Tale of Exzalia, well of darkness

Will

Vashal collapsed on the stone beside them. He could tell by how she lay that she was dead. All this time they had been trying to find her, to find answers, only to have the one who could explain die at their feet. And now Lebry was asking Magnolia, the one who had killed their teacher, for advice. And all the while, the well of darkness continued to spill Nox out into the world. And he didn't know why. Sword out and shield up, weaving already, he stood beside Emery.

"Why is this happening? What is the point of all of this? Power? Is that it? Well, that's not a good enough reason for everything that I've seen!"

 

Magnolia

Why is this happening? What is the point of all of this? Power? Is that it? Well, that's not a good enough reason for everything that I've seen!"

You have killed our Teacher, and for that I'm sorry to say the penalty is vengeance...Your Majesty."

You... please tell me how to erradicate my pain... I'll do everything, as long as I can exist without this pain"


"You, you people are nothing but children, gullible and rash, you don't even know the reality of the situation. The discovery of the well of darkness, or I should say the rediscovery of it has sent all of Exzalia into a panic. Damiruu like everyone else wanted to take the power for themselves, so they sent Vashal a royal battle mage disguised as a teacher to retrieve it. Of course when she got here myself and the shadow mages had been already one step ahead." She looked at Will.

"Power is the deciding factor in everything, who lives and who dies. If you are weak you will feel pain, if you're are feeble humans will abuse you. So you're wrong child, power is worth a thousand more deaths." then she looked back to Lebria, "If one has power, one can eradicate all that causes you pain, after I take fiery vengeance on my enemies I will begin ridding the world of the filth that destroys, rapes, mudures all those too weak to stop it. I'll destroy it all, I will cleanse this world."

Tess slowly rose to his feet, his cheeks were still stained with tear marks. "So...there are several groups after this well of darkness, and you are simply one of them, and you're going to use that power to avenge you're self? Well if it's alright for you to take vengeance those you hate, then I should too! and when I'm done. I'll purge the world, of people like you!"

Magnolia smiled, "Then you're no better than the shadow mages. Indeed none of us are, not even the elves."

 

Althea Lebry

Vashal dead didn't really impressed Lebry at all, after all she didn't met her, she didn't had any special feeling for her.

She turned to the students and said "Would you give her a proper burial, or will let her body to be rotten without caring for her at all.... just like you did to that thing called Lebry?"

I will begin ridding the world of the filth that destroys, rapes, mudures all those too weak to stop it. I'll destroy it all, I will cleanse this world.

"I like that, even if I'm already filth with the sin, I like your ideals. You're indeed talking with true feelings, and not throwing nonsensical shit as the students."

She scratched the back of her head

"Knowing them, they'll probably will try to kill you, I need to think things a bit,, but don't worry I won't harm you at all, you're indeed more valuable than them"

She then walked lazily to a wall and resting her back on it she lied waiting for any incoming situation

 

Emery Rose

"You, you people are nothing but children, gullible and rash, you don't even know the reality of the situation. The discovery of the well of darkness, or I should say the rediscovery of it has sent all of Exzalia into a panic. Damiruu like everyone else wanted to take the power for themselves, so they sent Vashal a royal battle mage disguised as a teacher to retrieve it. Of course when she got here myself and the shadow mages had been already one step ahead."

This and all that Magnolia said only made Emery grow angrier as she conjured up the firebomb in her hand.

"I wish everyone would stop calling me a CHILD! I am no such thing, quite the opposite in fact as I have probably been through more than the lot of you."

Emery tossed the fire in her hand, walking closer to Magnolia. "I have experienced what it's like to live in this cruel world you speak of, I've experienced the heartache and pain. Yet, I am only 18 years of age. Is that what you call a child?"

"Knowing them, they'll probably will try to kill you, I need to think things a bit, but don't worry I won't harm you at all, you're indeed more valuable than them" The sickly sweet, and innocent voice of female Lebry flew to her ears. Emery spun around to find her now resting on a wall. The charon continued to burn in her hand as she yelled for all the world to hear.

