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Wutai
Oct 23, 2006 7:19:59 GMT -5
Post by Cluge of the Grey on Oct 23, 2006 7:19:59 GMT -5
The guards led him into the Palace, past the grand doors, and into a large hall. Brieze gaped in wonder. Where the Wutaiianslacked in technology, they made up for in beauty. A shove on his shoulder moved him forward.
Where're you going, Brieze? Trying to get rid of me? Tsk, tsk, tsk. Naughty, naughty. Ah, well, you're begging for it, so here it is.
Brieze grabbed his head, and tried to block out the pain before it came. But it didn't come as a headache, it came from his chest, the bullet wound in his shoulder. He dropped to his knees, as the pain moved through his viens, and made his skin feel like it was on fire. The world began to fade, and Brieze concentrated through the pain to keep himself awake. He lost control of his legs, and fell on his chest, the pain consuming him.
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Wutai
Oct 23, 2006 8:57:53 GMT -5
Post by sithhunter on Oct 23, 2006 8:57:53 GMT -5
Axel kneeled by breeze and mutterd a 'damn it' and looked at him and put his hand on breeze's head and tried to block it...to block him....to block 95....
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Wutai
Oct 23, 2006 20:28:44 GMT -5
Post by Cluge of the Grey on Oct 23, 2006 20:28:44 GMT -5
The pain suddendly stopped as if it just dissappeared. Brieze riased his head, and saw Axel kneeling beside him. Be fore he could thank him, Axel was shoved aside by one of the guards, and Brieze was dragged to his feet by the others. Brieze welcomed the help, feeleing drained, sapped of all energy.
One of the guards spoke up, appearently thier leader. "Beyond this door is the main audience chamber. Behave well infront of thier majesties." He left an unspoken 'Or Else' in that scentence.
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Wutai
Oct 24, 2006 8:39:21 GMT -5
Post by sithhunter on Oct 24, 2006 8:39:21 GMT -5
AXel brushed of one of the gaurds that held him and looked at breeze "One warning about the princess...they say she was born with a terrible spell for all who look in her eyes fall under her spell and are never seen again." axel turned to the door's and said "You breeze have to watch yourself in there....they say she has a thing for guys with dark hair." Axel walked up to the doors and smiled suckers he toguht as he walked into the chambers.
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Wutai
Oct 24, 2006 16:08:36 GMT -5
Post by Prince Nemo Dakkar Shashida on Oct 24, 2006 16:08:36 GMT -5
Nemo saw him fall, and prepared to run over and provide assistance, but it seemed that was taken care of. He glared at one of the guards as he pushed the one known as Axel to the side. Obviously he saw his look, cause he backed off after that. He proceeded to walk.
"Beyond this door is the main audience chamber. Behave well infront of thier majesties." Nemo grimaced at this, he wondered who they thought they were talking to. No one talks the the Prince of his "enterougue" this way, he wasn't two.
"Behave YOURself infront of my guests, and we will talk." He said lowly, with his eyes narrowed, before regaining his air of confidence and proceeding forward.
"You breeze have to watch yourself in there....they say she has a thing for guys with dark hair." Nemo rolled his eyes, laughing out loud for a second.
"Then it's a good thing that I am blonde." He laughed.
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Wutai
Oct 24, 2006 16:30:28 GMT -5
Post by Sabaa Kerbasi on Oct 24, 2006 16:30:28 GMT -5
"One warning about the princess...they say she was born with a terrible spell for all who look in her eyes fall under her spell and are never seen again. You breeze have to watch yourself in there....they say she has a thing for guys with dark hair." Amara narrowed her eyes for a few seconds before walking ahead of them
"Yea I'd bet...well think these 'll fall under her spell too?" She raised her fists before continuing on. Mabye it was a woman thing, or mabye she was just jealous, she didn't know. Probably because that would probably compromise the "mission" that they had to complete. But she knew that if that poor excuse for a "princess" decided she was going to pull that magic stuff on her group, well...this was what a body guard was good for.
