's a frickin' PSYCHOPATH!!" and then, to drive in what he had just said, Issac unleashed another wave of psychotics.
"Take THAT!!" Issac said, stabbing the guard squarely between the eyes.
"Issac! Stop!" Sheba called.
"He started it." Issac said childishly, pointing at one of the eleven guards surrounding him.
"Me? Why me? You jerk!" said the guard, just before being stabbed.
"CUT THAT OUT!!!" Sheba said. "WHY ARE YOU BEING SUCH AN A-"
"Whoa whoa whoa!" Ivan said, cutting her off. "I'm sure we don't want to be calling Issac any nasty things right now."
"Right..." Sheba said, taking a deep breath.
"Now, Issac, we need to talk." Ivan said.
"About what? The issue of why this STUPID GUARD GOT HIS BLOOD AlL OVER MY NEW SHIRT!! I OUGHTA CUT HIM A NEW EYE!!!" Issac screamed.
"You already did that." Sheba said, pointing to a dead body with a hole in it's forehead.
"Oh. Heh heh heh..." Issac chuckled almost evily. "Anyway, what is it you need to tell me?"
"I just talked to a small boy. He said there's an evil sorcerer that's using his mighty powers to make you go insane." Ivan explained.
"There's a small boy sorcerer who's using his insanity to give me mighty powers? ALL RIGHT!!!" Issac cheered.
"You misheard me." Ivan said, repeating his explanation.
"Ohhhhhhh..." Issac said longly.
"Anyway, this sorcerer's in Lemuria, so while you're talking to Piers, I'll deal with him." Ivan said.
"And I'm coming too!" Sheba said. "I mean, my palace is pretty much destroyed anyway, and not one person's gonna like my explanation on why there are eight guards down."
"You're coming with us? Great!" Ivan said, smiling.
"Whoo! More companionship!" Issac said. As he did, he didn't notice one of the guards that had just been knocked out was standing up. Having missed everything that had happened in the last five minutes, he raised his sword and ran at Issac.
"No! Stop! He's not... Oh my..." Sheba said worriedly. Issac had picked up the guard by his legs and was spinning him around in circles.
"THE LADY SAID STOP!!! AND I HAD JUST CALMED DOWN, TOO!!! YOU ARE AN INSENSITIVE CLOD!!! YOU MUST PAY ACCORDINGLY!!!" Issac bellowed, releasing the guard to go flying at the wall. His body went limp, and he slid slowly down the wall.
"Oh-kay, Issac, I think you've killed enough..." Ivan started.
"HE'S NOT DEAD YET!!" Issac yelled, grabbing a nearby wall torch. He set fire to everything flammable in sight, including the dead bodies of some of the guards.
"Aw, crap..." Sheba said, starting for the door. Unfortunately, the door was made of wood. Wood is flammable. Issac had already set fire to the door.
"Looks like it's out the window for us." Ivan said, leaping out a nearby window. He gave a short yelp as he broke through the glass.
"Ivan no, it's..." but Sheba's warning came too late. She was going to say that the window was seventy feet off the ground outside, but before she could, Ivan was falling and screaming.
"Where's Ivan?" Issac asked, running up to her, his left sleeve on fire, the back of his head singed, and one of his boots gone completely.
"He just... He..." Sheba held back sobs. "He's... Surely dead..." she started to cry.
*** *** *** ***
Issac and Sheba broke through the flaming front door and went to inspect Ivan. It seemed indeed as if he was dead.
"No... Ivan..." Sheba said through sobs. "Before we leave for Lemuria, I want to give him a proper burial. Okay?"
"Of course." Issac said.
They went to town and purchased a casket and two shovels. When they returned, they found Ivan's body lying in exactly the same place it was when they had left. Issac and Sheba placed Ivan in the casket and began digging the hole.
An hour later, a rather strange girl walked up to them. "Hi. My name is Silver Yukai. I was a friend of Ivan's back in Kalay. I heard he had died, and I came to attend his funeral." the girl had short sand brown hair with blue streaks, and wore a long green tunic.
"He died only an hour and a half ago. How'd you get here so fast?" Sheba asked curiously.
"Oh, that's not important right now. I notice this palace is on fire." Silver said weirdly.
"Uh, yes, it is..." Sheba said, exchanging weirded out looks with Issac.
"CAN I GO INSIDE AND WATCH STUFF BURN?!?!" Silver suddenly screamed.
"What? Are you insane?!" Sheba exclaimed. "Go inside if you want, but I'm not promising you'll come back out alive."
"YEAH! FIRE, HERE I COME!!!" Silver said loudly, running for the front door.
"Anyway, let's bury this guy." Issac said. He and Sheba lifted the casket and placed it in the large hole they had dug. They each said a few words, and began filling in the hole.
*** *** *** ***
Ivan awoke in complete darkness. He went to sit up, but cranked his head on a VERY low ceiling. "What the...? Where am I?" he said. "I must have been knocked out... But..." he tried to see where he was, but there was absolutely no light anywhere. He suddenly became aware that he was having trouble breathing. He began to panic, and started pushing hard on the roof. It wouldn't budge. He tried the walls. No luck. There wasn't enough room in whatever he was in. "I've gotta get... Out..." he said to himself. The lack of air was becoming a real problem, and he started to feel dizzy. He had an idea. He managed to turn himself over, and prepared to cast his most powerful Psynergy straight down. He cast Spark Plasma, and it worked! The bottom of his dark prison blew up, as well as the ground below. Ivan tumbled blindly into the hole, and eventually found himself splashing around in some water. It was still dark, but he could fix that. He took off his cape, and set fire to it with his Psynergy. The room lit up, and revealed he was floating around in an underground lake!
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Mr. Jupiter: Yes, just incase you didn't gather so, the winner of the contest was Silver Yukai. So many correct entries, I had to do the random draw thing again. Thanks for playing, and good luck next time!