Domon

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Name: Caden Farrel Gender: Male Age: 21 Description [IMG]http://img2.imagetown.net/36119932.jpg[/IMG] Biography: Caden is a college bound student, well not exactly. More or so Caden is a person who dreams big but never does anything (i.e. he's a lazy bum.) He started out living at home for the past 3 years until his mom went postal on him and kicked him out of the house along with a few harsh words. After he'd been given the boot he started looking for a place to live, that's when he found Charlie's place, after that he became a tenant. But Caden has yet to have paid his rent and to find a job, he's been spending his time sitting in his apartment playing his gamecube, glued to the TV watching a variety of shows (including some of the more explicit.), playing on the computer, or entertaining some of his female company. Caden's moods tend to vary depending on what he is doing, but usually he's quick to hit on a woman or first to punch a jerk. So he's rubbed elbows with Charlie every now and then, but he's held his temper back since he knows Charlie owns the place and also the fact that Charlie could probably beat him to a pulp. Reason for moving in: It can serve as his bachelor pad for now. Idiosyncracies: Usually he prides himself on his looks when he really isn't that great looking, especially with his odd looking hair and he always is looking in a mirror at himself while he's trying to seduce some woman.[/COLOR]

[quote name='Domon][COLOR=Navy][SIZE=1] [B]Also, I?m going to request that you send me a post via PM, this will also decide if you are in. The post can consist of your character?s biography, or it can be a post from another rpg, just so long as it is a post.[/B][/SIZE'][/COLOR][/quote] This is just a reminder, but please send me a post from a previous rpg or something, this greatly determines if you are in or not. So Unborn Lord Xion, please PM me with a post from a previous rpg that you participated in, thanks.

[U][B][CENTER]Shaman King: Reincarnation[/CENTER][/B][/U] [COLOR=Navy][SIZE=1]It has been ten years since Yoh Asukura and Tao Ren engaged in a massive battle that took place within the confines of Kyoto. The battle had been so devastating that both of the then teenagers lost their bodies and their souls were lost to limbo where their ever-lasting battle continues to this day. But that was not the only damage that had been done, at least twenty other people lost their lives to that battle because of the energy from the blast that destroyed Yoh and Ren, except those innocent people were completely dead and instantly sent to the other world. After a few years Yoh?s friends and his fiancé, Anna left Tokyo and went their separate ways. Manta on the other hand, stayed in Tokyo and remained hopeful that Yoh would return home and that he wasn?t dead, lost, or whatever it was that had happened. Manta graduated from high school where after that, he became a pupil under Anna, and so far both of them have been trying to at least communicate with Yoh in limbo. Anna, the itako, has taken up residence in a secluded shrine in the mountains where she awaits the appearance of the next Shaman King, which Yoh had attained, but in the end Ren had become pure evil and that?s how the two became lost in limbo. Unfortunately though, Amidamaru and Bason had been lost in limbo too, never to enter heaven, hell, or reappear on earth. However, the Great Spirit knows that Yoh may never return so it must bestow the title of Shaman King upon another male or female. Either way, a Shaman King must soon be chosen for the fate of the world is at stake, or so the spirits say to her. Ren?s sister returned to China, but instead of doing what her parents told her to do, she took to fighting the evil of her family and in the end killed her father for his treachery and for all the sins he had committed. Her mother, on the other hand had been a pawn and Jun soon forgave her mother. After that, she returned to Japan, but to Osaka where no one was really able to track her movements, though it has been rumored that a beautiful woman has been seen near one of the older temples that has long been abandoned. Horohoro is still living in the mountains with the small people that live in the butter burr plants. He?s become the chief of his village and has managed to stop the continuous destruction of the forests where the small people live. Most of the other competitors that fought in the Shaman King tournament either have returned to their homes to train more for the now soon approaching Shaman King tournament, or they have practically fallen off the face of the earth. One person though, who isn?t too pleased about the tournament approaching so fast is Silva, when he saw his friend?s brutally murdered corpse that was done courtesy of Ren, Silva swore an oath that he would not watch the horror of the Shaman tournament. Instead, he has decided to be a mentor for those who should need guidance for fighting. First off, this will be a lot like a manga. This will be in chapters where characters are introduced along with ghosts etc. I will say who we will need for the certain chapter so I definitely need for everyone to check the rpg so as to see if we haven?t moved onto the next chapter. Also, I?m going to request that you send me a post via PM, this will also decide if you are in. The post can consist of your character?s biography, or it can be a post from another rpg, just so long as it is a post. I will post a list of who is in at the end of the day and continue to update it, so please watch it instead of continuously asking ?Am I in??? if your name is not on the list then no. Another thing, if you don?t get in, I don?t want you to post again and whine about it, another thing that will guarantee you not getting in will be if you sign up and have a splendid sign up , but yet you fail to send me a post via PM, I will mention it when I post the list, and you?ll have about 48 hours to send it in. Also, I would greatly appreciate it that to those who get in, that you post consistently and at least stay dedicated to this rpg, because I have had to deal with my last rpg dropping clear down to a number of three. And I'll emphasize this, if you think I'm doing something wrong, please PM me and be polite. That's all I have to say now. This is what I would like for your sign ups. Name: Age: Please be reasonable, I?d like 16-25 is the most, if you go over 25 and don?t change it after I ask you, you can be assured that I?ll not take you. Country What kind of power you use: I.E.: Shaman powers, Mana, Necromancer (like faust), etc. But please stay within the limits of Shaman King. Ghost?s Name: If you intergrate with your ghost companion or if you have an oversoul. Ghost?s biography: Oversoul look: Character Picture/very detailed description: Character Biography: Weapon Here is my character Name: Atasuke Kasamatsu Age: 19 Country: Northern Japan Power: Able to intergrate with his ghost, though he tends to be tempermental. He also is able to perform an oversoul. Ghost: Demon Eyes Kyo Kyo?s Bio: Demon Eyes, as Kyo was known throughout most of Japan was a blood crazed samurai who served no one but himself, he was famed for slaughtering over 1000 men in battle. The only person who surpassed Demon Eyes was the famous Hitokiri Battosai, but he faded out of the history books when the great battles ended. Demon Eyes however, remained as the historically popular samurai simply because he was a renegade and how many men he slaughtered. However though, Demon Eyes never entered heaven or hell. His spirit was too egotistical and he would not obey either God or Lucifer?s commands. So he remained on earth as a ghost. As time passed into the 19th century, Demon Eyes saw the Man Slayer, or Himura Kenshin. Impressed, Kyo followed him around until the day that the man slayer disposed of his sword of death and instead took up using a reversed blade sword. As soon as that had happened, Kyo decided that the man slayer had become weak and not worth his time watching. Restless, Demon Eyes headed to the northern part of Japan where he remained to this very day. One day, Kyo had been drifting over the country side when he saw a young teenager who resembled the man slayer, but this boy was far to young besides he was using a rather wicked looking Katana. He approached the boy but something was wrong, the boy