Bartholomew
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The Apex Saint
We weren't saints, just powerful sinners.
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Post by Bartholomew on Dec 31, 2012 16:32:39 GMT -5
Bart sighed as Roxa was shouting about killing him. He turned around and look at the upcoming Roxa, and simply said, "We were taking it easy... but you made us step it up a notch." He just smiled at Roxa knowing what would come next.
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Post by Duo Angelo on Dec 31, 2012 16:43:26 GMT -5
Within a blink of an eye Roxa suddenly stopped his approach with a incredible force holding the King back. Anyone who would've been watching would probably have to blink a couple of times to fully understand what had just happened, one moment it seemed like a easy strike for Roxa and than suddenly there was another man standing between the two. A man wearing a cloak that was as black as the night held back the raging beast that is Roxa with a single hand.
"Why do you tease the poor boy so much, Barts?" The man asked while casually glancing back at Barts before looking at Roxa, simply looking at him for a moment before grinning, "Hello, Roxa."
That voice could not be mistaken to anyone who had heard it before.
Lightning flew through the sky, as if it was screaming in fear. Duo Angelo was back.
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Post by King Roxa Hiaten on Dec 31, 2012 16:50:32 GMT -5
Roxa's eyes widened as soon as the figure had appeared. Even Ave seemed to be in some level of fear.
'Where did this bastard come from?! I didn't sense him at all. He literally was not here a few moments ago. But now he is here... He's stood right before us, and he's alive... Dammit... I had been hoping that through all of this, we were wrong... That it wasn't Duo, that it was just some poser who had a level of strength that we would be able to crush underfoot. But here he is, right before us, in all of his demented glory. Dear brother, dare I say it, we're in a bit of a tough spot here.
Roxa shook Ave from his mind. If the spirit wasn't going to be of any help, then he had no position sitting within his mind and preaching about how screwed they were.
'Far from it, Roxa. I want to help. You have my power.'
This wasn't the time or the place.
Roxa looked nervously at the others, he hadn't found Alessia yet, he wasn't going to risk putting the others in danger until it was a given that he wasn't going to be able to find her... That she was definitely gone.
'Noble. If we're going to die then, let us do it just as nobly. If he is truly the better man, let us treat him as such.'
Roxa... Smiled
Looking up at Duo, he let out a small sigh.
"Hello, Duo. It's been a while..."
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Post by Duo Angelo on Dec 31, 2012 16:57:33 GMT -5
"Over a thousand years, really." He nodded before glancing around the town which still had ash flowing through the air, "How bothersome..."
He waved his hand and the ash suddenly flew in all directions before finally vanishing from view. Now he got a clear look at Roxa he leaned down and looked him right in the eye, "You killed my brother you little fool." Duo's voice was like venom and his anger seemed to growing by the second.
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Post by King Roxa Hiaten on Dec 31, 2012 17:02:13 GMT -5
Roxa chuckled in the face of adversity, before locking eyes with Duo.
"You're the fool, Duo. It was you who killed your brother, not me. It was you who drove him to forming the Saints, it was you who he went to war with, and it was you who sealed him away... Putting him through that which made him so bitter. With his free hand, he reached around his neck, and pulled a small necklace out from under his leather armour, jutting his chin out towards Duo in a sign of defiance.
"I carry Kain's legacy with me. I may have been the blade behind his back, but it was you who had your hand wrapped around it." His eyes narrowed. "Kain entrusted me with more than you know, he was more than just a brother to me." His own voice was laced with poison. "For me, he was a brother, a comrade, a leader, a father. And let me tell you, and that traitor you have hanging onto your coat-tails like a lost child..." He smiled, almost warmly, his voice barely more than a whisper.
"I'll kill you both. And I'll do it in Kain's name. I'll do what he always wanted to, but had the chance stolen from him by you."
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Post by Duo Angelo on Dec 31, 2012 17:10:29 GMT -5
"You know NOTHING of family!" He roared, the building behind him literally behind into odd shapes, "I was one who told stories as he cried himself to sleep and it was me who gave him EVERYTHING he ever needed!"
"You know nothing of family, boy. You lost your family before you could even comprehend what it means," Duo's eyes were a fiery of rage, "So cut the act, boy."
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Post by King Roxa Hiaten on Dec 31, 2012 17:15:00 GMT -5
Roxa didn't raise his voice to match Duo's. He didn't flinch at the outburst. His face remained stony and stoic as he moved his face closer to his worst enemies, his eyes narrowing.
