RayLeonardo
Duelist
A broken spear, for a broken mind.[RS:1]
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Post by RayLeonardo on Nov 13, 2012 23:31:53 GMT
The desert heat was harsh and the bite of the sandstorm was brutal. The winds were only just weak enough to let the sun hinder RayLeonardo along with the storm. The air was suffocatingly dry, it was a perfect wasteland, no life, only the deathly climate.
'The dry coldness of the desert night won't be any better.'
RayLeonardo said to himself. He was glad he didn't have to put his steed, Sleipnir, through all of this. However, guilt and worry came along with the feeling, his horse was still stuck in Rome and he worried about it, but he couldn't stop just now.
It was many nights until RayLeonardo came upon a once great city, in all it's glory under the great moon and stars.
"This place definitely is it, the one in my vision..."
Without warning, the orb, known as The Eye of Ra, flew a bright red in his bag and flew away toward the city.
"What the--!? Hey come back!"
He dismounted the camel and ran toward the entrance of the city.
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RayLeonardo
Duelist
A broken spear, for a broken mind.[RS:1]
Posts: 257
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Post by RayLeonardo on Nov 27, 2012 21:10:20 GMT
RayLeonardo found himself deep in the city, if he wasnt so focused on following the orb, he would hve noticed that th architecutre wasnt quite egyptian. There was something off about the city as well. He didnt care now, he had to find out where this would take him, to find what he came for. He finally reached his destination, at the top of a large pyramid like structure, over looking the whole city. What he found, made him stop in his tracks. A woman with her back to him, her hair was long and fair red, She was tall and slender, and she wore a won out leather armor, with a chain shirt. As she turned, her blue eyes gleamed in the setting sun, and her pale young complexion seemed to glow in the light.
It was Claire. The woman he had been searching for, the reason he went on, the sun of his world.
He was at a loss for words, Even though his hopes were set on finding her, he couldnt believe that he finally found her. His heart almost jumped in a sense of Euphoria. For a moment there was a pause as they looked at each other. Then RayLeonardo dropped his spear, ran toward her, and embraced her like never before. The warmth of her skin could be felt even through the cold chainmail. Her sweet natural scent intoxicated him. He was like a child seeing his mother, He held her and snuggled his head next to her breast. He was crying with joy the whole time.
"Claire...*sniff* I never thought I'd ever see you again. I thought you were dead!"
She completed their embrace and traced her fingers through his hair.
"I'm here now, little Ray-Ray."
"I missed you so much...I couldnt...I couldnt accept that you were gone. Because I finally realized that...I love you."
He began to cry harder
"I know Ray-ray...I know."
"Please come back with me Claire! Be with me forever. We can travel the world and see things again...Not just as friends, but as Lovers. Or we can settle down, and raise a family. Please...Claire."
He grabbed her hand and held it tightly to his heart.
"I don't care about royalty, about making a name for myself. I want to be the only name in your heart, I want to know you like no one else possibly can."
"I still have something I need to do, Little Ray."
"Why though? Why did you fake your death to look for Soul Calibur? I would have followed you till the end of time! Why did you leave me alone?"
Claire tilted his head up and with a straight face, said these horrible words:
"I never faked my death. Dont you remember RayLeonardo...you killed me."
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RayLeonardo
Duelist
A broken spear, for a broken mind.[RS:1]
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Post by RayLeonardo on Dec 12, 2012 1:56:12 GMT
RayLeonardo was at a loss for words. He didn't even know what to think of what she said. Was she kidding?
"Claire...st-stop teasing me. I was worried about you."
She kept a straight face, wearing an almost a cold and bitter expression.
"Claire stop...you're scaring me."
"The truth is always scary."
RayLeonardo slowly stepped away from Claire, he was starting to feel dread.
"Claire I..."
"There is no more to say RayLeonardo."
Something in the back of RayLeonardo's head was unable to handle what she was saying, like a seal of a door not meant to be open was about to break.
"Please Claire...I didn't..."
"Remember that day, the day I died."
RayLeonardo thought back to the day, with an increasing sense of reproach.
"We were staying at an Inn, we were going somewhere... I think it was the Tavern."
Claire shook her head at the young man. "No...we didn't leave that day. We stayed at a place outside the the town, on a mountain. It was a nice Inn with an open field and natural hot spring."
Claire nodded in agreement "Go on.."
"We we were training in the open field. You commented on how my technique was improving. It definitely made me feel more confident."
