private String of Fate

[Kankuro 233]

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"My hobbies, hmm. I would have to say I don't have many other than speed-flying. It's what I'm best at." He thought for a moment, "One thing I would like to know, is why I perform best when flying in a storm. I don't really understand it to be honest. I just feel at home, happy."

He sighed.

"What about you?

[Misty Rose 3,216]

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Pink let a look of amazement show on her face as the stallion talked to her. "You actually fly in storms? Wow! That's awesome! Most pegasi avoid flying in those situations. It must be pretty intense."

 

She thought back to her dreams as a filly of someday flying like a pegasus. She knew it was impossible but she still held onto the hope. "They're so lucky, they get to see everything from a bird's eye view. If I had wings I could travel easier and faster and soar to the clouds above..... Mist let out a sigh and once again looked at her companion.

 

"And well, my hobbies are mainly reading, acting, singing and traveling. That last one has been my main hobby for quite some time. I love to see all the wonders our land has to offer and explore many mainly unknown places and discover their secrets and unique qualities. It's something I've always been interested in, and now that I'm doing it sometimes it feels too good to be true, being away from home and all."

[Vae Victis 742]

caliber heard his words, from the back of his mind, and tried with all his might to push him out. rebilac resisted, of course, and in turn, tried to push caliber out. 'uh-oh. not good.' caliber thought, as he felt himself leaving his body. 'no way!! i worked too damn hard for this body!!!' caliber began to wrestle with rebilacs will. he eventually won out, and pushed him out. calibers eyes returned to its bright red colors, and saw a pure black fog zooming about within the confines of the golden aura.

 

 

Naga eyed the black fog. This... This was evil incarnate. Not a single speck of purity upon the soul. Caliber had been afflicted by this? How strong was he mentally to carry such a burden? For now, it didn't matter. All that did was severing the ties that Caliber had to this pure lump of negativity. He saw the spiritual tether that still connected Caliber and his ghastly counterpart. He spoke not to Caliber, but to the black fog,..

 

" oh formless one of rage and hatred... I bow before you."

 

Naga bowed his head. And viewed the form in a very peculiar way, almost in a way that looked reminiscent of a parent comforting a foal after a minor injury. A look of compassion.

 

" Thou were created by a god of chaos to sew the seed of physical and spiritual unrest upon this world. But you are contained unexpectedly by a brave and powerful unicorn, for a very long time... Your existence in the same body of another has caused you great pain and distress. Not only that, but your rudimentary functions... That is, to spread impurity... Is nothing short of a tragedy. Caliber did not deserve to bear your burden, and I say that YOU didn't deserve to be borne of the demonic realm, instead of the mortal... Great soul, I return thee to the universe, in the most basic form of power. May you be reborn into better circumstance upon your next reincarnation, Rebilac."

 

With that, he stopped bowing, and started to chant another mantra.

 

" akal, maha kal! Akal, maha kal! Akal, maha kal! Akal, maha kal!"

 

An extremely powerful mantra that, when translated, meant ' Undying, Great Death.' This mantra would convert The energy mass known as Rebilac into the most basic form of bad energy, which is indeed negative karma. Rebilac would cease to function as an individual, becoming something less harmful, but still very powerful. The soul tether would eventually seperate from Caliber after he conversion process, and Naga would then be free to purify it after taking it into his own being.

[Kankuro 233]

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He grinned.

"You're quite right. Travelling is a beautiful thing. I would adventure more if I had the chance. But sometimes in life, it's not that easy for someponies. I grew up here, to be completely honest, I've never been outside of the town. What's it like being able to go anywhere you choose? I grew up here with a brother, I'm not sure where he is right now."

He mumbled the last part of his sentence, so she might not hear it propely, but there was always the chance. He made sure not to slip up his words to reveal any-more of his past, especially growing up without a family.

Edited April 9, 2015 by Lightning

[P-Jay 1,987]

rebilac was still trying to pull calibers soul along with it, but caliber held on. the soul tether was thick and strong, and caliber had no idea how to sever it. then he noticed the fog changing. it was being reverted to energy, and caliber could feel rebilac starting to panic. 'we've got him on the ropes. lets do this!' caliber thought, before the cord snapped, and rebilac zoomed around, unable to go past the golden barrier. caliber recovered, and stood up, and noticed how lighter he felt. was he always dragged down this much by rebilac? he felt light as a feather! the fog was running out of places to zoom, and set its sights on naga, snaking its way towards him.

