PROJECT RECON - The RPG Forum Story

[Lafiel]

OK, a few rules about this new story:

1) If you are NOT on the character list, do NOT post here. If your posts are defined as useless or non pertainance to the story they will be deleted. However, feel free to read-

ALL COMMENTS AND REVIEWS ARE TO BE PLACED HERE:

http://www.gatt.co.tt/index.php?name=PNphp...viewtopic&t=423

The set characters are:

(Character/s Name/s) - (Controller)

1-) Evanguard The Vampire Mage - and his pet cat Galghiel - Evangelion_01

2-) Amaya - The Blood Goddess - The Dark Goddess

3-) Polios - The Undead Seer and Fortune Teller Of The Council - Polios

4-) Zerokun - The Cyber Warrior - Zero-X

5-) Pyroslasher - The Silent Swordsman - Pyroslasher

6-) Kalaila and her Watcher - Rei - Lafiel

7-) Serene - The Summoner and Ignaius the Dragon - ShowTime

8-) Fey-ya The Nature Seer and Healer - AsianSpices

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There, that's the Limit. No more requests for now please. Any request can be done via PM to Evangelion_01 or Dark Goddess. *IF* there is to be the replacement of a character at any point due to late or unpronounced posts-you may or may not be considered for taking his/her place. Don't get your hopes up though...

Anyone else can join the next story, whenever this one ends.

2) Consult the member in charge of a character before developing relationships with them.

PLEASE NOTE: There is to be NO giving orders to a character via one post-CONSULT a person via PM or otherwise before jumping to conclusions or making them speak in your post.

3) READ!!
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READ!! The character profiles in the other thread so that you do not mess up another person's character!!

4) There will be NO pointless battles with evil creatures, demons etc unless specified that it moves the story along.

5) Proper grammar and puctuation PLEASE. The editors will delete your postings if they are not understandable or do not pertain to the storyline in ANY way. We are in no mood to edit your badly done posts...

6) A player MAY double post, but only after a character has spoken AND the post must pertain to the characters and situation previously mentioned in his/her last post, unless by invisible PM with connecting characters.

7) Posting may be done via a two week period-but you are NOT to complain if you have missed various aspects of the storyline. PM the last poster or editors if you DO NOT understand the storyline so far-but no spam messages please-you WILL be ignored. Players will be given a two week period to post-after which the storyline will proceed, with or without them. After 17-20 days, your character WILL be dropped if there are no posts-No questions asked.

If and when anything else needs to be added, this post will be edited again.

Main Editors-The Dark Goddess, Evangelion_01

ATTENTION:

If an * appears near your name-you are under caution that your character is fading from the storyline and thus must be posted and accounted for...

The Setting:

Life is hard and food is a scarce commodity. The world is starting over after the second comming of the Angel of Death.The new world is filled with corruption and hate in all forms. The Council is desperately trying to re-establish law and order. The city is a place of death and destruction, buildings lie fallen and broken as Mother Nature seeks to regain her hold by flourishing to her fullest ability in the cracks and crevices of the dead and dying city. To aid them in their struggles for survival, the Council must seek special individuals from far and wide to support them to maintain the little peace and order...By ANY means necessary...The people have little say but to obey...                    

[Lafiel]

Kalaila  sat at her window looking out at the city, or what was left of it. Rei paced slowly across the floor.
"stop that you making me nervous" i muttered
"come on kalai we've got to go now. you have another mission."
"what now?"
"to seek out the others."
"huh?"
"you know them when you meet them. let's go."

The girls packed up thier gear and ventured out into the city, to find "the others".                    

[PyroSlasher]

Kalaila was about to leave when she heard a knock on her door. standing there was a young man dressed in black .He wore two swords and his long hair gently swayed in the wind.
Kalaila "PyroSlasher?"
PyroSlasher stepped up and embraced her.Kalaila was like the sister he never had.
PyroSlasher "Well ,I havent seen you for a while but I was just passing through so thought Id say Hi."
Kalaila"Oh,well Its really nice to see you again Pyro,So....what you been up to?"
Pyro "You really dont wanna know....lets just say I know what hell is like....." With those words he cut himself off the spoke again "..I see you have company and I better be going myself so.....until we meet a.."
Kalaila stopped him by saying "No.Wait..we ah ..we need to talk."
PyroSlasher looked around and then stepped inside.                    

