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Post by demonsblades on Jul 25, 2013 22:38:04 GMT -5
Thorn puts her arm in front of Evan before she can open the door to the infirmary biting her bottom lip. "Evan I...........want to show you something only one other person has seen......" said Thorn looking around quickly making sure no one else was around fiddling with the neck of her armor pulling out a necklace with a black wing emblem and a pendant on it. the pendant looked expertly carved from materials that maple world hasn't seen since the black mage was sealed with a small keyhole on it to keep it locked. "this is all I had when I woke up........only Lady Syl has seen this" said Thorn quickly looking behind her sensing someone coming, trying to put it away as quickly as possible as Claudine walked up behind her. "what are you two waiting for? go in!" exclaimed Claudine having expected them to have gone in.
Thorn pushes the door lightly to open it taking one step forward and then retreats back that same step and proceeds to pace around for a minute then repeat the process over and over "Evan what if she doesn't remember me?" said Thorn stopping her pacing to lift the right side of her blindfold up to let her red eye stare at Evan her fear and panic making it shimmer "what would you have me do then?" said Thorn going back to pacing getting more and more nervous with each step until finaly she hears a box to her left split in half with a sharp crack looking quickly only to see darkness retreat from the box like it was a puppy that did something bad only adding to her panic. "AND NOW SHADOWS ARE AFTER ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!" exclaimed Thorn pacing faster then before.
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Post by CJWrites on Jul 30, 2013 16:43:57 GMT -5
Evan looked at the necklace. "Wow.... this is really pretty"
"Carved from onyx mined from the El Narth Mines." Mir noted.
"How do you know?" Evan asked.
Mir shrugged. "I dunno. Call it a dragon's intuition."
"But... didn't those mines dry up a long time ago?" Evan asked.
"Yeah but if Thorn was around the time of the black mage, those mines would have still be operational, but even then onyx was really expensive."
"Hmm...." Evan thought about it. "Well... that probably rules out the possibility of you coming from modern times. These days onyx is really expensive. Also, don't sweat it. I'm sure everyone will accept you once you show them how nice you are."
"Yeah! Its just the aura you gave off. Once I think about it, its the same one that Luminous does."
Evan laughed "And you are definitely nicer than Luminous. If Orchid doesn't remember you, it just means she's not your mother. After all. What kind of mother forgets her daughter?"
She smiled "I guess we'll try the temple of time next." she joked. Then opened the door wide open.
Orchid sat there, beaten and battered. She saw Evan first "What do you want." It wasn't hostile or friendly, more like... defeated and curious. Then her eyes landed on the other person in the doorway. They widened. "Thorn?"
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Post by demonsblades on Jul 30, 2013 17:01:19 GMT -5
"Orchid..............or mother........" said Thorn looking at the beaten woman laying in front of her still only showing her red eye. "it's hard to believe this battered woman in front of me was once a proud commander of the black wings........." said Thorn in a low voice to Evan. she hesitantly took a step into the room only to be pushed all the way in by a certain scaly flying creature turning to glare at him "no bacon for you later from me" said Thorn dryly. Claudine walks in shortly after Evan and Thorn. "well Orchid it appears we have a bit of a question hanging above us all." said Claudine looking at Orchid "do you remember this girl standing next to me?" asked Claudine patting Thorn on the head earning a glare form her. "i'm not a little kid Claudine!" exclaimed Thorn trying to nip at her hand, "could have fooled me." said Claudine smirking lightly
"so answer the question orchid am I you're daughter or not?" said Thorn trying to keep her voice from cracking somehow already knowing the answer to her question but still voicing it aloud feeling it needed to be said her mind racing from one thought to the next.
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Post by CJWrites on Aug 1, 2013 19:48:51 GMT -5
Orchid looked down. "Yes I did. You are my daughter. Although it was more the Black Mage who raised you. I was there too of course, but I also had missions to do. Not to mention nobody could know about you."
Evan shrunk back into the shadows, she felt like she was intruding on a private scene.
"But we cared, you may not remember but we really did." Orchid almost shouted. "We always sheltered you, kept you away and unaware of what we really did. When... when your father was sealed, I did just as he told me to and put a spell on you to make you sleep for centuries and forget your memories."
Just then Belle ran into the room. "Claudine, its urgent we need 2 people to send on a mission NOW, but all of our agents are preoccupied."
"These two can go. Right Evan? Thorn?"
Evan nodded, standing up straight. "Its up to Thorn but I'll go. What's the mission."
"Its Gremlir" Belle said grimly.