was staring right at him, Demon Eyes knew he couldn?t be seen or heard by humans or anything else so he still walked towards the boy. But something odd happened, the boy quickly drew his katana up and pointed it directly at Kyo. He then said something odd, he said. ?Who in the hell are you and what are you doing on our property!?? Demon Eyes was a little taken aback and stared right at the kid, his red eyes glinting rather dangerously. ?I could ask you the same, but since I?m dead I can?t do anything so I?ll just ask you this. How can you see me and understand me!?? It was then the boy?s turn to be shocked, at first he couldn?t believe that he was talking to this ghost, when he looked so real. Dropping his katana to his side the boy looked at him jokingly. ?This is pretty weird, you are the only ghost I can see clearly and understand, well the only human ghost that is, cause I haven?t been around towns a lot, but if I were I?d probably see more human ghosts. However, you?re the first so..? And that is how the partnership began. Atasuke?s biography: Atasuke is a young man of 19 who lives with his parents on their small farm in the mountains. His life was always a quiet one, until his 19th, Atasuke saw his family sword laying on his bed and beside it was a note that simply read. ?Happy Birthday son, this sword has been in the family for 100 years.? Atasuke knew that before he was born the blade of the sword had broken and his father had to have it repaired. As his family legend had it, his great grandfather had been a Yojimbo to a Shogun who had ruled over the area that extended from his family property to the very top of northern Japan. Before the Shogun had died, he gave Atasuke?s great grandfather all of his money and a decent chunk of land. After receiving the katana, Atasuke asked his father if he could become the Murasame?s pupil and learn the Mumyou Jimpuu Ryuu fighting style. Atasuke?s father had become somewhat wary of the person his son had wanted to be taught by, because the only real famous person to actually use the Mumyou Jimpuu Ryuu style was Demon Eyes Kyo and Atasuke?s father did not want his son to become just like that blood crazed samurai of yore. However though, Atasuke?s mother gave his father some harsh words if he didn?t allow Atasuke to study the Mumyou Jimpuu, so that following day and with a look of utter defeat, Atasuke?s father allowed him to learn the style. Right after school that day, Atasuke drove home, got his katana, and drove into town to start his lessons. When he arrived at the dojo he noticed that it was rather gothic looking and the interior was creepy as hell. But the thing that got him the most was he was the only person to sign up for the Mumyou Jimpuu style. The teacher on the other hand, who was called Murasame was a very nice person and proceeded to teach Atasuke. The weeks went by and Atasuke became very deft with the Mumyou Jimpuu style. One day he had been practicing out in a clearing in the woods, he?d been out there for at least four hours when he heard something, when he turned to see what it was he saw a man standing there with a rather long sword, black robes, black hair, and blood red eyes. Deducing everything he?d read about Demon Eyes, Atasuke decided that he was now staring at a ghost! As soon as he found his voice he asked the ghost what he was doing on his property, Demon eyes of course, lived up to his reputation and was rather cocky and arrogant, but for some reason Atasuke was wanting him to become his partner. Weapon: Katana. Special Moves: Mizuchi: The technique to freely manipulate drifting water vapor in the air, and to constrict the oppnent until dead., Suzaku: Creates a large flaming bird that basically decimates the enemy, and the Satsujinken Shin- Red sillhouette. The ability to show your opponent a series of images in their mind that mentally decimates them and then it causes death. Over Soul look: Demon Eyes takes full possession of Atasuke?s body and initiates a reverse intergration. He then takes Atasuke?s soul and merges it into the katana, but since Atasuke is not dead yet, his soul is in a pure golden form which encases the sword. The blade, hilt, etc. become engulfed in his golden aura. Demon Eyes however, takes full control of Atasuke?s body, the hair spikes out and seems to stand out, his eyes go blood red and his voice becomes that of Demon Eyes himself. When this happens, Demon Eyes is able to maneuver faster and strike more critical blows. However, this over soul can only last for approximately twenty minutes. Here are the pics in following order. Atasuke: [IMG]http://server5.uploadit.org/files/BurningGundam-Kenshin.jpg[/IMG] Demon Eyes Kyo: [IMG]http://server5.uploadit.org/files/BurningGundam-DemonEyes.jpg[/IMG] Katana: [IMG]http://server5.uploadit.org/files/BurningGundam-katana.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]Zoltin gritted his teeth slightly as he and Aaron circled each other like two hungry predators about to kill the other when he showed an opening. Unfortunately though, Zoltin was not wanting to kill Aaron, let alone inflict serious pain on him, so he had decided to not go full strength at him, yet. The two mechs just seemed to stare each other down. Destruction seemed unmoved by Harmony's gaze from its eyes which was slightly un-nevering to some of the Instrumentalists who stood by for an ambush should Aaron call it. The lightning increased and thunder claps were soon followed, then a heavy rain started. Water formed small streams on both mech's bodies and Zoltin finally decided to make his move. Harmony's wings flared to the back of the head and Zoltin shot the mech fowards at an incredible speed, but Aaron had seen this and dodged to the right and brought his katana down upon the back of the Harmony, but in a fluid moment, Harmony had spun around and its sword was now blocking the katana.[/I] "Heh, you got good Zoltin. I hope you're good enough to make it out of this fight." [I]With that, Aaron semi-springboarded off of Harmony's abdomen, backflipped, and landed all in one fluid movement. In the meantime, Zoltin had managed to right Harmony and now brought up the Aria.[/I] "Take this!!" [I]The mouth of the Prelude To Harmony opened and emitted its paralyzing Aria. As it did so, the mechs in wait all froze and couldn't move, the pilots all were cursing at the A.I.s because it was like an EMP had smacked their mechs around like play toys. But throughout all of the singing, Aaron and the Prelude To Destruction stood still like nothing was affecting them.[/I] "Was..That supposed to do something??" [I]Aaron asked in a mocking tone, but Zoltin was in total shock, the fact that the Aria had no effect on him was comepletly wrong.[/I] "Looks like you'll have to be taught a lesson on how to properly stun me!" [I]With that Prelude to Destruction rocketed towards Zoltin and Harmony.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]The sword that extended from Harmony's hand seemed to be the only light in the massive clearing/crater, well besides Destruction's eye. The moon hadn't risen and the air was blanketed by massive cloud cover. Every now and then lightning strikes could be seen in the sky and Zoltin felt at ease, he always loved storms. Zoltin remembered back to one day during his sophomore year in highschool how he'd been sitting in the addition in his house where his father's Master Grand Piano had been moved too, he was going over the music from his favorite game it had been around for a long time, but Zoltin had fallen in love with the music. So his father for Zotin's 16th birthday had gotten him the piano music all the way from Japan with a signature from the creator. Zoltin had then rushed to his father's den, which was the addition to the house and started to pluck away at the keys for the music. A week later, Zoltin had invaded his father's den and taken over the piano. Every day when his father would come home from work he'd hear Zoltin playing the piece over and over like a professional. One day Zoltin was sick with the flu and wasn't even able to get out of bed that day. His mother had called the doctor and he had prescribed a medicine for Zoltin, but he warned his mother that it may cause Zoltin to lose some of his hand-eye coridination and he may not be able to play the piano again. Zoltin at first was reluctant to take the medicine, but soon after he fought with his