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Post by mitsurugi on Aug 6, 2012 21:04:15 GMT
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Dante was really kind of left stranded after the female he saw later on in the day. She disappeared with an odd looking old man and didn't even give her farewell address. It was rather rude, but he wouldn't hold it against her. Dante decided to walk back towards the shrine for an evening stroll still he hadn't seen the entire city. Dante saw a light shine down on the temple of worship. The moon was gleaming with a heavenly white.
But there stood a figure as Dante glared at her. Was she of the city? "Lovely night, yes?" He asked in a friendly tone as he looked around at the shrine. Her face seemed to be dormant, like she was in thought. Dante blinks and walked up towards her, "Uh, I'm Dante....Dante de la Espada of Castile." He took a polite bow and had a smile on his fair skinned face.
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Post by chemus05 on Aug 8, 2012 15:22:29 GMT
After some time of travel by land and by sea, they have finally arrived to the place where they expected to meet the woman the entity of Soul Calibur told about. The place was dark, quiet and deserted—almost—due to it being late in the night.
As they arrived in front of the shrine, Hilde saw her look around but there was nobody that fit the description of the said woman. She was calm, however, and reassured them: "She shall come. She will be able to sense our presence, and thus, the Holy Warrior shall come crawling to our feet."
As Hilde’s group was about to settle and take seats on whatever they could find, a young man approached the group. Everyone stared at him, gauging him and trying to read the reason for his approach. The stranger broke the ice by saying to the divine-like woman: "Lovely night, yes? Uh, I'm Dante....Dante de la Espada of Castile."
The stranger was friendly, however, it didn’t explain his reason for approaching their group which consisted of two noble-looking women and nine female soldiers.
“Brave and cocky,” the Wolfkrone princess thought. “He must have thought his charms could overwhelm this group of ladies.”
She inwardly smiled but mentally rebuked herself afterwards for judging a fellow without really seeing who he really is. This was beyond her honor. It was true that in her experience as a princess and being surrounded by politics there were really men as she judged this young man, but still...
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Post by Admin Knight Durante on Aug 8, 2012 20:54:40 GMT
"Lovely night, yes? Uh, I'm Dante....Dante de la Espada of Castile."
Being immune to gentlemanly charms, alongside the combined forces of her impatience and her apathy for unworthy mortals, caused Elysium to whip out her longsword, pointing the icy, pointed tip directly at the Spaniard.
She had no time for games.
"You dare confront the Spirit Sword. State your business here, mortal." Elysium growled at the innocent Dante out of her irritance.
"Where is the Holy Warrior?"[avatar]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5402/rosafarrell124x275.jpg[/avatar]
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Post by mitsurugi on Aug 8, 2012 21:31:36 GMT
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Dante's eyes scanned the situation, the point of her blade turned his eyes sharp as he drew his blade at a quick motion. A nervous smile appeared on his face, "I guess you did not hear my introduction..." He chuckled lightly, turning away that cold look in his eyes as he put his blade away towards his side and took a small bow. "I am Dante de la Espada of Castile...." He said in a kind tone. His eyes looked at the people around her, then back at her. "I have no reason to offend you, though it's actually pretty hard to speak to you with a sword drawn in my face..." He said itching the side of his head.
"The 'Holy Warrior'?" He was a bit confused. He turned from her placing a hand onto his chin in a thinking manner. He rose it in the air, having realized what she was looking for, "Do you mean the woman....Sophitia?" Obviously there wasn't anyone else she could have been asking for. Though he wished he knew where she was, she did leave him without saying a word and ended up going with some old looking man. What business did this woman and her followers have with her?
"I wish I could help you, however, I didn't have the luxury of following her back to home..." Dante said as he continued to look at the woman. "Now...if you would kindly please remove your weapon? I'm awfully sorry for my rude retort to you drawing yours...please accept my apology." He said as he bowed once more, his voice was sincere enough, he just hoped she would take it that way.