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Post by demonsblades on Aug 1, 2013 23:39:52 GMT -5
"I..........will go as well I just can't promise my mind will be on the mission.." said Thorn trying to believe what her "mother" told her "so you were the one that cause me to sleep in ice.......and lose my memory...........do you have ANY idea how much I suffered because of that!?!" growled Thorn angrily a bed next to orchid suddenly slicing in half "because of my lack of memory and my off setting appearance ASWELL AS the uncanny rwesemblance I share to a certain ex black wing commander I WAS SHUNNED BY EVERY ONE till I met lady Syl and Evan!" exclaimed Thorn her red eye shimmering in her anger instead of doing anything she would regret just stormed off out of the roomto wait in the "command room" of the base random things splitting in half or breaking without explanation as she goes.
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Post by CJWrites on Aug 3, 2013 20:50:20 GMT -5
"It would have been worse if you didn't." Orchid shouted. "Do you know how mad all the people were after your Father turned into a monster. He used to be kind, the transcendent of light. He saw everything light touched and saw... he saw how monsters were mistreated how they also had families and how Maple World shunned them. So he did what a transcendent should never do. He took a side. He began preaching about peace and love, especially for misfits and those who are different, and before had always been treated like scum."
Her eyes softened a bit.
"That was when I first met him and I fell in love. We had you. But... he was corrupted, as time when by, he became more and more violent. For the monsters, he was their champion, but for the rest, he was a raving lunatic. Maybe if people had known what he really was then they would've listened more but... nobody listened and he became convinced the only way to find recognition was to defeat the current empress and install himself on the throne. I followed him, hoping that I could save him from the darkness but.... to no avail."
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Post by demonsblades on Aug 3, 2013 22:42:26 GMT -5
Thorn wasn't in the mood to listen to her mother she was already more confused and angry then she had ever been. her mother the woman who claimed to love her had put her to sleep and wiped her memory clean of everything but her name, "what gives her the right........... WHAT GIVES HER THE RIGHT!" yelled Thorn beating her bare fists against a steel I-beam not even caring how much it would destroy her hand, her only focus was to vent her rage before she did something she would regret. "I can't believe this........it's all true........." said Thorn finally sinking down to the floor in a dark corner starting to cry trying in her mind as hard as she can to deny everything she had learned as if willing it hard enough would actualy change anything.
"well that went over extremely well." said Claudine with a sigh "i'll be in the main entrance when you're ready to be briefed Evan." with her bit said Claudine walked off hoping to cut off Thorn before she destroyed anything.
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Post by CJWrites on Aug 9, 2013 20:55:43 GMT -5
"That went well?" Evan ogled at Claudine. "Well.... I guess it could have gone worse...."
Evan followed Claudine to the main entrance. "So... What's our mission?" she asked.
Claudine did a heel face turn. "You shall infiltrate the Black Wings base. There you shall steal back documents that were stolen from us in the first place."
She handed out the mission debriefs to Evan and Thorn.
"If it were two regular agents I'd just ask you to retrieve those documents but because we have a high ranking Dual Blade and a Hero here, I'm also going to ask you to download some Black Wing information onto this disk."
Evan looked at the debrief. It contained all the information available, incuding where to download the information and where to best search for the missing documents.
"Here are your back wing caps. Good luck agents" Claudine gave them two hats. Evan immediately took off her headband and put on the cap.
"Comon Thorn, Lets do our best"
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Post by demonsblades on Aug 9, 2013 23:42:41 GMT -5
Thorn takes the cap from Claudine putting it on over her cloth strip "I'll do this easily." said Thorn smirking lightly as she turns to walk out of the base "Evan Mercedes would never forgive me if you got hurt so stay back here. I can do this easily on my own plus I know you and Mir don't like to be apart form each other" said thorn as she walks away suddenly vanishing in the nearest shadow unaware that she had disappeared and walked right up to the headmaster. "good evening headmaster" said thorn tipping her hat as she passes a stunned headmaster. "that hat really does go well with her doesn't it?" said Claudine amazed at how well the hat suited thorn then doing a double take when she suddenly disappeared.
"this should be a simple 10 minute job atleast...........at most maybe 20" said Thorn to herself as she boarded the cable car to the Verne mines "hopefully keeping Evan out of danger will earn me some credit with the heroe's............although I do remember them saying that she tends to not listen sometimes........" said Thorn muttering to herself as the cable car comes to a stop jarring her slightly. "here you are miss." said the cable car operator slightly panicked. "thank you sir have a nice evening" said Thorn walking out of the cable car leaving a stunned operator behind her.
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Post by CJWrites on Aug 11, 2013 10:49:42 GMT -5
"Oi in case you haven't noticed, Mir band I are one being by now. We fight together and as one unit. When she meant two agents, she meant the 3 of us." Evan shouted at Thron. "And don't listen to Mercedes, I thought you didn't like her anyways! I'm one of the legendary heroes for a reason. I can totally handle myself in a fight!"
Evan took out the mission debrief. "It says one of us is supposed to stand guard outside the room when searching, just in case. It'll be bad if I get caught but what do you think will happen when you are caught? What do you think Gremlir would do to the daughter of the black mage, someone who's half transcendent of light. It'd be much safer if the two of us went together."