[The_Dark_Goddess]

As Kalaila and Pyroslasher spent the evening catching up, an area of the city darkened, a hole tearing in space in and time. Through the hole fell a woman, she was tall and fiery, with a mane of red hair cascading in a bloody waterfall down her back.
Landing with surprising agility, she stood and breathed deeply.
Surveying the city, its ghostly state evident, she sneered and spoke bitterly: "Wonderful...displaced from one Realm and i end up here, a deserted city in a realm i find completely unknown."
Sensing strange magic on the air, Amaya sent out a few magical messages of her own, and sat to await a reply.                    

[Polios]

In answer to her call, a dark vortex opened and a cloaked figure with a dark aura stood before her.
"Welcome, newcomer. You have been called to help the council, go to the city yonder and you will find companions to help," said a deep voice coming from the cloak," you may not return to your God Realms untill this task is done. I will come back to assist when the time is right, first I must gather the others."
The swirling vortex reopened and he was gone.                    

[ShowTime]

Serene kicked aimlessly, sending a stone amongst the rubble.  
"There's no one left in this town."
As she dusted off her dress, a sound caught her attention.  From around a building, a head of a dragon emerged.  It's greenish brown scaly body scathed against the structure causing piece to collaspe.
"What do you think, Ignaius?  Dead or deserted?"
The dragon gave no indication of acknowledging her comment.
"Yea, yea, I think so too.  It's so hard to find food and supplies these days.  But don't worry, we'll be alright."
She began to walk aimlessly through the city with Ignaius not too far behind her, and then she stopped.
"Ha ha, I guess sometimes it's kinda hard to find people too."                    

[Evangelion_01]

"Sir...would you like some more wine...some more bread for your pet?"

The tall, cloaked figure smiled ahansomely and flipped a few gold coins with a thumb, grinning as they landed in the waitresss' large cleavage slit in her dress, bringing an 'eep' of embarassment a blush to the pretty girls cheeks.

"You have been very helpful my dear...I think my pet and I are fine for the moment..." The waitress nodded and retreated behind a tattered curtain. The bar was slightly deserted, some lush drunk snoring at a side table and one or two peasants sitting nuzzling some concoction or the other.

A large yellowish-brown cat purred in the tall strangers' lap, its eyes a disturbing blue from the usual feline green. It looked at its master and thoughtspoke:

"Evanguard...This is BORING! What the hell are we doing here?" The stranger smiled, shaking a long mane of silver black hair out of his hood, a large quartenery pair of fangs glinting whitely in his smile.

"Calm down Galghiel...We'll find what we're looking for when we leave here....Ustrel has never led us wrong yet, even into this dump of a backwater village...Something tells me we'll find out what that girl I kept dreaming about those four years ago, and her taking the Book from me will be answered here..."

The stranger swung on the rickety stool, finishing up his tankard of now-unbearably warm wine as he placed his pet in a large pocket, his other hand in the other pocket, petting the Book nervously. He watched as a dragon and a VERY unkempt woman a dragon march past the bar's doorway.

"Hmm...you get all kinds of freaks here these days after that Angel of death episode..." He winced painfully as a ringing thoughtspeak rang in his mind, shuddering at the echo in his ears.

"Damn...Amaya...."

Throwing some more coins on the benchmark, he called for the waitress and swung off the stool, pulling his cloak around him and comforting his pet. He marched out the archway and into the hot sun, pulling up his hood over his head.

"Now where is she...I know I heard her..."                    

[The_Dark_Goddess]

The strange cloaked man disappeared into his vortex and Amaya was once more left alone.
"Wonderful!" she thought to herself. A bonding spell...on her.
But no time to think of that now, she was getting a response from one of her probes.
She reached out again, and grasped hold of the man's thought patterns.
"Evanguard!" she said in surprise.
"Amaya..." he responded, "I thought i heard you somewhere"
"Yes...i am newly arrived...bond spell...fancy meeting you here"
"Indeed, vacationing i was" he chuckled darkly. Amaya laughed, the vampire priest didn't know the meaning of "Vacation"
"Yes Evanguard, i am sure you were. But where are you? i sense you are near." Saying that, Amaya stood and began to explore the ruins around her, climbing over rubble and tossing rocks out of her way.
"Wait, don't move Amaya" Evanguard thought to her. Amaya froze.
"I think i can sense your position, my senses are much more intune to this dimension than yours" He said.
Soon enough, Amaya heard the sounds of falling debris as Evanguard hauled himself to her position.
The two clasped hands in a friendly manner and Amaya wiped her brow, squinting slightly to view her companion.
"Greeting Evanguard, Vampire Priest." She said, "and to you, Galghiel, his faithful servant" she added, as the cat jumped from his master to give the goddess a delicate feline bow.
"Greetings, Blood Goddess"
formality over, the two exchanged bits of information, all the while observing the strange girl and her dragon who wandered the deserted, dust ridden streets aimlessly.                    