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Wutai
Oct 24, 2006 20:49:19 GMT -5
Post by Dûncariel is Dead. on Oct 24, 2006 20:49:19 GMT -5
These people are all on crack... every single one of them...
Riaan rolled his eyes and kept his peace, mentally pondering the number of guards, the number in the group he was with, and the number of bullets in his guns. Math hadn't ever really been his strong point, but he was brilliant enough to grasp that, should it come to a full out brawl, they were all pretty much doomed. Five against a whole palace full of testosterone-hyped guards with nothing else to do but lay the smack down weren't particularly good odds. Adding in Brieze's weird head issues, Riaan didn't fancy betting on them.
Roll the dice, he thought. I suppose it could be worse. And then, out loud under his breath. "Ah, crap. Knock on wood...."
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Wutai
Oct 25, 2006 13:30:09 GMT -5
Post by Cluge of the Grey on Oct 25, 2006 13:30:09 GMT -5
Brieze took in the events portraying infront of him.
The princess had unusual magic abilities, and likes to seduce dark haired men. Amara os willing to defend him, which suprised him, given their relationship of distrust. Princey was getting ticked, and Riaan was getting wierded out.
Well, might as well get it over with.
Brieze allowed the gaurds to "escort" him into the hall, and he was amazed at its vastness.
"Welcome to Wutai! How've you been?"
Brieze looked at the voice's origin, and saw a young, tall, thin woman sporting the finest Wutaiian features, dark hair, light yellow skin, and brown eyes that sparkled. She was dresed simply, shorts and a tubetop with a vest, and knee high boots. They were worn like they were for mobility, not fancyness. She must be the princesses bogy guard, not the princess herself, but Brieze was taken by her.
"Answer her Highness!" A guard hissed in his ear.
"Where is she?" he whispered back.
"She is the one who adressed you, scumbag! Now respond!"
Brieze looked away, trying to break off whatever spell might have been cast.
"I;m not one who complains, but I think your staff is in need of training."
"And why are you treating this man so?" Said the princess, very indignantly.
"Your Highness! He's a SOLDIER! He's obviously been sent by the scum Rufus to assasinate the Royal Family!"
"Pfft. Gimme a break! If he really wanted me dead, he would have done it already, and with his sword, which I notice is missing. He obviously isn't here to fight, now is he, coming in here unarmed, and under guard, both willingly. And didn't I tell you that SOLDIERs are people, too? Remember Cloud? He's the Best of SOLDIER, and he's respected here as much as I am! Now, back away from him, and calm down! Sheesh!"
The guards backed off, but were still tense.
"What's your name?"
"My registery number is 95-XE."
"I didn't ask for a number, you're not a product. I asked for your name."
"Brieze. I call myself Brieze."
He heard a smile in her voice. "That's much better, Brieze. Oh, Prince Nemo. What brings you here? My dad's off on other business, but you can wait here until he gets back."
Brieze wasn't sure if her spell worked or not, but he liked this princess.
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Wutai
Oct 25, 2006 13:38:42 GMT -5
Post by sithhunter on Oct 25, 2006 13:38:42 GMT -5
((BOGY GUARD? HAHAHAH I love it you blame me all the time for bad spelling and you do it??? HAAAAHHHHHHH)) Axel pulled his hood over his head and leaned against one of the pillars and thought suckers...every single one of them
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Wutai
Oct 25, 2006 14:58:54 GMT -5
Post by Sabaa Kerbasi on Oct 25, 2006 14:58:54 GMT -5
"Well forgive him, but normally royalty actually LOOKS like royalty." She hissed while smiling, so that no one else, unless they were right next to her, could hear.
"I;m not one who complains, but I think your staff is in need of training." She nodded, raising an eyebrow, and rolling her neck slightly, hands on her hips.
She rolled her eyes and stood still on guard, her arms crossed.