Evan smiled though. "But you're right. I can teleport much farther than most mages and with your eye thing this should be an easy job."
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Post by demonsblades on Aug 11, 2013 15:43:42 GMT -5
"how easily do you think the black wings will recognize you and Mir?" said Thorn standing there with her hands on her hips looking at Evan hoping the gravity of her words will sink into her head. and what do you think will happen if they catch a hero? they are less likely to even KNOW who I am but you.................you they could spot a mile away because of Mir -points to the dragon, "and because of you're bright outfit." said Thorn gesturing at Evans clothes with her other hand. "someone like me they will overlook I've seen it before but the overlooked are always the ones they need to watch." said Thorn turning to walk away from Evan hoping she would understand why she was wanting to do this alone.
"if I find anything usefull for you I will let you know but just................stay back for now I can move quicker if it's just me and I don't want to try to teach you how to sneak..............it would take to long..............trust me I never thought I would use lady sylls words but...............you're foosteps are so loud they are making my ears bleed" said Thorn walking away without even making a sound on the gravel that paved the way to the mines.
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Post by CJWrites on Aug 13, 2013 21:18:08 GMT -5
"I'll be fine. I've snuck into that base with much less and believe it or not but most people don't notice Mir. I think its because of ancient magic or something" Evan protested. "Don't treat me like a little kid who can't handle herself and what if something does go wrong? The two of us will be better than one. Its not like they'll easily overlook somebody who looks like their leader."
She followed Thorn. "Well I can't help it. If you want I can change into less noticeable clothing"
She smiled. "But its pretty cool how your military boots aren't making a lot of noise. Did you have an enchantment put on them? Or maybe they're made of a special material. Oh. Here this is the first place we're supposed to check. Since you blend in better and I guess are better at lying I'll search. Besides these people might recognize me"
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Post by demonsblades on Aug 18, 2013 2:57:19 GMT -5
"what ever you say....if you hear me knock on this door three times someone is coming four means get you're self gone got it?...just be quick about it okay? we've been this deep into the mines and not seen a single black wing not even a grunt.............I don't like this it's.............it's to easy" said Thorn not knowing if Evan was still listening or if she had gone in the door, "to have come this far into the base and not seen a single minion or boss..............they are up to something........" muttered Thorn to herself trying to occupy her time by looking form her appointed spot of leaning next to the door like she belonged there on guard duty glancing without moving her head to find the next target room "next thing you know i'll be talking to myself.........." said Thorn, "no that would be insane why would I talk to myself?", as she was indeed holding a conversation with herself.
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Post by CJWrites on Aug 19, 2013 21:40:05 GMT -5
Evan stood there nervously, it was kinda boring, not doing anything. It was also kinda weird, now that she thought about what Thorn had said.
"I really should change into less noticeable clothing." she muttered. Using her wand, she conjured up a few of her old farm clothes. It was no big. She'll just take off her cloak and pull it over her regular clothes.
Stuffing the cloak into her bag, she pulled over the shirt she'd brought over her regular one. As she snuggly tucked it into place, she found herself being grabbed from behind, mouth covering her ear.
"Mir!" She thought but as she struggled the abductor grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back and her wand clattered out of her hand. "Master!" Mir though as well. The combat link between them had been cut, no longer could the wand act as a medium of power transmittance. She could feel Mir also struggling as something or the other happened. A punch to her stomach knocked her out. Her last thoughts before backing out were how she should've been more careful and to have gone with Thorn.
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Post by demonsblades on Aug 20, 2013 5:40:43 GMT -5
"Master orchid!" called a voice form behind Thorn she smirked thinking this would be perfect to learn whats going on she had heard her mothers voice and imitated it, "yes? what do you need?" asked Thorn using orchids voice (note: until stated otherwise she is using orchids voice) "we just received a report that an intruder was captured she is being taken to be questioned as we speak." says the black wing minion, "take me to this intruder I will question her personally!" says Thorn turning to face the minion startling him, "Y-y-yes commander!" stutters the minion scared "T-t-this way c-commander!" said the minion scampering towards a detention room. Thorn followed quickly cursing herself for letting Evan wander off on her own Evan..........why are you always so stubborn! you should have stayed behind!. thorn kept mentally cursing herself hoping that Evan would be okay the minion led her to a door and opened it for her. "you are dismissed! I want to speak to her alone!" demanded Thorn to the scared minion, "y-yes mistress!" said the minion scampering away as fast as he can leaving Thorn alone with Evan she looked upon her friend and clenched her fist cracking the door behind her "Evan didn't I tell you to watch you're back!?!" demanded Thorn grabbing her wand form the wall gasping feeling...........something different about it putting it in her friends hands "get up we have work to do!" demanded Thorn standing there with her hands on her hips.
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