"Strong words for someone who has already murdered countless times! Even if you were Lebry...or are Lebry, which still confuses me..." Her flames flickered for a second, until she continued. "Anyway, Miss Murderer give us one good reason why we shouldn't try and take this well of darkness for ourselves instead of Her Royal Highness. Because it looks like it will be the only way to get us out of here."

 

River Hoya

"So...there are several groups after this well of darkness, and you are simply one of them, and you're going to use that power to avenge you're self? Well if it's alright for you to take vengeance those you hate, then I should too! and when I'm done. I'll purge the world, of people like you!" Tess said.

Magnolia smiled, "Then you're no better than the shadow mages. Indeed none of us are, not even the elves."

"Anyway, Miss Murderer give us one good reason why we shouldn't try and take this well of darkness for ourselves instead of Her Royal Highness. Because it looks like it will be the only way to get us out of here."

River stepped up, and calmly notched an arrow in her bow. "We shouldn't kill senslessly! Nor for revenge!" She addressed the group, specifically Magnolia, Tess and Emery. To use such an ancient power only to kill more people, wether evil or not, will only destroy you and likely more innocents along with you! Clear your minds. Balance must be restored. Only then can we save those halflings back at the castle, and set that vampyria free from the monster within her. We should use the wells to save lives...not destroy more of them."

 

Althea Lebry

"Strong words for someone who has already murdered countless times! Even if you were Lebry...or are Lebry, which still confuses me..." Her flames flickered for a second, until she continued. "Anyway, Miss Murderer give us one good reason why we shouldn't try and take this well of darkness for ourselves instead of Her Royal Highness. Because it looks like it will be the only way to get us out of here."

She raised her hands, showing all the ten fingers

"Countless times is an exageration, I only had done it ten times up to now"

Then she touched her forehead with her index finger

"Using the Well of Darkness?? do you even know how? do you even had what is needed? could you withstood its corruption?... you're joking no?"

 

Emery Rose

"Using the Well of Darkness?? do you even know how? do you even had what is needed? could you withstood its corruption?... you're joking no?"

A small smile crept over Emery's lips at Lebry's words.

"I'm sure we could figure it out, right? Don't we have all five elements? We would need to work together, which is a sacrifice I can try to withstand. But, remember we have come this far and have defeated over a hundred mages, a necromancer, and a dragon. This well of darkness is only the final battle."

Emery peered around at the others. "Don't you agree with me? Or does fear keep a hold of you? We must defeat this darkness, this Death that I hate more than anything...or anyone else."

 

Lebry bursted in laugh at Emery's words

Then she pointed at Magnolia.

"She knows how, she has the power, she is intelligent, and not a kid as us"

Throwing a mocking glance at Emery she continued

"Do you really think we have enough time to even figure how to use it?, if she hasn't attacked us yet, is because we're not a threat, if we get close to discover how to use it, she will surely eliminate us"

 

Vaughn was observing intently the many discussions and emotional outbreaks going on. He had acquired an interesting looking chunk of tile and was gnawing on it vigorously. This is pretty tasty. Hm that pretty red head is talking. I think I will just chew on this a while longer.

A grin appeared on his face and he started chuckling.

 

Will

Emery peered around at the others. "Don't you agree with me? Or does fear keep a hold of you? We must defeat this darkness, this Death that I hate more than anything...or anyone else."

"Emery, fighting death with death doesn't make any sense. The well is a power that is not meant to be wielded!" Will was astonished to hear her even consider the idea, and he knew that Tess was thinking it to. "Don't you remember what the Origin Tree said, the world is out of balance! Unleashing the power of the Well won't save the world, It will destroy it!" He couldn't understand how they could be so blind.

 

Do you really think we have enough time to even figure how to use it?, if she hasn't attacked us yet, is because we're not a threat, if we get close to discover how to use it, it will surely eliminate us"

"Or perhaps she knows there a chance she may not win." Tess countered eyeing Magnolia with a venomous hatred.
"She just fought Vashal, for quiet some time by the looks of it, your drained, aren't you magnolia? And we out number you. her magic gaured is almost gone, your on your last legs, we can take her."