"Then tell me, Duo. If it was you who gave him everything... Why did he so badly want you dead? Why is it that this necklace is wrapped around my neck and not yours? You broke him, Duo. You did things to Kain that most people can't comprehend. He never told us just what it was, but it doesn't matter, because none of us will never forget. And believe me, only the lowest dregs of humanity would have it within them to side with you." His eyes flickered to Bart for a moment. "People like your little lapdog there, clinging to his mother's skirt. And Duo..? For the record..?"
His eyes seemed to flash with menace for a moment as he snarled out, in a voice barely recognizable as his own.
"I never lost my family."
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Post by Duo Angelo on Dec 31, 2012 17:30:27 GMT -5
"On the contrary..." he reached into his cloak and pulled out a necklace, a necklace that Alessia had warn for as long as Roxa could remember, "You have."
He dropped the necklace and began to walk away, "I do not wish to kill you Roxa but you need to stop your efforts to find Alessia and return to your throne. From there you will have two options, send your men to die against mine or step down and let your people flourish."
He turned around at the edge of the building and held his hands out to his side, as if they were two different choices, "It's all up to you."
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Post by King Roxa Hiaten on Dec 31, 2012 17:49:35 GMT -5
Roxa dropped down onto his knees, staring down at the simple necklace laid out in front of him, and hundreds of emotions overwhelmed him at once. He reached down, and grasped the necklace in his hand and pulled it towards him, before swapping it into the other hand. Now it was two people, two burdens... He held both Alessia and Kain's necklaces in his glowing yellow palm, whilst a voice scratched at his head. 'Brother... What are you doing..?'Roxa growled. Tying both necklaces around his throat, the sound erupting from him became more and more animalistic as he reached out his hands, and with quick hisses of air, his two swords flew into his palms. Using them as crutches, he propped himself up onto his feet and stood there, swaying precariously on the dusty ground, which was almost swirling around his feet, as if Roxa was the eye of a storm. His yellow slitted eyes locked onto Duo and he snarled. "No." Came his simple response. "I want you to get this through your skull now, before I beat it through... No-one will surrender to you. No-one. You got away with it once, but this time we will stand our ground. You will die, Duo. And by the Gods if it isn't by my hand then I'll personally make sure that you're not getting up again either way. Whoever it was last time, made the mistake of simply sealing you away. This time, I'm going to cut you limb from limb, I'm going to scatter you across this entire planet, and I'm going to turn each individual part of you into ash."A dark aura seemed to surround Roxa, almost like black flames that climbed up his body, whilst his eyes became glowing red lamps that seared out from the darkness. The bleakness of the scenery seemed to gravitate towards Roxa and cling to his body. Within him, Ave screeched and screamed. 'What are you doing?! What is this?! No... It can't be...'There was a silence, a deathly silence, and then a solid thud... WOOMPH
Ave stood in the center of a large circle of dirt that billowed outwards, a midnight black steel clinging to his skin, and the pits of his eyes glowed red in the darkness of his helmet. The swords in his hands had mutated into curling, intricate blades and a cape as dark as the night itself fluttered behind his back. But... He wasn't Ave. That was what shocked him the most.
Roxa looked down at himself. He was still... Himself... But he had unsealed everything, that had been his plan, to throw Ave everything he had and let him fight toe-to-toe with Duo, but it hadn't worked. He was stronger, definitely, he couldn't feel the weariness from his previous battle anymore, but there was no sign of Ave. Not until a voice spoke in his head, soft, a woman's voice.
'Ave no longer exists, not currently anyway. He is you, and you are him. We are one, Roxa.'
Roxa nodded thoughtfully, clenching a metal fist, he noticed something on his own chest, right above his heart were two dents within his armour, protruding outwards... The shape of two necklaces intertwined... |
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Post by Duo Angelo on Dec 31, 2012 17:56:28 GMT -5
Duo studied Roxa's release form. It was surprising for him to be honest and he couldn't help but clap at his performance, "Wonderful. Truly spectacular! You have seemed to change from when we last met!" He clapped a couple more times before stopping and shaking his head.
"But no amount of threats will help you and you've chosen your fate." Duo bowed before suddenly there was a high-pitched sound that slowly got louder and louder...
...and than everything went up in flames. The entire center of the city was consumed in explosions that dwarfed the Undian shells.
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