[Evangelion_01]

The vampire grunted and dusted his handsome robes free of the dusty rocks, picking Galghiel up again and returning him to his designated pocket.

"How delightful...I end up in this hovel searching for signs directed by Ustrel for this so-called dream I have had those four years ago..."

He sighed and looked at the Blood Godess, who was looking quite uncomfortable and warm in her mage robes. He grinned handsomely.

"Well my dear-it seems you are in need of a good drink, a rest and a bath. Shall I lead you to the nearest...*cough*..Inn...No worries about the fees, I'll take care of them..."

He bowed gracefully and held out a hand to her, the cat thoughspeaking to both of them:

"Oooohhh...Look at the Ladies man! ^^"

The vampire mage chuckled and held the lady's hand as he led her from the debris pile and they proceeded back to the bar where he sat only a few minutes ago. He watched as the strange female and the dragon disappeared into the broken down remnants of the shattered city.

"I wonder what those two are up to...Anyway, never mind-lets get you some food and clean clothes my dear, a blood goddess does not deserve to wandering in dirty clothes..." He looked down to Amaya and asked:

"You do know who these other so-called contacts are right? I hope they arrive soon, I'm getting impatient..." he said as he led her through the archway in the dark cool bar and ordered her a room, food, drink and a bath.                    

[ShowTime]

"This doesn't make any sense.  You can smell them too, can't you Ignaius?"
Serene rubbed his neck as the dragon attempted to sniff out any people.  Survivors, maybe, but just any human contact would've been enough.  They didn't really know what to expect.  As they circled the city for the seemingly hundredth time, they came upon a building still in excellent condition, well compared to the rest.  
"Listen!...There are people in there!"
Her pace quickened in response to her anxiousness as she headed towards the door.  Realizing the first impression Ignaiuse may have, she explained solemnly, "One of us'll have to wait out here."
Ignaius continued towards the building.
"No, not me.  You'll have to stay out here.  Don't worry," she coaxed, "I'll be right out.  And I'll call you if I need you."
She pulled a small pouch from the saddle-like bag on Ignaius back and headed through the door of the building.  
When entering, she chose a table for herself and sat down to be waited upon.
"Is there anything that you need?"  The worker eyed her suggestivly as if already prescribing a bath and new clothes.
"I..I'd like a room, please.  And some food.  A lot of food."  She placed her pouch on the table, "I have money."                    

[Zero-X]

As he entered the ravaged city, the cybernetic warrior swung his head from side to side and said....
"This city has seen better days.......but this establishment is still intact, perhaps what i'm looking for maybe inside here...."

Then his master, Raikou contacted him telepathically....
"Have you found the one called Kaliala my protector?"

"No master, there seems to be no sign of her anywhere in this vicinity....perhaps i was wrong to come here...."

"Do not trouble yourself dear Zerokun, you shall find her sooner than you may expect.....but as always, be on your guard"

".....Of course master, i shall be careful..."

So he entered the bar, took one look around and observed some of the most ruthless people he had ever seen, but there was no time to deal with them.
He approached the bartender and asked.....
"I'm looking for some strangers with special abilities....Have u seen any?"

The bartender replied....
"Yeah I did, going down past that archway."

Zerokun replied.....
"Thanks for your help...and gimme a room willya? Here's some gold for it.."

Serene noticed this so called warrior and said to herself...
"He looks dangerous, i'd better keep an eye on him for now...."

So off went Zerokun, looking for Evanguard and Amaya, hoping that he does find them so that they can answer his question of looking for someone called Kaliala......                    