"Oh please..." She huffed. She was over competitive, in all fields, which won her few female friends, this was why. She looked around the room, from Brieze, to the Prince, to Riaan, to Axel and finally to the princess.
She then relaxed some, and stood presumably bored (but actually actively listening to the words they were exchanging...) staring at her nails.
She cleared her throat loudly, trying to interupt what ever spell she seemed to be casting, and it seemed to work! It seemed like he had her wrapped around his little finger, and after the fact that there were those PAID guards who were threatening his life, she thought he'd skip on the pleasentries a little.
She was a little bit defensive, SHE was now charged with doing whatever it took to defend Brieze so that he could cure himself of 95-XE, and wasn't too trusting of this woman, royalty or not. Ofcourse, she wasn't too trusting of anyone after the death of her father. Not only that, but she was a bit jealous, she was quite overcompetitive, she was a former model and dancer herself, and still acted like one.
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Wutai
Oct 25, 2006 15:27:30 GMT -5
Post by Prince Nemo Dakkar Shashida on Oct 25, 2006 15:27:30 GMT -5
"I am here for just a friendly visit, to see how our best friends to the East are faring. " He bowed respectfully. He noted her clothing's lack of refinery. He himself, even when adventuring, wore many expensive fabrics, and metals, and carried exquisite weaponry. He hated to admit it, but he felt naked without it all.
"A strange name..." He said, looking at Brieze. But he stopped himself from asking where it had come from, most people werent named "95-XE". He was curious why they had needed to get into the palace to recieve what they needed, what was so important that they would risk death? He straightened his collar and removed his head wrap, revealing spikey dirty blonde hair. He spent alot of time with friends in Midgar before the collapse, one of them did his hair like this before she died.
"I had already asked that they refrain from treating my guests in such an abusive manner, but they insisted on doing so." He said, before adding, "But on to bigger things, we suffered a bad earthquake days ago, were you affected as well? Our shock absorbers didnt do as much good as i had hoped. We were promised some of your soldiers and some aide for our most affected areas; we suffered 100 dead." He said, sadly.
He listened to their conversation; she seemed quite interested in him, and him in her, whether spell or not, he could admit she was striking. He normally viewed women as a distraction, and normally would not allow them on his ship, not even his own sister was allowed accept for emergencies, such as evacuation and rescue and such. For this very reason.
He laughed to himself. If it is a spell she is casting, it must be a good one, because he cannot take his eyes off of her. He shook his head, chuckling. He then looked over to Amara, who was rolling her eyes and clearing her throat. Either she hated being shown up by any woman, or she was being very overprotective. He never exchanged one word with her, she was a turk after all, and those were viewed on the level of demons on his island. Now SOLDIERS were viewed a bit differently, although in association with Shinra, they were disliked and distrusted, but after Cloud, they were viewed in a much more admirable light.
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Wutai
Oct 25, 2006 20:34:58 GMT -5
Post by Dûncariel is Dead. on Oct 25, 2006 20:34:58 GMT -5
Did I say worse? Riaan grimaced and scratched his nose. This whole thing gets weirder by the minute. His mind wandered for a few moments, completely devoid of direction, and he nearly fell asleep. The only thing that alerted him to his semiconsciousness was a minute coughing sound from one of the guards standing near him. Fortunately, he managed to come to his senses before falling on his face.
Lack of sleep never seemed to bother me before... then again, it's been an eventful couple of days. And I don't think I've slept since... last week? Hm. Not unusual, though...
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Wutai
Oct 26, 2006 17:46:12 GMT -5
Post by Cluge of the Grey on Oct 26, 2006 17:46:12 GMT -5
Brieze heard Amara cough, and caught a rolling in her eyes out of the corner of his eye.
Is she... jealous?
The princess took in Prince Nemo's words with a frown. "I'm sorry for not being able to get you some help sooner, but we've had trouble here, too with the earthquake. Apparently when the ground opened up, some sort of creatrues came out from the depths. They are black and humanoid, but the stoop over so they look like a gothic bunny. They've been spooking everyone, and we can't inspire the courage for volunteers. Our current recruits are trying to quell the disturbance here, but there seems to be no end to them."