[Misty Rose 3,216]

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She nodded her head. "I understand what you mean. It wasn't easy for me to leave home at all, what with my parents holding me back. But once I left I felt a freedom unlike anything I've felt before. Most ponies can find that in something else they do, this is my way. To me it's great knowing that I'm not limited to just hoping to go somewhere, I can actually do it and it's truly amazing. It's something I wish everyone had the chance to do."

 

Mist noticed that Lightning had mumbled slightly as he finished talking, but she paid no mind to it. "It must be something he didn't want me to hear, so I'll let him have his privacy."

 

"So you never been out of town huh? Is it nice around here? And if you could go anywhere in Equestria, would you go?"

[Kankuro 233]

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"It's nice, sure. But I've never seen a map, the only way I heard about out of town was hearing from other people. There's this one place I've always heard about and want to go to, I think it's called Paris. I heard it's very beautiful, but I doubt I'll make it there."

He let out a small sigh.

(OOC: I used a real world place! Am I cool now ;p)
 

[Misty Rose 3,216]

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"You've..never seen a map before? Wow...didn't they ever show you one in school? Oh and I've heard of Paris too. I want to go there so badly! I'm making my way outward. I started from home and slowly started exploring the surrounding areas and towns, and I know Paris is a pretty long trip. I know I'll get there eventually, I just can't wait to see it!"

 

Pink thought back to all the places she had visited so far. Truthfully every trip had felt like an adventure, she was even keeping a scrapbook of pictures she took in every town so that she could have a giant set of memorabilia she could always gaze at with nostalgia in the future. However despite always having a great time in every stop and making lots of new friends, one thing she did dread is saying goodbye. Sure she would get to see a new place, have a new adventure and discover new things....but it always hurt when she got attached...

 

Snapping out of her thoughts she pondered about how she could fix that problem. Most of the friends she had made had their own family and friends at home and weren't ready to leave it all for a life like hers...but maybe she could find a companion she could take along for at least one adventure....

 

"Say...if you ever got the chance to leave....would you?"

Edited April 9, 2015 by Pink Mist

[Kankuro 233]

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"Ah, no they didn't show me in school at least... And if I got to leave this place, I'd take every damn opportunity I could to get out of here. I don't want to live here neck deep in bad memories and nightmares. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of having nowhere to go. I just want to leave."

Lightning realised he'd let out a lot more information than he should have, but now was one of these moments where he didn't care. He didn't care.

[Vae Victis 742]

rebilac was still trying to pull calibers soul along with it, but caliber held on. the soul tether was thick and strong, and caliber had no idea how to sever it. then he noticed the fog changing. it was being reverted to energy, and caliber could feel rebilac starting to panic. 'we've got him on the ropes. lets do this!' caliber thought, before the cord snapped, and rebilac zoomed around, unable to go past the golden barrier. caliber recovered, and stood up, and noticed how lighter he felt. was he always dragged down this much by rebilac? he felt light as a feather! the fog was running out of places to zoom, and set its sights on naga, snaking its way towards him.

Naga took the black fog head on. He opened his mouth, and inhaled deeply through both nostrils and mouth. As he did so, the black fog entered into his body slowly but surely. Caliber would now be completely free of Rebilac. Naga stared at Caliber as soon as the black fog had completely entered his being. He was almost in a trance-like state, staring blankly. Something was wrong. A nosebleed started to occur, and Naga fell to the ground, writhing in agony, gasping for air. His veins were becoming noticibly blackened. The corruption was spreading throughout his body. His eyes were becoming bloodshot. But even still, he started the final chant, In a pained, heavy voice.

 

" 27 times.... I just need to chant it... 27 times... Om Benza Satto Hung... Om Benza Satto hung... Om Bena Satto hung..."

 

He kept chanting and chanting as he was writhing in the pain. More physical changes began to occur... One particularly disturbing physical attribute that was starting to show was that Naga's teeth were becoming... Sharp. Sharp as knives. He was gritting them in pain. 16 times he chanted... 17 times he chanted... 18 times he chanted...

 

At this point, Naga was very questionable characteristics for a pegasi. The bloodshot eyes remained, but his light brown pupils disappeared, leaving a horribly haunting gaze of red and white. His eyes had even started to glow. But what was most haunting was the air around him. The aura, almost completely dark. But even writhing in pain, he didn't falter.