mother and ended up coughing up some blood onto his bed, so it was then that he agreed to taking the medicine. For a week Zoltin was secluded to his bedroom and he couldn't play the piano. His father had been coming home and he would start to tear up when he didn't hear the piano singing out that same tune over and over again. Of course Aaron had declared that he would be staying with Zoltin until he recovered. Well finally one day on the next week, Zoltin had goaded Aaron into taking him down into his father's den where the music still sat on the music rack. Still in his pajamas, Zoltin popped his fingers until they felt decent again and then lifted the key cover and started to pluck away at the keys once more. Once he slipped but it was because his hands hadn't been in full use for a week and they had kind of grown into a stupor. That day, Zoltin's father came home while it was raining and he heard the music playing in the house and at first he thought that someone was playing a recording, but he thought back and remembered that no one had made a recording of Zoltin playing the muisc, quickly he hustled back into his den and saw his son sitting at the piano playing the song with a smile and yet a look of determination on his face. As the weeks passed, Zoltin got better and he continued to excel at playing that one music piece, finally one day he yelled for his mother and she came running in with a look of worry on her face. But Zoltin merely asked her to take the music away from his view and hide it. After she had done so, Zoltin started to play the piano again and the same tune came out easily, down to the last note. It was a large triumph for Zoltin, soon he joined the orchestra that following year and his teacher had praised him for having such a great ethic for practicing that he asked Zotin to preform at several recitals and to play solos in big concerts. Thinking back to that music, Zoltin thought it would be appropriate for this setting right now. Two best friends, who were like brothers to each other, were now about to fight and something was going to happen.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[SIZE=1][I][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Zoltin seemed to slip in and out of sleep, which was not good when he was piloting this mech. But sleep waits for nothing and soon Zoltin was asleep in the cockpit and yet the Prelude was still flying on its own, but it was bypassing the singer ship's long range sensors and the captain was alerted, soon he informed the pilot to change course and follow the prelude. While he was asleep, Zoltin dreamed about Aaron, about how he'd made Zoltin feel insignificant and pointless. Then he thought about the town he'd saved that girl from, the hell she must have grown up in. Suddenly, his anger rising in a swell of just lulling it around in his mind, erupted and he snapped his eye open and found himself drifting over a large clearing about fifty or so miles from his home city. As the Prelude landed, Zoltin looked around. Aaron was here, he could feel it in his bones. Looking around he could see pieces of metal shrapnel and then his eyes trailed up to a large rock, there a mech was impaled on it and blood had gushed out of the cockpit and down the front and was staining the rock. His anger rising even more, Zoltin knew that the dead pilot and the destroyed mech was a Singer and Aaron had killed him. Just then a couple of rocks tumbled down a rock face and Zoltin looked up and found the monotone eye of the Prelude to Destruction glowing like a blood red moon. Activating the sword, Zoltin rose into the air and prepared to square off with Aaron.[/COLOR][/I][/SIZE]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]As Zoltin guided the Prelude away from the island, he thought back to yesterday. How peaceful it had been, until Aaron went beserk.[/I] "Peace my ***!" [I]Zoltin yelled at no one in particular, his whole world had instead come crashing down around him and he was forced to pilot this pile of metal which he knew he would have to, but never against his friend, not like this. The lights of a city along the coast line. It was a quaint, small city, more like a town than a city if anything. Approaching the town was the difficult part, especially if it was a major Instrumentalist stronghold, but since it looked peaceful enough, Zoltin decided to take the risk of landing Harmony. Since Harmony had no visible thrusters, and if there were any, they had stealth technology because landing Haromy was practically like a ninja apporaching its target from behind, very easy. Again, being forcefully ejected from Harmony, Zoltin found himself standing in the woods where he had landed, the wings now folded over Harmony's face and the red orbs of the visor were visible, but the entire face was not. Turning away, he headed into the town. The town was far from quaint, it was a pit of squalor, filth, prostitution, crime, greed, everything that Singers despised and worked towards eradicating. Every single building was a disgusting color and the lower levels were just disgusting. Soon enough, Zoltin found himself in a sort of square part of the town. Though it was a sadistic part of the town. The filth seemed even worse and the people were indecently exposing themselves right there in public, one particular example was a man having oral intercourse with a prostitute. His gag reflexs kicking in, Zoltin ran away from the square and soon found himself in an alley, there a young child who was selling roses walked up to him and held one out. Her platinum blonde hair and grey eyes locked onto Zoltin, and suddenly he forgot all about how horrible this place was.[/I] "Would you like a flower?" [I]Zoltin pulled out a dollar and handed it to the girl who greatfully accepted it, but was grabbed from behind by a rather drunk man. She squealed and Zoltin glared at the man.[/I] "Let her go or I'll kill you right now." "Aww come on man, she's so cute.." [I]Zoltin instantly grabbed the pistol that had been strapped to his uniform belt and pointed it right at the man's leg and fired. The man fell like a piece of meat and released the girl. She ran behind Zoltin and he ushered her to the woods where he put her right in front of the Prelude and he climbed in. As soon as he was in, he placed his hand in front of the girl and she climbed into it, when she had finally settled down a ball of light formed around her and Zoltin took off towards the next closest city where she would be safe. Once that was all said and done, Zoltin once again took to the sky and finally decided to head back to the singer's area, where at least he would see some friendly faces.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR]

Well, I tried my hand at another banner and have made a Marik/Malik banner. I chose to ditch the border and left it borderless. [IMG]http://img.imagetown.net/46783032.jpg[/IMG] This is my newest banner, I know its a little shotty, but I just couldn't get a decent picture of Shobu. [IMG]http://img.imagetown.net/19664022.jpg[/IMG]

Well, I made a second banner, this time I tried a border, but since I don't have a border tool with the program I have, it just used a straight horizontal line and a straight vertical line. I also Sharpened it and brightened it a bit. I know the picture's proportion looks horrible but the program I'm using Arcsoft Photostudio is a piece of junk and isn't at all good like Photoshop so when I resize things the blasted picture won't stay proportional, anywho, here's the picture. [IMG]http://server5.uploadit.org/files/BurningGundam-Friendsnowenemieslater.jpg[/IMG]