[Evangelion_01]

Evanguard watched playfully as Amaya picked up her change of clothing and stepped into the bath area in the tiny, bare furnished room.

"And NO peeking you perv..."

"You DO know I can blast that door off its hinges right?"

"You wouldnt dare...I know that..." The vampire folded his cloak and put it on the bed. "Of course I wouldn't my dear..."

Galghiel was stretched out lazily across the bedspread like a large yellow pillow, relaxing comfortably. Suddenly his ears perked up and he listened warily. NMoticing this, Evanguard drew his Book and approached the door cautiously, opening it a crack. He watched as a tall fair skinned cyber clumped past in the corridor, his metal boot ringing on the cracked wooden floor. On his back was a long handled lazer sabre and one arm was no more than a mess of wires and circuitry. He closed the door warily, growling gently.

"This isn't good...too many strangers are coming here...and I'm getting these weird vibes from that one..." The stranger now stopped and turned, a green glinting metal. He closed the door and put the Book on the bed.

"This is getting very odd..."                    

[The_Dark_Goddess]

Amaya layed back in the small bath and enjoyed the steam and heat.
It had been so long since she'd last had the luxury...of course, she was used to more luxury than this, but when one is in a strange realm, one should take what one would get.

Tingles ran up and down her spine every so often, signals and messages from her magical probes, they were beginning to spread far and wide in this strange new world.
She was more attuned to the realm now, slowly her body and magical skills began to adapt.

But something was not right.

It had to be some strong magic to draw both her AND Evanguard to this place...though while she had been pulled from another world, Evan seemed to have come of his own accord. Strange indeed.

The bath was getting cold.
The Goddes stepped out of the water, and into her towel. Outside, Evanguard and Galghiel were speaking.

"There are too many strangers arriving," said the vampire priest. Amaya opened the door,
"Yes, far too many i believe. What i would like to know, is why? It seems that most people here are natives, but the girl and her dragon are by far natural to this realm, not to mention you and myself."

Evanguard turned to look at the goddess, "Yes, and there is another, newly arrived it seems."
"Oh?"
"Yes, a cybernetic. He just walked passed"
"That must have been the disturbance i felt in our immediate field. Tell me Evanguard, have u been sure to shield this room?"
"Of course, m'lady" he bowed, "can you expect anything less?"

Amaya chuckled, "No Evan, i suppose not. Anyway, i think we should explore the city tomorrow. The stranger who came to me on my arrival told me of 'help' and 'others' further up, i believe that this person, or people, are where our answers lie."

Evanguard though for a moment, "Yes, that makes much sense, for now let us rest, and tomorrow, we shall explore."

Amaya sat on the bed and took hold of Evanguard's robe.
Pulling him nearer, she grinned slyly.
"There is no rest for the wicked"                    

[SHiZZ]

Please doh beat meh up too much. I like where this is going it is a cool idea, and keep it coming.                    

[Asian§pices]

Far far away in another city while waiting on her mother to return, stood a beautiful young woman of asian decent. With nothing better to do she found herself unconsiously playing with the leaves of the plants nearby and drifting further and further away from the spot which she stood.

Slowly a mist began to build up around her and she began to shivver...
the air around her became clouded and she started to sense fear building up inside of her. Looking around she realized she had was lost.
Then she started to hear voices. Thinking it was her mother she ran towards it. When she reached the voices the mist slowly cleared away and she stood in horror at what she saw.
But before she had chance to scream or run she was struck by a powerful, blinding image that would scar her mind forever....
thus causing her to blackout.

Upon awakening from the ordeal, still dazzeled by the powerful image, she struggled to regain focus.
She found her self in a ravaged and deserted city unknown to her....
but all that she could think of was ...... i MUST find............
and with that she collapsed to the ground.                    

[Evangelion_01]

"Oooh...yess...ow...yes...RIGHT there...that's good...mmm..."

The vampire lay on his back on the bed, the now fully clothed Goddess on his lower back, giving him one of her famous healing rubs, removing weeks of uncomforatable travel stiffness from his neck and back muscles.

"Damn...if I could clone stuff I'd make a million of you ^^" The Goddess winced slightly, holding her forehead, causing Galghiel and Evanguard to look up, concerned.

"What is it Amaya? Something wrong?"

The Goddess mind tingled with sensations, forcing her to cover her ears unconsciously.