 

24 times he chanted... 25 times he chanted... 26 times he chanted.... And then came time for the final chant.

 

 

" Om Benza Satto-.... Om Benz-... Om...."

 

He brought his hooves up to his chest again. Something was definitely going wrong...

[P-Jay 1,987]

Calibers eyes widened in horror. This didn't happen when HE transformed. His eyes just turned black! "Naga? Naga!!" caliber rushed to him, sword at the ready. "Naga, come on, man! You can do it!" caliber worried for his friend. "Naga! Dying is not allowed!!" he certainly didn't want to kill him.

[Misty Rose 3,216]

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"Then...if we possibly get to know each other more during my stay here....do you think you might be interested in joining me when I leave? I'd love to have a travel companion and it's pretty apparent you want to escape."

 

Pink had asked the same question to many friends before, and the sad looks on their faces as they politely refused was something she always dreaded. She knew they had their own lives, goals and futures in mind, but she always wished there would be somepony who like her wouldn't mind leaving it all behind. Somepony who would be willing to find a new life elsewhere. Up until now she had practically lost hope of finding such a companion....but perhaps now things could finally turn around.

 

"Who are you kidding Mist? He may want to leave but not with you! You shouldn't have asked...."

[Kankuro 233]

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Lightning tilted his head for a moment. Did she just ask him to go exploring with her? To leave this hell-hole of a place and see the wonderful sights of the world?

It slowly, slowly registered. He felt something burning inside him, he felt like he was about to explode with excitement at any given time, but he didn't want to freak Pink out, so he simply said,

"Sure! I'd love to!"

He smiled the widest he'd smiled since his birth, and he felt like he was king of the world.

But then it came crashing down on him, that if he left, he'd never see his brother again.

His brother was better off now, he was in a better place being fed and looked after. So he didn't regret his decision one bit.

[Plume 922]

@@Orion Caelum

Jazz shrugged. She tugged with her hooves at her mane, nibbling at her lower lip - a habit she had retained from fillyhood. She nodded, absorbing all he said and mulling it over, before contemplating how to form an answer. "I'm... Not sure. Not a unicorn myself, so I don't know much about magic. I wonder if it worked though..." she mumbled, staring where the large beam had been only seconds before. She turned to him to continue talking, but his adorable expression left her speechless, a flush forming on her cheeks as she quickly looked away and cleared her throat. Thank Celestia my fringe is on that side. "Uh... What I meant to say... Was... Uh... Nevermind." she mumbled, her voice slowly dropping quieter and quieter as she grappled desperately for the words to express herself. His previous expression had basically scattered all of her thoughts, and she awkwardly fell into silence.

Edited April 12, 2015 by MiniKirby123

[Vae Victis 742]

Calibers eyes widened in horror. This didn't happen when HE transformed. His eyes just turned black! "Naga? Naga!!" caliber rushed to him, sword at the ready. "Naga, come on, man! You can do it!" caliber worried for his friend. "Naga! Dying is not allowed!!" he certainly didn't want to kill him.

Naga stopped writhing in pain. His veins, thick and blackened. His hair even had started to change from a light brown to a steely gray, along with his coat starting to turn ominously pale. From where he was laying, he wouldn't be facing Caliber when he rose up. Caliber was nearing with a sword drawn. A smart precaution. Tail turned to the swordspony, he finally stood once more.

 

" Disgusting little creatures... All of you..."

 

A disturbingly deep drop in the tone of voice, almost demonic, coupled with a dramatic personality change, would be enough to surprise even those that had known him for a long time. Rebilac was not to powerful to be broken down. But the power that the process had left proved to be too much for Naga to purify.

 

" Since the dawn of time... All of you pathetic little fleshbags have made war on each other, killed in cold blood, dishonered each other, lied, cheated, stole..."

 

He slowly started to turn around.

 

" ...And yet you call my kind a blight upon this world. We, who come into this world knowing nothing, the same as a newborn, and yet you all have the audacity to hunt us down and declare that we are monsters simply for our basic needs..."

 

To Caliber, it would seem like he was sputtering nonsense, most likely. But the next thing Naga would say and do would certainly grab his attention.

 

" Well, today I say I become the hunter, and you, the animal to flay and consume! Vetalas are not yours to judge!"