[COLOR=Navy][SIZE=1]As both James and Blue Yoshi already said, the Naruto picture is awesome with how you were able to draw all of the character's personalities, since they both covered what I was going to say I'll just say this. I can't wait for it to be inked/colored in, right now it looks awesome but I'd like to see an inked version too just for the sake of seeing an inked version. The Kenshin one, is superb with the way you were able to keep him proportional with movement being added. I also like the facial experssion. This one too, I really look forward to seeing the inked version. Now, the Red Eyes Black Dragon. This is a very cool pose of the dragon and I think that for a five minute sketch you did great. Since that was a five minute sketch, I really can't wait to see the full detailed version, I mean that would simply be great to see. All in all I give them all a thumbs up and keep up the good work ^_^[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]The cathedral, though dank and dilapedated on the outside, was very cozy and calm on the inside. Zoltin's boots clopped against the marble floor and the priest, who stood at an ornate altar with golden statues. He turned and faced Zoltin with a look of surprise.[/I] "Ah, so you must be the new chosen one. I see, sit and tell me about yourself." [I]Zoltinsat down next to the man in the front pew and let out a sigh of sadness.[/I] "Well, my name is Zoltin and my friend's name was Aaron and we are the chosen ones, and I had to make the choice of wether I became a good guy or a bad guy and Aaron would become my opposite.. Well, I chose the good guy and now Aaron intends to kill me." [I]A single tear ran down Zoltin's cheek, the priest noticed this and gripped Zoltin's hand reassuringly but then released it and walked towards the altar.[/I] "This should give you some ground to fight him with, simply pour this water wherever it is that you should and you will know how to fight better." [I]Zoltin extended his hands and grasped a golden flask, embedded on the flask were emeralds, rubies, and diamonds along with etchings of saints etc. Nodding thankfully, Zoltin walked out of the cathedral and back down the cobblestone street towards Harmony. As he neared the kneeling mech, Zoltin extended his hand to re-enter the mech, he turned and was astonished, the entire town was nothing but ruins now. Torn and tattered buildings, the only thing still intact was the cathedral, but half of it had fallen into the ocean. But yet the flask he held in his hand was real. Sliding into the body of the Prelude, Zoltin still clutched it close to him, soon he found himself back in the cockpit and the water around the seat seemed to resonate with the flask. Guessing he should pour the contents of the flask into the pool, Zoltin uncorked the flask and poured the water in. In a flash the waters began to glow and now the pool was a brighter blue and gave off more light. The panels in front of Zoltin flashed to life and it showed two things. The first one read "Bow and Arrow upgraded recognized and installed," the second on read "Aria of electricity recognized and ready for use." Smirking a little, Zoltin mentally thanked the ghosts of the village and he realized that the wings on Harmony's face had opened. Thrusting Harmony upwards into the sky, Zoltin noticed that a lone Instrumentalist mech was closing in on his position. As soon as it had caught site of him it opened fire on him. The blast of energy seeme dto be coming from a high-powered rifle, the shot rocked the Harmony and caused Zoltin to bounce back against his seat. Glaring angrily, Zoltin brought up the menu for the Aria of Electricity and fired it off. On the outside, Harmony's mouth opened and a song was emitted from it, the song was so strange that it caused the Instrumentalist mech to freeze. Back on the inside, Zoltin pushed his hands through the screen and positioned them in the shape of a bow and arrow and as he did so, a bow of white light appeared and the arrow that formed was of pure orange light. Lining the arrow precisely, Zoltin smirked and released the arrow which shot like a mad hornet at its target which happened to explode in a shower of fire, smoke, and twisted metal. A little shocked, Zoltin fell backwards into his seat and let out a sigh of relief that he was safe.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] Here is a picture of the cathedral in ruins. [url=http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/england/United_Kingdom_4/s_p9050903.jpg]here[/url]

Okay, Angel. I suggest you drop Dark Necrofear for Airknight Parshath, simply because of his Trample and you get drawing power. Drop Ameba unless you are doing the Creature Swap move with it, and seeing as how there isn't a Creature Swap, I definetly suggest you drop it for maybe a Spear Dragon or an Amazoness SwordsWoman either way you'd be able to do damage to your opponent's life points. For Traps I definetly suggest dropping Graverobber simply because it can hurt more than it can help. Put in a Nightmare Wheel or something else that hurts. All in all I'd say besides those its a very good deck.

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]Looking down at the ocean, Zoltin felt somewhat at ease, the anger towards the world and towards himself had subsided and he couldn't feel anything right now, he seemed to not even be piloting Harmony as it flew forwards. After a few hours of flying, the sun started to peek near the horizion. The pink, orange, violet, and blue all seemed to meld into one beautiful scene, with the rising the stars seemed to blink out as if they were going to sleep themselves. Yawning, Zoltin moved Haromy's head down and noticed a small island. It seemed a little too coincedental, like one of those horror/slasher flicks he'd seen so many times. An unexpected thing shows up and then its cursed or someone went crazy and killed people blah blah blah.. Either way Zoltin didn't care, its not like he was planning on leaving the mech. As the Prelude landed the wings folded over the face and Zoltin dimmed the light in the cockpit and started to close his eyes when suddenly he felt himself being forced out of Harmony. Suddenly he went from sitting down to standing up on a cobblestone street. Looking around he saw old, moss covered buildings. It was quaint and quiet, but it just seemed too quiet. His boots clopping along the rutted gray street he saw a tavern with sign on it that read "The Stable Coach." The large wooden door didn't seem to move easily but then it was opened quickly from the other side and a man with a white powdered wig appeared. His cheeks flushed a brillant pink and a look of surprise on his face.[/I] "Gentleman, I give you an outsider!" [I]A thunderous roar of laughter eminated from the inner sanctum of the tavern and the man looked back inside with a look of determination as he grabbed Zoltin and hauled him in. The tavern was lit semi-dimly with a fire roaring in the fire place and a couple of games going on. A little stunned at the simplicity, Zoltin was pushed rather roughly into the crowd, which went dead silent as they gazed upon him.[/I] "Come on lad, introduce yerself." [I]The bar keep said cheerfully and Zoltin cleared his throat.[/I] "Uhh..I'm Zoltin, or Zhi as my friends call me and I'm a singer who pilots the Prelude to Harmony.." [I]This time the crowd moved closer to him and the bar keep motioned for him to do something.[/I] "So where is your counter part, the dark knight." "If you mean Aaron, he's not here. I have no clue where he is." [I]The crowd seemed lax and then the man that had grabbed him, pulled on Zoltin's arm and nodded his head for Zoltin to follow him. The two proceeded up the street, which was now bustling with activity and buisness as usual. But it seemed dead silent near Harmony, which made Zoltin feel better. As the two came to a stop near the top of a hill, Zoltin saw a large cathedral.[/I] "The father will have an answer for you."[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]Zoltin was not able to sleep for very long because his dreams were still being haunted by what had happened. His eyes opened slowly and he saw Ryo slumped in her chair asleep, her calm paced breathing assured him that he was still alive. Sliding out of the bed calmly he took the IV device out of his arm and he grabbed a uniform that had been put near his bed and quickly changed into them. After he had changed he quietly exited the room, Zoltin remembered where the Prelude was and ran in its direction. As he entered the massive hanger he saw the mech standing there, the wings had folded over its face and it seemed like a giant monolith. His bare feet padded against the cold metal floor as he neared the mech.[/I] "You, you're my only hope of getting Aaron back to normal. C'mon let's go and get my friend back." [I]With that Zoltin bolted up the stairs that were attatched to the above catwalk, as he neared the mech he saw some movement, it was that Gene guy.[/I] "Just where do you think you're going?" [I]He said in a rather serious tone, like Zoltin shouldn't even be in here.