"A strange name..."
The princess snapped her eyes at Nemo. Brieze lifted his hand, showing no offense. "If all he has to complain about me is my name, then I am content with that. I call myself Brieze because 1: I'm not that creative to think up one that suits me, and 2: It fits my power." He saw the guards tense, even more than before, and place their hands on their katanas.
"Nothing harmful, just some wind." He demonstrated by letting the stale and stuffy air circulate gently, creating a gentle breeze. His hair tingled awkwardly as it shifted form black to silver. He couldn't stop the transformation, but he'd learned not to worry about it.
The princess actually laughed at the change in humidity. "We should keep you around, it gets awfully stale in the summer. Where are my manners?"
She walked over to Brieze, and he tensed. He saw a hand enter his vision. It was small and nimble, and smelled of a simple flower.
"My name's Yuffie, Brieze."
Brieze slowly took her hand, but avoided her gaze. He put a gentle grip on it, not wanting to damage it. He was awarded with an iron grip worth of a Turk.
"Aw, come on, what's with the limp fish?"
Brieze gave it a squeeze, but Yuffie's grip tightened. So he gripped harder, and harder until she relaxed her hand, and he let go. The scent of her purfume lingered on his glove.
"There. That's a handshake. Sheesh, when was the last time you shook a woman's hand?"
Brieze's eyes fell to the floor. That question delved too deep into a past he'd rather not remember.
"Hey, you all right? Hey!" She grabbed him by the shoulders, and shook him. "Look me in the eye and tell me you're ok!"
Brieze wanted to, but he couldn't. The memory of Marene and this said curse held his gaze to his shoes.
"What the-- Axel. All right, Axel, which one did you tell this one!?"
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Wutai
Oct 26, 2006 18:13:26 GMT -5
Post by Prince Nemo Dakkar Shashida on Oct 26, 2006 18:13:26 GMT -5
"Yes, I understand..." He nodded, this was strange. "But we have not had to worry about creatures coming from cracks in the earth...yet. I must study these things in order to find a way to reverse them." He said, he was quite interested in studying one of these, he was a scientist afterall. "Have they harmed anyone?" He asked, prepard to write down anything if needed.
"Oh no! I meant no disrespect...but I found it strange that you were called 95-XE, that is all." He said quickly, bowing in apoligy. "I will provide as much as I can to help deal with these creatures, aparrantly you need the help more that we do. Besides anyone a part of AVALANCHE is a friend of mine." He smiled, placing both hands behind his back and standing regally. He remembered her, but did not know she was royalty. He did not get a chance to really speak with her much, even though their countries were close allies.
"We should keep you around, it gets awfully stale in the summer. Where are my manners?"
"Phenominal...you can control your enviroment...I must study this, was that what you have come here for?" He asked, quite taken aback by the display.
He laughed quietly, before adding, "Forgive me, I must take this." He took out a cell phone and walked away. Shortly he returned. "It was my first mate, I have informed him that we will not be leaving on schedule." He said.
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Wutai
Oct 27, 2006 7:48:29 GMT -5
Post by sithhunter on Oct 27, 2006 7:48:29 GMT -5
axel shruged at yuffie and said "What it's not my fault if these guys are so dumb theyed fall for a pink heartless." Axel removed his hood and said "Besides i wanted to see how this jucy love thing would go because of the *Ahem* spell"
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Wutai
Oct 27, 2006 13:12:31 GMT -5
Post by Cluge of the Grey on Oct 27, 2006 13:12:31 GMT -5
"Phenominal...you can control your enviroment...I must study this, was that what you have come here for?"
Brieze nodded simply.