"I think you should get to bed Amaya...I'll keep watch..." He helped the dizzy Goddess to the bed and tucked her in. The vampire took his post at the door, his green blue eyes gleaming warily in the falling darkness, the Book in his lap, its pages glowing their usual eerie bluepurple. He made sure the Goddess fell asleep before he got up and peered out the grimy, black window making out a few indistinct figures, one of which he was SURE was the dragon.

"Damn...I don't trust this set...I don't trust them one bit..." He watched as the Goddess squirmed gently under the covers, her dreams disturbed. Evanguard sighed and reached out to touch her head:

"Noctimus Itemas...Bring sleep to thy disturbances..." He felt her calm slightly as her body fell into a magically protected sleep. He smiled satisfactorily. Galghiel looked up at him from the foot of the bed where he had curled up on the Goddess' feet.

"You should really stop that-not all persons are meant to have peaceful sleep...."

"Oh keep quiet...." he said as he returned to the door, and sat in a corner, watching over the Godess, his demon eyes unblinking in the darkness.                    

[Polios]

" They have been gathered, well most anyway," said Polios, after teleporting in front of the Council's semi circle tables," I have done my duty, now free me."
" Not all have gathered,  you must finish it," said the booming voice of the leader of the Council," Also, we may have underestimated what we are dealing with. Therefore, we feel it is necessary that you be their companion. You will accompany them or you will never be free of......."
He knew who he meant, he guessed they were still afraid.
He made his vortex of swirling black purple, while thinking to himself," How did I see this coming? Oh yeah, I'm a seer. Well, I guess the future is never certain and the only future I can't read is my own."
With that he left to join his soon-to-be-companions, in their waiting for the rest                    

[The_Dark_Goddess]

Amaya awoke that morning to find Evanguard already dressed and sitting on a stool near the bedhead, watching her intently.
"Good morning," she said.
"Good morning, Goddess. How do you feel?"
"Fine...why are you watching me that way?"

Evanguard shook his head, "Nothing, nothing...u seemed to have been dreaming, nothing pleasant i might add."
"Oh," said the goddess, "That is not strange, they have plagued me all my life, almost. A curse, received when i was young. Centuries of it have made me accostomed."

Evan nodded, "Yes, but lady, what was it that you sensed? It seemed...painful. And for one such as you, painful is hard to come by."

For a moment, Amaya seemed confused.
"Sensed? I have no recollection of sensing anything out of the ordinary. In fact...my last memory of last night was finishing your back rub..." her eyes went wide, "But i cant remember falling asleep. I have the vague sensation now, that there is a new prescence in this Realm, i can feel something different, if i focus."

Evanguard looked worried, "Yes, i believe it arrived last night, near your sudden dizzy spell. I can sense it well, what worries me is that you must make an effort."

Amaya shook her head and rose.
"No use worrying about that now, i can sense nothing out of the ordinary about me, personally. I can function at optimum as far as i can tell, we should get a move on and check out the city...find whatever the cloaked man i met was speaking about."

Evan nodded again, brooding silently, as the goddess prepared herself, and donned her armour for exploration.

The duo then left the ramshackle inn, both silent and weary.                    

[Zero-X]

Then, while Zerokun was resting in a so called "bed' as it were, his master Raikou contacted him telepathically again....

"Zerokun, it's time to awaken, for you must find this person at all costs if you are to find out about your new journey...."

"Yes master, i hear and obey....for my journey....has just begun. But what of the two strangers i wonder, perhaps they already left....It doesn't matter now, all that matters is that i must find this 'Kalaila' character....and soon"

And with that, he got off his bed, flung on his cape, checked his equipment, and left the inn to set out in search of the one person who can give him the answers to his questions...."                    

[Lafiel]

Kalaila looked down at her sleeping companions. She was begining to feel restless again. The other were near and now it was time to get the introductions under way. Hopefully, there would be no disagreements or falling outs within the group.
Not wanting to wake Pyro and Rei, Kalaila make her exit through a window.
She landed gracefully and silently, not making a sound. Suddenly,a sharp pain shot through her chest
"What the...Oh no! please. Please don't tell me. That smell. It has to be him."
Kalaila dropped to her knees. Everything around her began to darken slowly the last thing she whisper before she completely blacked out was his name,  Evanguard.