[/I] "I'm taking MY mech and I'm leaving this to go get my friend." [I]With that he spun on his heel and faced the angelic mech and pressed his hand onto the chest, and in an instant he was abosorbed into the body and was once again sitting in the giant seat, the honey-comb like screen appeared before him again and he pressed his hands into it.[/I] "Either you open the doors, or I'll tear them open!!" [I]Zoltin yelled furiously through his intercom. Slowly the doors opened and the dark night sky could be seen, a few stars blinked happily. In a sort of awe, Zoltin just stood there, but then realized what he wanted to do. Jumping off the lip of the hanger bay he plunged Harmony down at an exponential rate towards the ocean. But before the mech even touched the water it stopped and thrusted fowards like a bullet, but as it did Zoltin was slowly rising it back up to the normal altitude.[/I] "Aaron, I'm coming for you." [I]Zoltin said to no one as he and the Prelude shot off into the distance.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]A piano, hands striking the ivory keys, a haunting melody eminating from it. Zoltin was at his recital, but he just had done this a week ago. As he looked out over the crowd he couldn't see Aaron. Mentally kicking himself he remembered that Aaron had been backstage to give him a big pep talk. But something was amiss here, it just seemed wrong. Looking back out over the crowd he saw bodies on the floor and suddenly he was back to today, bodies were strewn about like dolls that some sadistic child had thrown about, blood was oozing and pooling around large deposits of the bodies. Zoltin reached up to cover his mouth from vomiting and managed to hold it back. Still holding his mouth he saw Aaron holding a pistol at him, point blank at and his head. Tears welled in Zoltin's eyes and he could feel himself gasping every now and then.[/I] "Aaron...please...don't.. you're like a brother to me!" [I]Without a word Aaron pulled the trigger and the bullet flew towards Zoltin's head, but suddenly a large hand slammed down between the bullet and Zoltin, as it did though a haunting melody floated down from it. Looking up Zoltin was in awe, it was Prelude to Harmony.[/I] "Come on Zhi, be strong." [I]Rain, the water came down in a torrent and Zoltin embraced it, as he did the Prelude picked him up in a ball of light and the destruction was no more. White, why was he only seeing white?? Drops of water, on his arm?? Had he actually been in the rain? He didn't know but his arm hurt like hell.[/I] "Uggg....Was I out in the rain or was I dreaming??" [I]Zoltin asked as he saw Ryo holding hand while wiping her eyes and letting out a chuckle at the same time.[/I] "No silly. How do you feel?" "Like crap, did that doctor put me under?!" [I]Ryo nodded reassuringly and Zoltin fell back onto the bed and closed his eyes.[/I] "I think I'm going to try and rest, that anesthetic crap really gave me a ****** up dream." [I]Ryo nodded, but did not leave, even as Zoltin drifted into a deep sleep.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]Zoltin looked around the hanger section that his mech had landed on. Still stunned from the whole shock of Aaron going nuts to the fact that he was now piloting a mech, it was too much and he coudl feel his knees buckling from underneath him, Ryo thankfully was there and she grabbed him but him just going limp was a little more weight than she expected and they both went down.[/I] "I still...I still can't believe that...Why?? Why Aaron??" [I]Ryo knew he wasn't talking to her and she just held him up, but then she noticed the blood stained robe and then his wound.[/I] "Zhi! You're hurt, dammit! Here hold still!" [I]The girl quickly ripped the other sleeve off of Zoltin's robe and wrapped it tightly around his shoulder, he whimpered in pain but that was the noise he made, Ryo then moved around to Zoltin's good side and he slid his arm over her back and onto her shoulder.[/I] "Jesus Zhi! How did that happen!?" [I]Ryo could fully well guess what had happened and she should have remained quiet about it because right at that moment, Zoltin's face contorted into that of mental agony and tears cascaded down his face freely. The two limped into the onboard infirmary and the doctor who was on staff came hustling out of his office, he was a short man of about five feet two inches, but when it came to being a doctor it really didn't matter how tall you were, just that you be understanding and helpful to the patient.[/I] "Set him on the bed." [I]He said bluntly and Ryo did so, after she had the doctor pulled the makeshift bandage off of Zoltin's arm and then he took a pair of medical siccors and cut the other sleeve off. The wound now just had dried, caked blood around it, but the doctor administered some pressure and a small spurt came out which also resulted in Zoltin yelling out, but it didn't last long because the doctor simply smacked him once across the face.[/I] "I'm not trying to kill you, I'm just examining it." "Well can't you do it when I'm ******* asleep!?!?" [I]Zoltin replied haughtly, he couldn't believe that this man would apply pressure to such tender flesh. The doctor merely sighed and grabbed a syringe and filled it with an anesthetic and injected it quickly into Zoltin. Once the boy was out the doctor called in his nurse and told her to prep him for surgery, nodding the nurse hustled Ryo out quickly. Ryo paced for what seemed like hours, but by her watch it was only about ten minutes when the doctor came out with blood stains on his scrubs and a look of staisfaction.[/I] "He's all right, thankfully that damn thing didn't damage anything vital or ricochet off of his shoulder." [I]Ryo's heart skipped a beat with glee, her friend was okay![/I] "Can I go see him??" "Yes, but he's sleeping for now. Once we get to the base you can take him to his quarters because he'll still be groggy from the anesthetic." [I]Ryo nodded and slipped into the infirmary.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]Eyes widening in shock, Zoltin saw Aaron decimate the Instrumentalist that had attacked in one single shot. Obviously both of the Preludes were mechanical gods of heaven and hell. Realizing that he was practically embedded in the building still, Zoltin shoved his hands through the screen, once again it appeared that his hands had become those of the Prelude. Grabbing the walls and propping the feet against the remaining part of the building, Zoltin sort of springboarded off and towards Aaron.[/I] "Aaron!! How could you do this!?!" [I]With that right hand cover slid down over the hand and a blade of light appeared from it. Somewhat shocked, Zoltin slowed down for a split second, that was just enough time for Aaron/Hashim to unsheath his blade. As soon as that had happened, both mechs clashed mid-air. A shockwave issued forth from the clash, causing windows to crack or to shatter depending on how close to the shockwave the building was. Sparks of energy spat from the blades like angry bees whose hive had been smacked with a stick.[/I] "Aaron, why are you doing this!?" "I TOLD YOU!! I'M NOT AARON, I'M HASHIM!!" [I]With that Aaron's mech brought its knee up right into Harmony's abdomen causing it to buckle and bend over. This gave Aaron the opprotunity to thrust upwards and shoulder drive Harmony directly into the ground, the speed and the force of the hit caused a huge crater to form, but somehow Prelude to Harmony had managed to stay intact and hardly showed signs of damage, but the sword had disappated.[/I] "All right. To all Instrumentalists, either get your ***** out of here or suffer the same fate as the one who attacked this city and disobeyed my orders. Got it!?" [I]Aaron had yelled over his com system, it must have worked because any and all remaining Instrumentalist mechs had left the vicinity of the city. The only one left was Aaron and he was hovering directly over Zoltin.[/I] "If I ever see you again Zoltin, you better be ready for me, because I'll kill you on sight and I will rule over everything." [I]With that Prelude to Destruction, along with Aaron shot off into the distance leaving a dazed and still confused Zoltin.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] Okay, now all Instrumentalists. You are to go to the base that you control and own. All Singers, go to the military base located near the shipping yards, its an underground base and you'll be guided there by a general. Thank you .