 

In a horror-esque style, Naga turned around, revealing the extent of the transformation. The sharp teeth, the pupil-less glowing eyes. Blackened veins, and an unholy look of anger and gluttony. His eyes drilled into Caliber's for one moment, before he jumped backward from him, flapping his wings so that he got more distance away. Fifteen feet from Caliber. What he did next would draw the line of his descent.... He drew the hookswords and began fluttering in the air, poised to strike. For Caliber, it was two options. Outlast, or kill. A black aura eminated from Naga. He was beginning to burn off negative karma in preparation.

 

" Come, Morsel! Struggle and know what it's like to be hunted down like a dog by the ones who once called you a brother!"

 

There was pain in the last sentence. Prehaps a memory? After all, there had to be a little bit of Naga still in there, as few golden sparks could be seen.

 

 

( OOC: I had planned on leaving the hookswords out for this one, but you mentioned them in a previous post so I thought, ' eh, why not?')

Edited April 12, 2015 by Hokuto's Heir

[P-Jay 1,987]

calibers eyes darkened. "fine. if its a fight you want, i accept!" he knew this was serious, so he got into his most powerful stance. way of the wanderer. he refrained from using the dark magic. he'll save that as his ace up his sleeve...but this battle wasn't gonna be easy. he could tell those hookswords weren't for show. gathering strength, he decided to outlast him. he'll just use overpowering swordplay until it was done...he hoped. he rushed at his general direction, sword at the ready. naga was in the air, so he would have to find a way to combat that. thats it! the trees! breaking to the side, he dashed at a tree, jumped sideways onto its trunk, and launched himself at naga. he poised his sword in front of himself, and spun vertically, until by time he reached naga, he was a deadly spinning wheel.

 

(picture levi's technique from attack on titan.)

Edited April 12, 2015 by Peytonjay

[Misty Rose 3,216]

Hearing Lightning's answer and seeing his smile filled Pink with immense happiness. "This can't be happening! I actually found a travel buddy!"

 

"Wow...I'm so glad you accepted. I've never had a companion before to join me on my trips so this will be pretty great. You'll finally have a reason to leave this all behind, and trust me if you really truly want to then you won't regret it."

 

She smiled and turned as a waiter pony came by their table to take their order. "I'll have some hot chocolate, a veggie burger and some hay fries. What about you Lightning?"

[Dust and Memories 557]

@@Orion Caelum

Jazz shrugged. She tugged with her hooves at her mane, nibbling at her lower lip - a habit she had retained from fillyhood. She nodded, absorbing all he said and mulling it over, before contemplating how to form an answer. "I'm... Not sure. Not a unicorn myself, so I don't know much about magic. I wonder if it worked though..." she mumbled, staring where the large beam had been only seconds before. She turned to him to continue talking, but his adorable expression left her speechless, a flush forming on her cheeks as she quickly looked away and cleared her throat. Thank Celestia my fringe is on that side. "Uh... What I meant to say... Was... Uh... Nevermind." she mumbled, her voice slowly dropping quieter and quieter as she grappled desperately for the words to express herself. His previous expression had basically scattered all of her thoughts, and she awkwardly fell into silence.

Wilhelm smiled inwardly and gestured to the door, bowing deeply. "Now that the magical light show is over, would you care to come in? I just need to get the telescope, but you can look around or do whatever, I don't mind." He smiled slightly, turned around, and started packing the telescope, sliding one section into another and folding the tripod. Without turning, he said "There's a book in my room, on my bed. Whatever you do, don't touch it. Seriously. "

[Vae Victis 742]

calibers eyes darkened. "fine. if its a fight you want, i accept!" he knew this was serious, so he got into his most powerful stance. way of the wanderer. he refrained from using the dark magic. he'll save that as his ace up his sleeve...but this battle wasn't gonna be easy. he could tell those hookswords weren't for show. gathering strength, he decided to outlast him. he'll just use overpowering swordplay until it was done...he hoped. he rushed at his general direction, sword at the ready. naga was in the air, so he would have to find a way to combat that. thats it! the trees! breaking to the side, he dashed at a tree, jumped sideways onto its trunk, and launched himself at naga. he poised his sword in front of himself, and spun vertically, until by time he reached naga, he was a deadly spinning wheel.

 

(picture levi's technique from attack on titan.)