"I can manipulate the wind, that is all. But my reason for coming here is more than that."
axel shruged at yuffie and said "What it's not my fault if these guys are so dumb theyed fall for a pink heartless." Axel removed his hood and said "Besides i wanted to see how this jucy love thing would go because of the *Ahem* spell"
Yuffie exhaled. "Axel, you didn't use the love one joke of yours, did you? Uhhh." She put a finger under Brieze's chin, and lifted his face to look into her eyes. "I don't have a seductive spell, that's just a prank Axel there plays for fun."
Brieze sighed relieved. He looked into her eyes, an pair of infinite pools of brown diamonds. The scent of that flower he couldn't place filling his nostrils, made his mind swim. He blinked, bringing his wolrd back into focus.
"I came here because Tifa Lockheart told me there was houses of healing for the mind here, and I have an alternate personality that wants to take over."
Yuffie's eyes lit up like a flame that had straw thrown on it. "Tifa sent you? Why didn't you tell the guards? If Tifa could trust you, they should, too." She cast an accusing glare at the guards, who reluctantly filed out. "How bad is this case? Is it a voice in the back of your mind, or a person who takes control of you in your sleep?"
"More like a voice in the back of my head that tries to take over my in my sleep. So far, I've been succesful, but he's been getting better. He calls himself 95-XE because that's who he is. Let me try to explain."
He then told her of the events of his creation, being cloned off of Jenova cells, his DNA infused with Materia, granting him his wind abilities, and how he was progorammed to be the ultimate weapon, without compassion and without remorse. His mind was programmed with every known fighting style, and a few illegal ones, such as magic attacks. Then he told her of his first real mission, to eliminate a group of scientists who were about to reveal some Shin-Ra secrets, and when he arrived, how the concioncse that had been dormant awakened, and how 95-XE was so different than his concioncse, they became alter personalities, and how Brieze had won that first fight, and let the scientists go. He then told her about his going back to Shin-Ra Corp., his makers thinking and deciding the project failed, and they needed to try fresh, meaning the existing project had to be eliminated. He told of how he escaped, but left out the part of Amara's parents, said he was mortally wounded afterwards, but a female scientist he had rescued healed him.
"And since then, I have been avoiding Rufus, and trying to best 95-XE. But he's too strong, and I need to get rid of him before he escapes, and uses my body. He might be another catastrophy like Sephiroth in his prime. That's why I came here."
Brieze recoiled at how his story had changed Yuffie. She was no longer smiling, but she looked like she might fall over with the look of pain on her face.
"All that happened? How old are you?"
"Seven, by my count, my body is supposed to look twenty-four."
"I've never heard of a case this bad. this goes beyond my expertise. Come with me."
She grabbed his foreare firmly, and Brieze winced in pain. The poorly maintained fabric ripped, and his sleeve was torn off. The skin underneath was a sickly green-yellow, and the sweat that had come off of it burned. Yuffie looked at the sleeve, then to his arm. Her hand flew to her mouth.
"You have the stigma, too? Hurry, come with me."
She ran to a bed on the side of the room, and motioned for Brieze to sit. Brieze obeyed, and Yuffie began to dess his left arm with a stinging array of ointments.
"When did this happen?" She gapsed again as the stigma began to crawl further down his elbow past her bandages. She closed her eyes, and whispered a few words, and the crawling stopped in its tracks. "You say you were cloned off of Jenova cells? I think this 95-XE of yours is feeding your cells to the Stigma, trying to kill you off."
"It happened a few days ago. Before I came here."
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Wutai
Oct 27, 2006 14:21:23 GMT -5
Post by Sabaa Kerbasi on Oct 27, 2006 14:21:23 GMT -5
Amara watched the seen infront of her, but then something was said that sparked a rage in her. Tifa?! That means that she is with AVALANCHE! The Sector 7 colapse was their fault![\i] Not only did Brieze kill her father, but he seemed to be well aquainted with AVALACHE, who took everything she had had in Midgar away from her, except for her mother, who had been with Elmyra. That plus her competetive streak caused her to shake with quiet anger during the conversation. She, like almost everyone else, were told that the group Tifa was apart of had been responsible for the collapse.