OOC: Okay, I don't think that you need to feel the damage that your mech takes. That is unless you want to feel the pain, in that case go ahead I'm not stopping you. Just be warned, Prelude to Harmony and Prelude to Destruction do not merge that way with their pilots. Also, I seem to see major inconsistencies in a few of the previous posts, can you guys please read everyone's posts thouroughly? Sorry if I seem rude or something its just that the posts all look out of order and jumbled. Also, Hittokiri, please edit your post. I doubt Ryoko's character would be THAT carless to wind up in a pool of her own blood, I'm not trying to single you out, just please eidt that. [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]Zoltin thrusted Harmony backwards as the mysterious mech jumped between him and Aaron. It was a friend of thier's from school and he revealed himself as an Instrumentalist, but Aaron obviously didn't care and he simply grabbed the boy's mech by the throat area and looked him dead in the face.[/I] "If you ever interrupt my battles ever again, I'll kill you before you can explain yourself. GOT IT!?" [I]With that he threw the mech at least fifty feet away, the mech landed in the side of an adjacent building.[/I] "Hahaha!! Boy this feels good, wouldn't you agree Zhi!?" [I]A tear fell onto Zoltin's left hand, which also had a small stream of blood trickling down towards his fingernails.[/I] "Aaron, I don't want to..." "I am no longer Aaron, he's dead. He died when you chose that wretched machine, I am Hashim!!" [I]With that he rockted forward and slammed into Harmony, the force was strong enough that Harmony was thrown into an adjacent building. The force was so hard that once he had made contact, Zoltin couldn't move Harmony and he was left in disbelief as Aaron commanded the other Instrumentalist mechs to leave.[/I] "Aaron...Why?? Why did you do this??" [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][I]Zoltin stood on the stage with sheer terror in his heart, he knew that this was it, the final moment. After today he would be totally different. The group was cheering and confetti mixed with flower petals were being thrown happily in honor of this glorious ceremony. As the euphoria seemed to subside for a brief time, the priest took this time and strode forward.[/I] "We have gathered here on this great day for Zoltin's choosing! Today Zoltin will choose wether he will become the Prelude to our Harmony or the Prelude to our very Destruction, either way he must choose, but at the cost of Aaron becoming his opposite. Now, bring forth the Preludes!!" [I]With that, the backdrop was pulled away to reveal two immense mechas, which were both kneeling like knights before royalty.[/I] "Zoltin, to your right is the Prelude to Destruction and to your left is the Prelude to Harmony. Choose which one wisely." [I]Zoltin wrung his hands tightly together as he was totally numb in his whole body. The crowd itself seemed to be holding its breath as Zoltin stared at the mechs. Prelude to Harmony looked like some sort of angel with its wings on its head, and Prelude to Destruction looked like some demon from somewhere. As Zoltin anguished over what he should do, he suddenly heard an explosion and turned to see a pillar of smoke from the other side of the city. Suddenly, a large mecha shot out of the smoke and almost in the blink of an eye it was there firing on the buildings surrounding the ceremonial area. People screamed in horror and ran in fear, some were crushed and killed by the falling rubble. Zoltin could not believe the atrosity unfolding before him, this elegant and yet sinister mech was in fact an Instrumentalist!![/I] "****!! I don't need this today!!" [I]With that Zoltin bolted to the Prelude to Harmony.[/I] "If anything, I'm borrowing this for temporary us..Aaron!! What the hell are you doing!? Get away, I haven't chosen yet!!" [I]Just then, Aaron looked towards Zoltin, and unholstered a pistol and fired a shot in his direction. The bullet bit deep into Zoltin's left shoulder blade. Screaming and dropping to his knees with his right hand covering the now reddened spot, Zoltin looked at the person he considered to be like a brother to him, except something was wrong now, something horribly wrong, it was like some sort of inner demon had just taken control of Aaron.[/I] "Aaron..Why??" [I]Zoltin whimpered, just then Aaron smirked rather cruelly and fired into the crowd striking a boy that attended their school, directly in his throat and killing him on sight, sadly Zoltin didn't know his name and he never would now. Now fully angry, Zoltin leapt to his feet and pressed his hand to the cockpit area of the mech. Like falling through a hologram, Zoltin landed in a large crystaline seat, his shoulder still screaming in pain though. In a flash a screen was displayed in front of him.[/I] "Hmm.. I wonder what I should..Holy ****!" [I]Zoltin yelled as his hand had just seemingly gone through the screen, except instead of it being his hand, it was Prelude's hand that he saw, this was an advanced control of the mech, very impressive though. Pressing lightly on two pedals, the Prelude stood up and he looked towards the Instrumentalist mech, then at the Prelude to Destruction, it seemed hopless, he was outnumbered two to one, if only someone could help him.[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]Zoltin smirked a little before he decided to go back and goof around. He headed back towards the DDR game, but decided not too when his eyes caught hold of one of those shooter sims and a few other games, one of them being a mecha sim.[/I] "Well, I guess it'd be good practice." [I]He said to no one as he slid into the game, he dropped his tokens in and waited as the game started up. The sim was simple, very basic mechas, not at all advanced like the one he would be using. Once the game had ended, Zoltin climbed out and found both Aaron and Ryo, who were both nursing either a victory or a defeat, either way they looked ready to go somewhere else.[/I] "Hey guys how about...Holy crap!!" [I]Zoltin hadn't been paying attention to the clock or his watch and it already read 1:30 and the whole ceremony and crap was supposed to start in an hour!! Quickly grabbing both Aaron and Ryo by the arms he took off at a full run out of the mall towards the nearest parked taxi, which was right in front of them. Pracitcally throwing his two friends in, Zoltin climbed in last and shut the door and with a frantic yell shoouted.[/I] "To the temple and step on it!!" [I]The taxi driver knew full well that the kid wasn't kidding and gunned the taxi. Slumping back against the seat, Zoltin sighed and looked at his friends.[/I] "Welll, this was fun." "Yeah, we'll just have to cut school again, heheh." [I]Ryo said jokingly as she stared out the window, Aaron just seemed to be massaging his hands and looking in the direction of the temple. The temple was a large building with an oriental design, of course it would help by saying that the original person who ran the temple was from Japan. It wasn't completly Japanese styled, there were some European cathedral touches to the grounds such as a few large stone water fountains, some plants etc. Fortunately, the two cultural architectures seemed to meld easily and it didn't look horrible like some people thought it would. As the taxi came to a stop in front of the temple, all three of the passengers hurled the money needed to pay for the ride at the driver and bolted out of the car. Zoltin was leading the group by a ways and beat them to the door just as the head priest was coming out.