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Post by chemus05 on Aug 9, 2012 2:07:13 GMT
Hilde raised an eyebrow as she saw both swords drawn. She didn’t want bloodshed needlessly. This man could be innocent, for all they know. If he was a player, he didn’t have to die just for approaching their group. If he was approaching without wrong motives, all the more reason for him to avoid the sword ending his life.
Hilde stepped between the two, earning critical eyes and some protests from her bodyguards which she ignored and silenced with one wave of a hand.
“I’m afraid we started each on the wrong foot,” she turned towards the entity of Soul Calibur, pushing her sword gently away: “My good madam, please draw your sword away. We don’t greet gentlemen with the tip of our blades.”
Turning towards the newcomer with a formal smile. “And good sir, please do the same. May we hear your kind introduction once again and please tell us your reason for approaching us. We will do so after you as gentle ladies do.”
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Post by Admin Knight Durante on Aug 9, 2012 14:40:35 GMT
"The 'Holy Warrior'? Do you mean the woman....Sophitia?"
"So you do know of this woman." Soul Calibur sensed that Dante was hiding the information she needed, her sword still mercilessly raised at the Spaniard. "Where is she?"
"I wish I could help you, however, I didn't have the luxury of following her back to home... Now...if you would kindly please remove your weapon? I'm awfully sorry for my rude retort to you drawing yours...please accept my apology."
Elysium scoffed heartlessly at the Spaniard, her impatience increasing along with her icy temper. To think I should show a mortal mercy for my actions...?
Much to the Spirit Sword's surprise, Hilde had seperated them both...
“I’m afraid we started each on the wrong foot... My good madam, please draw your sword away. We don’t greet gentlemen with the tip of our blades.”
"I do not show sympathy to those who do not provide the information I need when they have it..." Elysium growled, before her attention was seized by a sword slicing through the cold night's air...
Elysium was now pointing her sword at the entrance of the shrine, to which three people were now stood... two women and a peculiarly dressed man, both women with a short sword and a shield, the man wielding almost claw like blades. One of the women had drawn her sword, the tip of the blade facing Elysium, mirroring the Spirit Sword's actions as she approached the Soul Sword.
Elysium dismissed the Spaniard, as she had found what she was looking for herself...
"Holy Warrior..."
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Post by mitsurugi on Aug 10, 2012 20:18:39 GMT
"That's rather rude of you to say...a God shouldn't show such arrogance." Dante said with a small pout and blinked at the other woman who stepped in-between them. He smiled kindly at her, "I've been here before, it was just an evening stroll, no more." Dante stated in a polite tone as he adjusted his sword on his hip and looked at the "god" with a content gaze, "Honestly, if you wished for me to answer you showing a bit of humility wouldn't hurt, even if you are a higher being than I am." Dante said as he placed a hand on his right hip.
Dante looked at the other woman and smiled lightly, "My name is Dante, pleased to meet you." He said gently. He didn't want confrontation, but this woman who kept calling him a mortal was surely becoming full of herself. Were women from different countries like her...? He prayed not, they weren't easy to wed.
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Post by chemus05 on Aug 11, 2012 2:47:11 GMT
“Ah! Dante. Pleased to meet you,” Hilde made a small curtsy. “My name is Hildegard von Krone, of the Wolfkrone kingdom and here are the warriors of Wolfkrone. She...” pointing towards the entity of Soul Calibur, she didn’t know what to call her, “...is with us. Please forgive her for any brashness...”
Hilde spoke hastily for she saw the coming of the holy warrior which they sought.
“I’m afraid, my good sir, that you came at the wrong time. Perhaps you can come back at another time. This is to be... a crucial meeting of some sort. And I do not promise that there will be no violence in it.”
Hilde had no idea who this holy warrior was. However, just to be safe, she wanted the civilian to be as far as possible from this place in case there might be some confrontation. Or maybe she was being pessimistic as her training moulded her to be.
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Post by Admin Knight Durante on Aug 13, 2012 20:10:26 GMT
Soul Calibur approached Sophitia, dismissing Dante and Hilde, her icy blue eyes focused on the Holy Warrior and her travel companions.