 

Crumpet

"I will begin ridding the world of the filth that destroys, rapes, mudures all those too weak to stop it. I'll destroy it all, I will cleanse this world."

Crumpet stood with his brows furrowed as the students wept over their teacher and screamed at the other woman accusingly. Slowly, a grin spread across his face. Gotcha. Crumpet stepped forward and saluted courteously. "By all means, please do. Take your well earned power and kill every one of those filths which destroy those too weak to fight back. Have no mercy, and spare nobody. Nobody. Destroy the ones who abuse their power, ranging from a mugger in a dark alley, to leaders of nations who lead unholy genocides, and even-" he stepped towards her aggressively. "Even those who use their power to rid the world of these filths who, despite their evil, cannot fight back against you."

 

"Emery, fighting death with death doesn't make any sense. The well is a power that is not meant to be wielded!" Will was astonished to hear her even consider the idea, and he knew that Tess was thinking it to. "Don't you remember what the Origin Tree said, the world is out of balance! Unleashing the power of the Well won't save the world, It will destroy it!" He couldn't understand how they could be so blind.

Lebry was mocking at Emery when Will pronounced that words.... then suddenly an idea popped out on her mind, of how the Well of Darkness could be used without causing chaos. Still she kept it to herself, it was something that if it were to be true it could trigger the actions of Magnolia. And also she didn't wished to associate with the students anymore. Magnolia's ideals were more interesting after all.
For now she had some objectives determinated already.
1) Kill William
2) Gain enough knowledge from Magnolia to overcome her own struggle
3) Find a clear objective that gives meaning to her senseless existence.

 

Avani Reed (Health: 50%) (Level 2)

Avani crossed her arms and surveyed the rest of the students as they argued their morality and reasoning and a bunch of other junk she honestly didn't care about. One second she was standing there all stone-faced, the next she was three steps away from the Well of Darkness. Every light Eather part of her started throbbing and she felt as though something was ripping her apart. That is some strong stuff right there. She looked around, pinning Magnolia with her eyes before reaching her hand forward and dipping one finger into the black inky pool. This must look really bad about now, me the supposedly angel-like one with one hand reaching for the darkest thing in Exzalia... She smiled. Luckily for everyone else, her reasons weren't corrupt or selfish. Let the dead play with the dead, right?

 

William (Level: 2|Expertise: 150|Shield: 100%)

William...
... return to this world, William...
You are needed.

...
Is this my brain messing with me again? A hallucination?

Perhaps.

Why the dramatic opening lines, then? I'm essentially a form of "serious" comic relief in this RPG.

Don't break the fourth wall, William.

Then treat me like the character I am. You should know me better than anyone else, Warp Zone.

William woke to the sound of bickering, with absolutely no recollection of anything that transpired since entering the dungeon, and only having a foggy memory of a conversation with an entity of some sort during a hallucination. What happened to me?

There was a lot of Nox in the area, apparently. The two people fighting were Emery and some creepy girl, if it could even be described as a "girl." Everyone seemed to be there, at least, along with some witch William vaguely recognized. Vashal's burnt body was laying there as well. The oddball was chewing on some tile.

A lot of shit hit a lot of fans while I was out, apparently. But where's Avani?

William's eyes naturally drifted toward the area of concentrated Nox. He had no idea what it was, but it was something that had to be dealt with. After all, such a thing had the potential to destroy the world, Avani was sticking her hand in it, and the witch was probably going to do something evil with it. That was definitely evil, although something about that list seemed off to William...

Avani's sticking her hand into the Nox?

Avani was sticking her hand into a huge orb of Nox. William repeated that a few times in his head; he still didn't believe it.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!?" He made his way to her as quickly as he could, dodging around students, bodies, and chewed-up flooring.