"Axel, you didn't use the love one joke of yours, did you? Uhhh." She put a finger under Brieze's chin, and lifted his face to look into her eyes. "I don't have a seductive spell, that's just a prank Axel there plays for fun." SHe scoffed
"Sorry your highness, but I wouldn't have believed it if he wasn't joking." She said, crossing her arms. After she heard the name "Tifa" her fist were clenched so hard that she might have cut her hands.
"Brieze, your arm!" She said, walking to where he stood. She had seen this before, around Midgar. It was a horrid disease, she looked to Nemo, who had appeared to have some expertise, him being a scientist, and saying he wanted to study him in the firstplace. All Amara knew was how to set a bone, or put a joint back into place. She'd never actually had a close look at the Stigma before. But it ran a chill down her spine. What kind of body guard was she?!
"You have the stigma, too? Hurry, come with me." Amara was jolted out of shock by this and imediatley followed.
"I thought you said this was beyond your experience?!" She said, trailing quickly. She was really acting over protective, and the fact that this princess was aparently part of the group who had, from what she believed, took almost everything she had away from her, didn't help her attitude much. "That's not helping..." She said quickly, not knowing for sure if it was or not. He was HER charge; SHE had to see him through his mission to stop 95-XE, what good was she?
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Wutai
Oct 27, 2006 14:30:09 GMT -5
Post by Prince Nemo Dakkar Shashida on Oct 27, 2006 14:30:09 GMT -5
Prince Nemo watched everything carefully.
"I can manipulate the wind, that is all. But my reason for coming here is more than that." Nemo nodded, seriously thinkging about what he had said. Did this have something to do with whatever 95-XE was?
"Facinating..." He said, before adding. "I would like to see the limits of this ability sometime, if you permit me..." He said.
"You have the stigma, too? Hurry, come with me." Nemo followed, he was skilled in many sciences, medicine was one of them. He had to be after the Weapon attack.
"I concure, this other personality you mentioned to me earlier is using the stigma to do what he cannot. I have seen this before, on my island. I had thought it was only there, but apparently this is alot bigger than I thought...and very hard to contain..." He said, kneeling beside Brieze and taking a close look at his arm. "I might need to take a skin sample sometime, or I could give you some pain killers to ease your suffering for now..." He offered. "Jenova cells....very curious..."
"It happened a few days ago. Before I came here."
"Then I intend to stop it." He said, taking out something to write his observations down with. "I must know, Yuffie, was Cloud infected with the same thing? Before I had returned home, I mentioned my concernes to him that he might have a problem, but I didn't put two and two together and compare the symptoms."
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Wutai
Oct 28, 2006 8:04:47 GMT -5
Post by sithhunter on Oct 28, 2006 8:04:47 GMT -5
Axel finaly had enough and ran up to breeze's side and said "DAMN IT how can you idiot's make something so simple so complecated?!?!" Breeze mooved everyone out of the way and put his hand on breeze's arm where the stigma is "If ya wana stop the stigma dont fix the jenova cells! You reverse them!" Axel concentrated and his hand started to glow and in axel's mind he could see inside breeze's blood vein and what he saw inside it was a black fog....the stigma. allright lets push it out axel imagend a wall that would let blood go through but not the stigma. The stigma on breeze's arm started to disapear and started to resume it's normal colour.
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Wutai
Oct 28, 2006 12:11:13 GMT -5
Post by Dûncariel is Dead. on Oct 28, 2006 12:11:13 GMT -5
Oy. What in the hell am I even doing here?
Riaan watched the whole scene unfold from his claimed position against the wall, arms crossed in front of him, posture indicating something in between boredom and tension.
Seriously. This guy picks up followers like dogs pick up fleas... that's what all these people are. That's what I am. They're all following him because he has something they want. What do I want?
He leaned his head back and looked up at the ceiling, high above his head.
Long day. When will it end and everything get back to normal?
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