[/I] "Its about damn time you two got here, and Ryo. What are you doing, oh, duh!" [I]The priest said as he smacked his bald forehead. The head priest was tall, thin, and maybe in his fifties but he looked like he was in his thirties simply because he didn't seem to age at all.[/I] "Sorry, we were just playing around instead of wasting our time at school today." [I]The priest nodded and motioned for them to follow him inside. Zoltin was still in awe at the major decor melding of both the japan and eruopean styles. There were many gothic statues of saints etc with an oriental flare of gold coloring or something else that made them unique and interesting in their own sense. But the decor was not what the group was here for.[/I] "Zoltin and Aaron, as you two know, this is your big day. I don't know why the city is going to have such major festivities, in my opinion its stupid. Anyways, you'll be taken to the central district of the town, where the Preludes will be displayed and Zoltin you'll choose first, and then Aaron will get the short end of the stick. I'm sorry my lad, but its the crappy ritual, believe me the other alternative is not plesant." [I]Aaron looked a little downcast as did Zoltin, and the priest knew that this would happen, their friendship may fall apart before Zoltin chooses, he couldn't honestly tell. Walking over towards a large wooden chest, he found two ceremonial robes, both were pure white with an exaggerated droop on the cuffs of the sleeves.[/I] "Well, here's what you'll wear, I suggest you put them on now and get ready cause this stupid thing will be starting in about ten minutes or so."[/SIZE][/COLOR] OOC: Please just do some filler posts for a little bit until I get a chance to post again today. Thanks.

[QUOTE=BlueYoshi][COLOR=Teal]Devil May Cry was never meant to be a challenging game. I always saw it as a simple hack and slash that didn't really appeal to the action genre in general; unlimited ammo, basic controls--you'd be better off playing Super Contra for the SNES, lol. I can't imagine how the Style System would adapt to DMC though, Dante's current arsenal seem enough to do the job, no fancy stuff needed, heh, unless Capcom are trying to add some complexity to the game. In any case, as the previous games suggest, a complete analysis can only be made with some rock-bottom tangible evidence. Oh and, yes, the original DMC team will return to work on DMC3. Apparently the DMC2 team are working on RE: Outbreak o_O. Lucky us.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1]Actually, the first game was very challenging with the fact that you had to use your surroundings etc to your advantage, I'm referring to the major bosses that is. Especially the Phantom, Griffon, The Death thingy on the boat, and Mudus himself. All of those bosses were extremely hard, but the hardest would be Neo Angelo in the green house section, it was easy to get turned around, also you had to vary between guns and sword. In all honesty I think that the DMC 1 team should have done DMC2 because the crew that did do DMC 2 was horrible, they took a good name's sequel that was highly anticipated and killed it... So I am most definetly glad that the first crew is doing the third game because I'm sure that they will make the combos etc very interesting.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]The mall was a regular two-story building, simple exterior with bright coloring to make it stand out and make it look like a happy place. Zoltin glanced over towards Aaron and noticed that he seemed to be lost in thought and didn't seem on the same planet for the time-being. The group had neared the northeren entrance, which had the food court in it.[/I] "I thought we just ate!?" [I]Zoltin said a little exasperated at the thought of more food. Ryo laughed and Aaron was silent.[/I] "We just happened to be going in this way Zhi." [I]Ryo said with some playfullness in her voice. She was obviously having fun, Zoltin on the other hand was still agonizing over his dream and what this ceremony may hold in store for the group. Pulling the glass door open, Zoltin could feel the cool air from the building's large air conditioning systems, already it was nearing the end of the school year and people were using air conditioning so soon. The food court smelled of a variety of foods. A chicken smell wafted over from the chinese place, a spicy smell drifted out from the cajun place, and a mix of other foods cascaded down on the group like a wave from all the other places.[/I] "Well, where should we head first guys??" [I]Zoltin asked as he looked over at Ryo, but something was wrong. Aaron was gone from the group.[/I] "Where the hell did Aaron go!?" [I]Ryo looked to her left and found him gone, she was totally surprised by the act.[/I] "Maybe he went to the bathroom or something.." [I]Nodding, Zoltin sat down at a table and waited, Ryo on the other hand had a rather impatient look.[/I] "You know, you two aren't joined at the hip. I don't think he'll mind if we go to a couple of stores alone.." "You probably are right, but still, I'd rather wait on him." "Grrrr... You're impossible, both of you." [I]With that she sat down with an offended look. The two had waited for maybe ten minutes before Zoltin started showing signs of anxiety.[/I] "Oh for crying out loud, I doubt he's been in there THIS long!!" [I]Zoltin exclaimed suddenly, the outburst had caught Ryo off guard from her drink that she'd gotten.[/I] "Well then go in and check, you're the one with the same tools as him, just go in there. YEESH!" [I]With that she went back to staring into space. Zoltin muttered a few curse words as he entered the men's restroom. As he glanced around he saw that the mirror had been punched and there was fresh blood on the floor, something bad obviously had happened.[/I] "Aaron?! Aaron?! Are you in here??" [I]Zoltin's voice was laced with both concern and panic. As he walked along the stalls he was silently praying that Aaron was okay, though he knew that was easy. Aaron was a tough person, and he proved it more than once when some jerks were hassaling Zoltin his freshman year in high school. Still panicy, Zoltin saw the first to last stall closed.[/I] "Hey, Aaron! Are you about finished cause Ryo and I are heading towards the arcade, I think she's eyeing that Dance Dance Revolution game." "Yeah..I'll meet you guys there." [I]With that Zoltin exited the restroom and motioned that he and Ryo could go.[/I] "Good, now lets go play DDR!!" [I]Letting out a little chuckle Zoltin nodded and the duo headed towards the arcade.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR]