 

Bangel Hoya

Bangel watched the sun as it got lower and lower in the sky as he walked along a well worn path. Elves bustled around him doing daily chores and activities. Seven more days and his daughter would be joined, bringing two clans together. Frond, the old seer, had said that his daughter was in the heart of the grove, conceiled by Nox. She couldn't see her but she knew River was still alive.
He made his way out of the encampment and onto a beautiful hill overlooking the forest. The hill wasn't small however, but rather a large plain stretching for several miles. The burial plains. Trees older than he grew on this hill marking the spots where elves who had passed on to be with the creator, were buried. Some were more recent within a few years. He made his way to a seven year old tree with purple blossoms. Carved into it's trunk was his mate's name in Elvish. He kneeled at the small tree's base and ran a callosed hand down it's trunk to the etching of her name. Riveria.

Smiling sadly he began speaking to the tree in elvish, or rather to whom the tree represented. "Riveria, my dear. Our daughter is becoming a fine princess. She has a good heart and a wonderful life ahead of her. I know you would be proud."
He plucked some weeds growing around the tree's base.
"She is to be joined a week. I couldn't have found a more sutibale mate for her. She resented the union at first but she has resigned herself to her duty, as you once did. I know she'll grow to be very happy with him...as we were."
A low rumble in the distance caused him to look to the sky. Thunder clouds. It would likely rain soon.
"Take care my dear." Bangel said as he stood.
"Say a prayer to the creator for your family."

 

Magnolia / Tess

"Enough! Magnolia yelled at them before aggressively smacking Avini's hands away from the nox spewing orb. He placed herself in front of the well of darkness and glaring at the students she said.

"I don't care for your childish attempts at morality, the well of darkness is MINE! Either leave or fight me for it! Fight me for it and I'll do worse to you than I did to her!" Magnolia said pointing to Vashal.

Tess glared back merc and charon flowing through his hands, "I think it's fair to say I'll be fighting you for it, even if I do it alone, we come too far to just turn our backs!"

Tess looked around to the other students, "Who's going to fight with me?"

 

River Hoya

"Who's going to fight with me?" Tess yelled as he weaved.

River lifted her bow and charged the arrow with Wind Arrow. "If we must." She said sadly.

 

River Hoya

"Who's going to fight with me?" Tess yelled as he weaved.

River lifted her bow and charged the arrow with Wind Arrow. "If we must." She said sadly.

 

Althea Lebry

"Who's going to fight with me?"

Lebry just lied on the wall and said

"I already told you that I'm not your enemy"

She would refuse to fight for the sake of the group of students.

 

Will

Sword out, shield up. Nox side taking over.

"Count me in." Will said coldly. He could keep Tess from getting to the well, but first they needed to keep Magnoli from getting it. The nox side of his mind started turning over, planning out his moves ahead of time, sharpening his instincts and reflexes. Ever since they had met with the Origin Tree, he's seen the potential of the dark, knew he could control it as long as life was always with him, his Althea. This was the time to put it to the test. Will slipped into battle mode.

 

Double Post

 

Vaughn chewing through nearly half the tile, This isn't tasting so good anymore. He notices the group is getting tense, particularly towards the lady who just killed the other lady.

"OH WERE GONNA FIGHT!", His face lights up like a supernova lighting up the blackest corner of the universe.

After stretching nearly every area of his body he sprawls like a daddy long legs on the floor, sniffing in many directions, Am I getting weirder?, with the tile in his right hand he focuses all his strength into a T-rex like throw, that of his elbow pressed against his body and forearm making the movement.

"RAR!" He releases the tile, it moves along at a strong speed, but nothing spectacular. He decided to leave Diruo out of this fight. The tile flies through the air with pin point accuracy, straight for Magnolia's nose.

 

River Hoya

River released her arrow and weaved Water Barrage sending a cyclone of water at Magnolia.

 

Will

River had loosed an arrow, and Vaughn was using the most ridiculous method possible to launch a tile at Magnolia. Then again, everything Vaughn did seemed some what ridiculous. Then River was throwing a cyclone, and Will knew what to do, relying on instinct to fight. He wove Dark Lightning and Fired it at River's cyclone. The electricity conducting through the water, turning the whole thing into an electric whirlwind of Merc, Nox and Althea. He waited for it to hit, then rushed in with his sword.