Re: The Grand Battle [Round Six: Library of Lies!]
02-28-2010, 03:40 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Draykon.
Her head down, eyes almost closed, Amethyst mechanically followed Ari. After some time of silence, he finally spoke "I find it strange that you haven't asked me where I'm taking you."
"It is irrelevant" was Amethyst's simple response. She moved to type a few buttons into her armband- but then decided against it.
"The more I think about the battle, the more it occurs to me that my purpose here is... nonexistant."
"You are here to figh--"
"Not here here. Here in reality, here in existence."
The words sounded strangely panicked for Amethyst's usual monotone. The two stopped.
"Winning the battle is not an option. To sacrifice my worthless life for those two..." She clenched her fists and looked up, staring straight into Ari's eyes. His glowing with existence, and hers a void of naught. "I have considered it, and found only one remaining purpose I can have in this universe."
In a flash, she lunged forward, delivering her right fist directly to Ari's face. He was struck off guard, but when she spun around to elbow his gut, a brief flash of light marked his instant movement to behind her.
"I will erase those foolish mortals who think themselves Gods."
She spun around, raising her foot to Ari's head, but he quickly ducked down, launching his own kick at Amethyst's back. She hit the ground, but rolled and quickly recovered into a crouching stance.
"As I have always been humanity's sword, corrupting myself so that their innocence may remain."
Ari moved to deliver a punch of his own, but Amethyst dodge to the side, and sank her teeth into his arm. He howled in pain, and smacked at her face with his free hand. She was knocked off, but a bloody gash remained where she had bitten him. Her jaw muscles were surprisingly strong. She continued speaking.
"And so now I make the greatest sacrifice I can."
Something on the armband beeped, Password Accepted. But in truth Amethyst had never meant it as a password. It wasn't even an incantation. It was a prayer. And though she always thought her world Godless, it would be self-fulfilling.
"Load prese-"
Ari's delivered a side kick to her chest, knocking the wind out of her before she could finish the incantation.
"Understand girl. You haven't even a fraction of the power you would need to stand up to one of us. What possible hope do you have?"
Slowly getting up, Amethyst said a single word. "Power."
Her armband made a small beeping noise. Onscreen, a small indicator displayed less than 1% mana remaining. Already she began to feel her mind growing cloudy. Just staying alive would drain her mana, and without any left, she would definitely...
"I posses within my repertoire a spell that will kill all three gentlemen, destroy this library, rip a hole to the Director's current location, and kill him- all without consuming any mana, or hurting my friends."
Ari chuckled a little. "I'm afraid I'll have to call your bluff on account of the most basic physics. There is no source of any such power in this library. The laws of conservation--"
Now Amethyst laughed. "Surely at at least some point in the past this ignorance has caused you problems. I can isolate at least six sources containing more than enough power in this library."
Ari was taken aback slightly. Six sources... what else did he know for sure there was six of in this library? As Amethyst placed her hand on her heart, it hit him.
"I met someone last round that I should've been unbelievably happy to see, and unbelievably saddened when I saw her killed. I felt nothing. And now, feeling for my heart, I don't feel anything either.
This worthless soul that can't feel anything, there's only one thing it's good for."
Her head down, eyes almost closed, Amethyst mechanically followed Ari. After some time of silence, he finally spoke "I find it strange that you haven't asked me where I'm taking you."
"It is irrelevant" was Amethyst's simple response. She moved to type a few buttons into her armband- but then decided against it.
"The more I think about the battle, the more it occurs to me that my purpose here is... nonexistant."
"You are here to figh--"
"Not here here. Here in reality, here in existence."
The words sounded strangely panicked for Amethyst's usual monotone. The two stopped.
"Winning the battle is not an option. To sacrifice my worthless life for those two..." She clenched her fists and looked up, staring straight into Ari's eyes. His glowing with existence, and hers a void of naught. "I have considered it, and found only one remaining purpose I can have in this universe."
In a flash, she lunged forward, delivering her right fist directly to Ari's face. He was struck off guard, but when she spun around to elbow his gut, a brief flash of light marked his instant movement to behind her.
"I will erase those foolish mortals who think themselves Gods."
She spun around, raising her foot to Ari's head, but he quickly ducked down, launching his own kick at Amethyst's back. She hit the ground, but rolled and quickly recovered into a crouching stance.
"As I have always been humanity's sword, corrupting myself so that their innocence may remain."
Ari moved to deliver a punch of his own, but Amethyst dodge to the side, and sank her teeth into his arm. He howled in pain, and smacked at her face with his free hand. She was knocked off, but a bloody gash remained where she had bitten him. Her jaw muscles were surprisingly strong. She continued speaking.
"And so now I make the greatest sacrifice I can."
Something on the armband beeped, Password Accepted. But in truth Amethyst had never meant it as a password. It wasn't even an incantation. It was a prayer. And though she always thought her world Godless, it would be self-fulfilling.
"Load prese-"
Ari's delivered a side kick to her chest, knocking the wind out of her before she could finish the incantation.
"Understand girl. You haven't even a fraction of the power you would need to stand up to one of us. What possible hope do you have?"
Slowly getting up, Amethyst said a single word. "Power."
Her armband made a small beeping noise. Onscreen, a small indicator displayed less than 1% mana remaining. Already she began to feel her mind growing cloudy. Just staying alive would drain her mana, and without any left, she would definitely...
"I posses within my repertoire a spell that will kill all three gentlemen, destroy this library, rip a hole to the Director's current location, and kill him- all without consuming any mana, or hurting my friends."
Ari chuckled a little. "I'm afraid I'll have to call your bluff on account of the most basic physics. There is no source of any such power in this library. The laws of conservation--"
Now Amethyst laughed. "Surely at at least some point in the past this ignorance has caused you problems. I can isolate at least six sources containing more than enough power in this library."
Ari was taken aback slightly. Six sources... what else did he know for sure there was six of in this library? As Amethyst placed her hand on her heart, it hit him.
"I met someone last round that I should've been unbelievably happy to see, and unbelievably saddened when I saw her killed. I felt nothing. And now, feeling for my heart, I don't feel anything either.
This worthless soul that can't feel anything, there's only one thing it's good for."
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