"Is that all?" Claire asked
"No, I also...told you that I had feelings for you. I asked you to be with me."
"Do you remember what I said?"
"You...said no."
"No, My exact words were 'I'm sorry, but I'm not attracted to you that way little Ray-ray.' Then you tried to convince me otherwise for about a half hour until I knocked you down and told you that I didn't want to talk to you for the rest of the day."
"...I-I guess that did happen."
"Yes it did. Do you remember after that?"
"Well... I ate dinner then I-"
"I meant with me."
"You...you died."
"How did I die exactly"
RayLeonardos heart was pounding harder, the more he thought the more his memories changed. He was so afraid of what happened next."
"There was an explosion, and you got caught in-"
"Quit hiding behind the veil. What really happened. It was by the hot spring."
"You...you're right it was...I went there that night...and..."
"What did you see?"
"...I saw you bathing ."
"How did you react, it was desire wasn't it ?"
"It's not what you think I was..."
"Tell me. Now."
"I snuck over to you... And I held you in an embrace and kissed you."
"Saying things like: 'I love you and I can't live without." Even though I was fighting you off me the whole time."
"Then I guess you got mad...you told me, to leave you alone and never to bring that up again." RayLeonardo stopped there and was silent for a second.
"Well?"
"I...don't quite..."
Something finally hit him and he was denying it.
"Yes you do! Say it!"
"I...I was..."
"Say it RayLeonardo."
"...I strangled you...because you denied me."
"What did you do? What was it?"
"I strangled you..."
"Do you finally see?"
"Yes.
"Did I die in an explosion?"
"No...I made it up.
"To deny that..."
"That you what?"
He hung his head in shame as the words were to hard for him to speak.
"That in my obsession and desire..I killed you, Claire."
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RayLeonardo
Duelist
A broken spear, for a broken mind.[RS:1]
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Post by RayLeonardo on Dec 25, 2012 22:17:57 GMT
It was true. All of it. RayLeonardo. The spearman who claimed to fight for love, had killed the one he had sought and loved.
"I understand now." He said
"I had vowed upon this spear, and made it my false salvation. I made it a spear of righteousness that I made to wipe away my sins, but it only made me repress it. Claire...I killed you and now, I am without a way to deny it."
"...so do you finally acknowledge your sins?"
"Yes...Claire, what I did is unforgivable."
"In fact, YOU were the one who sought the holy sword, Soul Calibur. You thought it could erase your sins completely, and undo it all."
"....I thought it would, make things right."
"The holy blade does not cleanse your sins. Nothing can wash the blood off your hands. You are a demon...Just like me"
"What?"
Claire's last words we're overshadowed by a disturbingly familiar voice. The sam one from his vision in the forest when he was with Talim and the others.
"You chose the dark path. Like your father before you, you gave into the temptations of this world...all to my benefit."
RayLeonardo drew his spear and pointed it at Claire, confused and frightened by this presence coming from her.
"Are you going to kill me again, RayLeonardo?"
There was an malvolent smile on her face as she spoke.
"Who are you?"
"I am the god of death. I have been waiting for you, RayLeonardo."
"Is that suppose to be funny?"
"For centuries, your bloodline has served me. The Rukh, were the servants of Seth, The dark diety of the sand. I guess your worst though...after all your father didnt kill your mother. You however murdered this girl of yours"
"Well I do not serve you!"
"Now, now...there's no need for violence."
Thats when Seth did something RayLeonardo did not think possible...Seth reached out, and with almost no effort, crushed and shattered the diamond spear.
"No...how, how did you...?"
"Stupid boy, how do you not know much about this spear? Do you think it was indestructible because it was simply made of diamond? Diamond and be crushed with enough force, but this spear was made to your family to be indestructible by all means, when I made it."
"Wait..you...you made the spear?"
"Yes, I made it to be endurable by all means...but how can it withstand its own master?"
"So...this whole time...I was being used. Claire...no... Seth. Claire is dead, you are just a vile shadow of her. You had used her and me, but for what purpose?"
"...You will know soon enough but for now I tire of you. Away with you servant."
With a gesture of Seth's hand, a great sandstorm circled the spearman and it soon turned into a tornado. it carried Rayleonardo away with harsh force.
"But know this...no matter what choice you make, no matter how much you try to defy me, you wil always end up serving me."
With that Seth disappeared into shadow, and RayLeonardo was wisked away.
(RayLeonardo leaves)
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