 

 

Naga is surprised by the unicorn's tactfuness against him. However, being overcome with a ravenous hunger along with a myriad of negative emotions brought upon by the failed purification, he can but only think of an aerial charge toward the oncoming hurricane of onslaught. In mid-air, he meets Caliber blade to blade, having attempted to sideswipe him with slash to the abdomen while he was spinning. However, Caliber's blade impacts upon the hooksword in Naga's left hoof, and knocks it away from Naga! The sword finds itself impacting a tree, cutting in deep and jutting out around the trunk. It is lodged in the tree and will not be pulled out easily. Naga had also used a lot of spiritual energy to brace against the attack. More of this, and he'd be worn down. His body narrowly brushes past Caliber, and he lands and braces himself. This unicorn uses a very powerful technique involving momentum. Naga would need to concentrate using one blade, pouring more power into his swings. He would wait for Caliber to return to the ground, and would engage him on his own terms.

 

" hmph.... Contemptable little bug..."

 

He whispered to himself.

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber felt him meet his strike in mid-air. 'oh? not many try to block this...' he thought. 'i might have a harder time than i thought.' he landed on the ground, and saw one of naga's hook swords have embedded itself into a tree. he only had one left. if he could get that away, too...he would be defenseless! caliber got into his stance, and he rushed him. he launched himself into the air, and spun horizontally, his sword spinning along with him. naga blocked it, stopping caliber's rotation, but thats what he was counting on. now, with his hook-sword occupied, he was free to kick him in the chest. caliber landed on the ground. he looked at naga. "you need a break? getting a little winded?" caliber asked.

Edited April 13, 2015 by Peytonjay

[Kankuro 233]

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He smiled. "I'll take a strawberry milkshake and some carrot bites please." He settled down into his seat.

But why me? Of all the people she could've chosen to get to know, she chose the homeless, beaten orphan (OOC: I only NOW realised how cliché this OC's back-story is .-.) . But there was the catch, she didn't know any of that..

[Vae Victis 742]

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Blades crossed, Naga was face to face with Caliber. He had a devious smile on his face. Sure, Caliber was in position to kick, but Naga had one weapon that the unicorn was forgetting about... Teeth with sharpness that was comparable with dragon claws. He'd allowed himself to get too close. Naga, in his frenzied, bloodthirsty state, would make sure he regretted it. He was prepared for the kick. But not before what he did next.

 

" Tired? You think the Rakshasa weak? No. Not tired, but starved!"

 

With that, Naga opened his mouth wide, and bit into one of Caliber's hooves. First blood drawn. He clamped down hard. Sure, he might take the blow. But the psychological damage that it could do to Caliber was well worth such an exchange.

[Misty Rose 3,216]

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After the waiter left Pink turned to look at Lightning again. "So besides Paris where else would you like to go? One of those places could be on my next destination routes."

 

Once again she let her mind wander to the previous places she had visited. All the things she had learned and wonders she had seen along the way. They had definitely made leaving home something she would never regret and she could only hope Lighting would also feel the freedom she did once he left town too. "Not that wanting to go home is a bad thing, I'll just be pretty sad to see him turn back once we set out. It all depends on his determination to leave this all behind."

 

(OOC: Lol it's not cliché to me It's a pretty sad backstory )

Edited April 14, 2015 by Pink Mist

[Plume 922]

 

 

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Jazz felt a wave of relief in that he had continued the conversation where she had died off. "Sure." she said, smiling before entering the observatory again, having already recovered from her previous complete embarrassment. She paused slightly when he bowed, laughing a little. "Man, I ain't royal enough for bowing." she said, nudging him lightly on the shoulder but going in first anyway. "Sure. I know what privacy is." she said, her voice dropping as she flew up to read through some of the titles on the books.

[P-Jay 1,987]

calibers eyes widened when he bit him. then he smiled. "oh, we're going feral, are we?" calibers eyes developed a kind of hunger to them. "alright..." caliber jumped back, and inspected the wound. "ok...time to stop gauging his strength. time to fight for real." he got into stance, and looked deep into his eyes. 'naga's in there somewhere. i'll give him five minutes. then i'll attack to kill.' he thought. "lets go!" he dashed towards him, and started a flurry of slashes, stabs, spins, and flips. to the untrained pony, it may seem like he's just attacking however he feels like it, but if they would look closer, they would notice how caliber never had a blind side, nor an opening, and could react to whatever kind of attack somepony could throw at him. he's 'controlling' the battle, as it would seem. 'not a lot of ponies can keep up with this, much less fight back' caliber thought, 'but i have a feeling...'

 

(fighting like killerbee's 8 sword style, here. only with one sword)