"What do you want?" the elder Grecian was quick to snap, much to the amusement of the Spirit Sword.
"I am Elysium, the Spirit Sword known to mortals as Soul Calibur."
Elysium decided to offer the woman her 'assistance' in order to swiftly persuade her to join her league of followers.
"Your daughter... is under the possession of the cursed sword, is she not?"
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Elysium's frosty words hit Sophitia's skin like a howling blizzard. Firstly, due to the fact that this very woman was Soul Calibur herself, and secondly due to the fact that the Spirit Sword wanted to help her find Pyrrha.
"What do you want in return?" the Holy Warrior questioned the Spirit Sword's generosity, which had received yet another angelic chuckle.
"I simply wish for your assistance in the conquest against the Cursed Sword and his followers, and to relieve the world of this malfestation in which we are tainted with."
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Post by darkstar56 on Aug 13, 2012 23:08:13 GMT
"I am Elysium, the Spirit Sword known to mortals as Soul Calibur." At the mention of the sword, Cassandra remembered the man she followed three years ago in Ostrheinsburg and the mass of crystal in a form of a sword that he carried.
"How could this be? If she is Soul Calibur, how on earth did she became human?" asked the young Greek to herself.
Suddenly, another thought came in to her mind. She saw the destruction of the two swords with her own eyes beck then. If the entity of Soul Calibur is here, then that means that Soul Edge had taken of a human as well.
"Your daughter... is under the possession of the cursed sword, is she not?" Cassandra was shocked with what Soul Calibur had said. Of all the worst things that could happen to her niece, why do it have to be related with the cursed sword?
"What do you want in return?"
"I simply wish for your assistance in the conquest against the Cursed Sword and his followers, and to relieve the world of this malfestation in which we are tainted with."
After Sophitia turned back to the two of them, Cassandra immediately asked her about Pyrrha. Sis, is it true? Was Pyrrha really abducted by the minions of the evil sword?"
Suddenly, Voldo started to hiss to her sister. But this time, he was softer and more silent than before. Cassandra had no idea what the blind man wanted.
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Post by Admin Knight Durante on Aug 14, 2012 20:30:29 GMT
"Sis, is it true? Was Pyrrha really abducted by the minions of the evil sword?"
The Holy Warrior nodded forlornly to her younger sister, a look of disgust wiped across her face at the thought of the woman in question. "Tira... she had kidnapped Pyrrha to manipulate me... I can't explain now.." Sophitia pressed her delicate fingers to her forehead, unable to organize her thoughts.
Sophitia... I need to speak with you... in private. Just this once.
Sophitia nodded to Voldo, who had been wishing to speak with her away from the hearing range of the Spirit Sword and her current followers. The Holy Warrior glanced back at Elysium, who had nodded in allowance for the two to speak.
The Holy Warrior stepped back nearer the entrance of the shrine, away from the rest of the occupants of Eurydice Shrine, her eyes clouded with bemusement as to what Voldo wants to speak to her about.
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As the elder Grecian distanced herself along with the blind and mute warrior, Soul Calibur's gaze focused on Cassandra, who had been pondering over Soul Calibur's existence in a human form.
"I assume you must be a relation of the Holy Warrior. Your similarities are uncanny." Elysium somewhat complimented Cassandra, the comment disguised as bait to inform the Spirit Sword as to who Cassandra was.
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Post by Admin Knight Durante on Aug 14, 2012 21:44:07 GMT
I... I ask for your forgiveness in advance... what I am about to tell you may... destroy what little of a relationship we have. "No, its alright..." Sophitia was wary as to what Voldo was going to tell her...
I know the girl who abducted your daughter. We... we served Soul Edge together. Soul Edge tricked me into serving it - Tira was - and still is - a servant of the sword. I never actually met your daughter whilst I was at Ostrheinsburg, but I was aware that she had been abducted and that she was being held within the castle walls at the same time I was there.