OOC: Keji, please. Your character, if he woke up before I had Zoltin, Aaron, and Ryo in the buisness district, just don't assume. Please edit the post and have your character gradually meet us somewhere. I'm trying to have this rpg start out at a decent pace. [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]Zoltin found himself in a rather empty cafe, due to the time it was and the fact that the festivities would be held today.. Watching Ryo wolfe down her food rather hastily, Zoltin was amazed at her speed, obviously she had eaten lunches at school and not off campus.[/I] "Whoa! Slow down there soldier, its not like.. Well, maybe it is." [I]Aaron looked over at Zoltin, as did Ryo.[/I] "What's the matter Zhi?" [I]Letting out a small sigh, Zoltin stirred his straw through his cola and looked at the ice cubes as they slowly melted.[/I] "I just don't want today to be the day. My mom thinks its practically the end of the world, or something else." [I]Slumping back against the pleather cushion of the booth, Zoltin fiddled with his digital watch.[/I] "It just feels like I'm running on borrowed time.." [I]Aaron finally looked at Zoltin and again, playfully punched him on the arm.[/I] "Oh for crying out loud, get a grip! Its not like you're going to die, I mean jesus, it can't be [B]that[/B] bad." [I]Shaking his head, Zoltin plucked his glass up and drank some of the comforting fizzy liquid. Mentally going over what the ritual was supposed to be like before he chose which mecha he would get, Zoltin noticed that the two had slid past him and were leaving the cafe. Slapping down some money to pay for his drink, Zoltin bolted out the door and towards his friends.[/I] "Haha..Very funny guys. So, should we head for the mall over there and just walk around until its time to go to the temple to get ready for this public display or whatever?" [I]Ryo chuckled and started towards the mall. Zoltin and Aaron were walking behind her, as they were Zoltin looked off in the distance.[/I] "Something on your mind Zhi?" [I]Aaron asked with a concerned look. Nodding slightly Zoltin looked towards his best friend.[/I] "Yeah, you know that dream I told you about a couple days ago? Well, I had it again, I've had it since I can remember, but not so frequently and not so detailed. Its really starting to scare the crap out of me, I think it may have to do with the ceremony today, or maybe I'm being paranoid." [I]Aaron laughed and looked Zoltin straight in the face with his usual brother-like look.[/I] "Its just your nerves, believe me. I'm scared beyond belief so we're in the same boat together. No matter what happens, I'll always be your friend."[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Charles]The trailer looks fantastic but I'll reserve my excitement for the finished product after being burned by last year's letdown. There are so many quality games being released this holiday season that I can't see myself investing in something I may not enjoy. Especially when I already have Ninja Gaiden in my library. At least this one seems to employ the sense of style that was missing in Devil May Cry 2. It also seems to rectify the lack of action too--and it better if it doesn't want to get lost in the crowd.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1]I'll agree to that. DMC 2, though it might have been well thought out, was horribly done and the blame lays squarely on the production team. I found out from either PSM or Newtype that the crew that did the original DMC was not doing the second one and a new crew had been brought in. Supposedly, the magazine had said that both crews were keeping in touch with each other however, as much as I'd like to believe that, I never saw any of the major characteristics from the first game carry over to the second game. We really didn't learn much about Lucia by the end of the game, and Dante just seemed rather hollow. And the thing that really burned me was the fact that all the freaking levels on any difficulty setting was easy as sin. I mean granted Orius' little bratty girls were annoying and that was the hard part, but other than that. Honestly I hope that Capcom learned from that mistake and has either brought back the original crew or they have a crew that has some sprinkling's of the original game's crew because I honestly hope that this game is a big sucess and not a big flop.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=1][I]Drip...Drip...Drip... Instead of drops of water falling into a larger pool, it was instead droplets of blood falling into a puddle of blood. The body from which the blood was dropping from was not visible, only a hand where the blood formed a stream that trickled off the index finger, down a smooth metallic body, and then formed a pool on the ground. Snapping awake, Zoltin found himself sitting upright in his bed. Bringing his hand up to his head he shook the horrible dream away. Why did it seem now that since he was of age to choose which he would use that this dream seemed to occur more than ever? As he climbed out of his bed he looked at his mirror that was placed near his closet. His firm body was that of an athlete, but he really wasn't the sportsy type, Zoltin had only been on the track team one year in high school and that was during his freshman year. The only reason he looked so athletic was because he walked a lot to school or most other places. As soon as he had changed into his favorite pale gray shirt with slate blue sleeves, black jeans, and his usual tennis shoes he was down the stairs and into the kitchen. His mother was standing over the stove cooking what looked like a big meal, obviously she knew that today was the day and there really was nothing she could do about it. As she turned to face Zoltin, he could tell that she had been crying. Hugging her, his mother found her voice and spoke as she looked at him.[/I] "My dear sweet Zoltin, today you will spread your wings and choose which you will be. I just... I just... I'm sorry, I promised I wouldn't do this.." [I]The tears, with renewed energy cascaded down her face. Zoltin smiled at his mom and hugged her.[/I] "Don't cry mom. I know, I should leave the school right after lunch with Aaron and we will both be given our ceremonial robes for the big event. I just wish dad was here to.." [I]This time, Zoltin was the one to let the tears loose and his mother hugged him and gave him a plate of food which he greatfully ate. As soon as he had finished, Zoltin got completly ready for school and was out the door. His footsteps the only real noise in his quiet neighborhood, Zoltin saw Aaron standing by their usual meeting spot on schooldays, a large wooden lightpost that they had always played near when they were kids. Aaron's eyes glinted with happiness as Zoltin strode up next to him.[/I] "Well Zhi, you ready for the big event today??" "Kinda, I mean I'm really doubtful of it, I mean why us?? I guess that's always been my question since we were told that we were the chosen ones, and why do I have to be the..." [I]Aaron playfully slugged him on the shoulder.[/I] "You know what I say about today? Screw going to school, we should be able to spend this day together, just the two of us as our last day as free kids, how's that sound?" [I]Zoltin nodded and the two headed off towards the main buisness district of the town.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] And that's the opening post. Right now all you Instrumentalists, you are to just be at your base making preperations for the big event as well, that means no instrumentalist is to set foot in the town just yet. Singers, either skip school for the upcoming festivities, or you can meet up with me and Strike, but please don't just pop up out of no where.