You must understand that I serve nobody but my master Vercci. I do not care for being a servant of the sword - it is my wish to bring it back to my master's vault... that was his last wish. I was hoping you would perhaps know of Tira's current whereabouts so as to lead me to her. She would know where Soul Edge is.
After I... saw sense and deserted Nightmare, that was when I heard that the swords had been destroyed and later that they were back.
I cannot imagine what it would be like to lose a child, but know this: I will keep to my deal. You have been kind to me. Will you still accept my help in finding your daughter knowing what I have just told you?
"So... are you trying to tell me you were a servant of Soul Edge as well?"
Think about it... I am your best chance of finding Pyrrha. If we should part ways now, it makes no difference to me... but now you know that I was... malfested, as the spirit sword happily calls it... should you wish to defeat me now, to please her... you will not win. Be certain of that. What is your answer, Sophitia?
"No..." Sophitia shakes her head, putting her warm, angelic hand onto Voldo's shoulder reassuringly, "I believe you... I am glad you have broken free of Soul Edge's reign... just I had done..."
Sophitia was only very briefly a servant of Soul Edge, due to the fact Tira had deceived her into thinking that if she didn't, Pyrrha would die.
"I trust you to assist me in my venture, regardless of what Soul Calibur will think. If she wishes for me to join her, I shall not side without you or my sister."
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Post by darkstar56 on Aug 14, 2012 22:04:00 GMT
Upon, Voldo's hissing towards her sister, the two distanced themselves from the group. Which made Cassandra confused even more.
"I assume you must be a relation of the Holy Warrior. Your similarities are uncanny." said the entity of Soul Calibur, catching the young Greek of guard.
"That's what everybody is saying whenever I'm with my sister. " said Cassandra, naively telling her identity to a complete stranger.
Her thoughts about the being of the Spirit Sword suddenly came back to her. She then decided to ask the woman about it. "Weren't you and Soul edge destroyed three years ago? How come you're here in a human form?"
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Post by Admin Knight Durante on Aug 16, 2012 19:36:44 GMT
"That's what everybody is saying whenever I'm with my sister. "
So the two were siblings... Elysium pondered over Cassandra... was she as strong as her sister was?
"Weren't you and Soul edge destroyed three years ago? How come you're here in a human form?"
Soul Calibur felt as though this question would be brought up upon every encounter, and therefore she had already mentally prepared her reply, sounding more rehearsed due to how often she tells her tale.
"When the Crystalline Knight was my host, I was storing power... When I was shattered, I had contained enough energy to manipulate my soul into a recreating a new body, and thus here I stand, as a human by my own choice."
The Spirit Sword grew tired of mortals fighting her own battles... and thus she had decided to recreate herself as a human. It was expected that Soul Edge had done the same for equal reasons.
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What...? You had been enslaved by the sword, too...?
Sophitia simply nodded, speechless out of her own shame.
You... trust me... how odd... you clearly do not realise what I am capable of doing to you, Sophitia...
Sophitia was somewhat apprehensive... just what could Voldo mean? What could he possibly do to her?
Insanity is a... fascinating thing. But once it takes over, the results can be deadly. It invades you... sneaks up on you at the most unexpected times... causes you to lose control of who you are. Once you regain that control... it is often too late. A word of warning, Sophitia: I suggest you stay away from me in battle... I do not want to hurt you any more than I have done.
"Voldo... do not fret. I understand if your insanity overcomes you... I shall not hold anything against you if you do hurt me... I understand."
The Holy Warrior could only sympathize with Voldo... she had not experienced insanity herself, however, she can understand how plaguing it must feel.
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Post by darkstar56 on Aug 17, 2012 14:01:19 GMT
"When the Crystalline Knight was my host, I was storing power... When I was shattered, I had contained enough energy to manipulate my soul into a recreating a new body, and thus here I stand, as a human by my own choice."
Listening to the woman's story, Cassandra became more concerned about her fears that Soul Edge had became a human as well. After much deliberation in her head, Cassandra hesitatingly asked her about Soul Edge.
"Uhm... May I ask, d...did Soul Edge created a human form for himself as well?
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