The Tower of Time (invite only)

“I am here sir, what is it that you need.”

A Domerii had just entered Tuarivs quarters, the large lizard who was currently training against his drone had requested a Domeriis help. The large warrior held up a hand to the drone, signaling it to stop for the moment, its shiny body glinted in the rooms light, reflecting off into all directions. “Yes, I have an important job for you.” Tuariv said in his deep voice.

“Anything sir.” The ghost replied.

“Good. What I need you to do is to go into the Domes largest library and bring me all the books on hidden treasures.”

“I shall return momentarily sir.”

And with that the ghost sunk through the floor of Tuarivs training room, the lizard snorted a bit of smoke out his nostrils and signaled for his drone to continue you fighting him. It looked much like a robot, very shiny, almost mirror like. But it drew two swords easily recognized by Tuariv, and then changed into a young man, tall with long waving black hair. This was the appearance of Tuarivs eternal rival, Kenjin.

The lizard growled and drew his claymore, the Leviathan. He pulled the great sword high into the air and brought it down upon the drone, who defended itself with the dual swords. This went on for ten minutes before a voice called into the room.

“I have returned sir.”

Tuariv held up his hand once again and the drone stopped, then he turned around and walked into his sleeping room, there stood the Domerii surrounded by tens of books. “That is all.” Tuariv said.

The Domerii bowed and disappeared. Now Tuariv stood alone in a room with many, many books. He sighed and sat down on his bed, beginning to read the first book that he grabbed. Flipping through the pages, he found nothing interesting, or for that matter, what he was interested in knowing.

Tuariv threw it to the floor and grabbed another, but it was the same thing, nothing. He searched and searched through all the books, nothing he wanted. Just gold, and jewels and golden power, nothing anyone would be interested in.

“Raar!” He growled, “None of this is what I wanted! I don't want gold, or jewels, or some stupid golden triumph fork!”

He slammed his fist through a pile of books sitting next to him, crushing most of them. I need power...

Kicking books aside Tuariv left his quarters and made his way to the largest library himself, hoping to find what he wanted. The lizard went to the section with maps, the shelves going well over twelve feet straight up, packed with books, maps, and other miscellaneous papers. Tuariv just swiped his claw into the shelf and pulled out as many as he could carry.

Sitting down at a table he looked through every single one he took, once in a while examining his surroundings. The library could easily hold a castle within it, or Hyrule Market for example, with a dome shape at the very center of the ceiling. But Tuariv paid almost no attention to this, instead simply diving his face into hundreds of maps, with all kinds of things written in them. From pirate treasure to castle dungeons, all kinds of things that were all collected by the Dome.

“Let's see,” Tuariv muttered to himself, “Hyrule Castle... no. Hmm, a castle made of clouds, yeah right... Alright here's something interesting...”

Folding a couple maps up Tuariv stuffed them into a pocket and left the library. It's so dangerous, so I'm very sure I won't be in competition with others, who else would dare to do it? A few names popped into his mind, he ignored the names and continued his way through the Dome.

As he passed a hallway leading to the Domes exit he turned his head to see Kenjin, their eyes locked for a moment before Tuariv faced the direction he was walking in. He better not follow me.

The giant doors of the exit and entrance came into view, standing twenty feet high and at least ten feet long. The lizard pushed on the center of the doors and they slowly folded open, revealing a hill covered plain. Then Tuariv left the Dome, only to return till his task is completed.

Night came and left, and the morning dew was soft under the lizards feet. The area he had traveled to was completely deserted, no towns, no people. Tuariv wondered if his destination was that dangerous. He got his answer.

As the warrior passed over another hill it came into view, a gigantic tower, easily visible even from where Tuariv was, over thirty miles away. It must be thousands of feet high, or even miles! Tuariv thought in awe of the tower.

Night came once again, and morning followed. Tuariv had arrived, the tower was right in front of him. Gigantic couldn't even describe its size, its top was well above the clouds, and still out of sight. There were smaller towers visible jutting out of the sides of the main tower every few hundred feet.

“Now where's the door?” Tuariv said to himself.

At those words a door appeared, made out of stone. It slid by itself, outward. Tuariv rolled his eyes and thought back to the Dome, though it wasn't that this door just materialized out of thin air, it seemed to have been hidden on the stone wall.

The lizard took a deep breath and stepped inside, it wasn't dark at all. Tuariv paid no attention to that though, a single spiral staircase led upwards going all around the walls, leading right to the top.

“And that's where I go.” Tuariv said as he walked up the stairs, going all around in a circle.

OoC: Now it's not called the Tower of Time for nothing..

OOC: Heheheh, this is going to be interesting.

BIC: "What?" asked Gorin. The echo had been reading through the notes of the late Grasthos when his domerri spy flew in. The great lizard Tuariv was up to something.

"He asked me to get him books on hidden treasures. I tried to avoid giving him the one on well, you know." said the domerri. Gorin leaned back in his chair.

The domerri continued, oblivious to the fact that Gorin had already scanned the domerri's mind to find out. "He went to the library himself and found out about the tower. He's heading there as we speak."

So, Tuariv is heading for the tower eh? I suppose it would be best for me to investigate the tower now, seeing as it would be difficult to investigate the tower alone...

Gorin stood from his chair, several books and scrolls falling from his lap. "I'm heading there now." he said. The echo left the late Grasthos' lab without so much as a goodbye to his domerri spy.

The Encorna stood silently in his room. The training dojo that Kenjin's room normally had within its iron door had altered, to display a vast forest. Lush grass was under his feet, tall trees standing erect around him. His eyes focused as Kenjin's eyes saw through the pitch-black of the dimmed room to where his training doll was standing.

The doll was a foot smaller than the Encorna, with the appearence of a samurai weilding a special sword that Kenjin knew very well now. The Hinotama gleamed red against the quiet of the room, while Kenjin held a samurai blade in his right hand. If I wish to defeat Kyô, I must first master his fighting style, the Encorna thought silently. He grasped the training blade in his hands, waiting for the doll to make its move.

It struck, but Kenjin dodged easily. The Encorna had programmed the doll to mimic the moves of his teacher, but Kenjin was far faster than Tokumaru without Inferno. The Encorna merely wished to understand the samurai battle style, hence the need for endless practice, inturrupted only by the Domerii who informed him of the passings of the outside world.

"Message Report," droned his Domerii, materializing through the wall. "Status on Tuariv Knil."

Kenjin ceased the doll, just as it sliced through his chest. The skin broke, but instead of bleeding, a blue light shined from the wound, and it healed perfectly. The forest vanished, replaced by the simple room Kenjin reffered to as home.The trees vanished to make way for walls with all sorts of weapons attached to them from hangers. The floor was a simple wooden surface, with the symbol of the Yin-Yang in the center, Kenjin's sign.

Kenjin sheathed the blade, and placed it in its container on the wall, before turning to the Domerii that had appeared in his room. The small ghost was the only one apart from the Ominea who had seen his room, he allowed no one else inside.

"Report on Lizard-Boy," Kenjin grinned, taking a seat on the chair that he owned. The two seats were never really used unless Kenjin needed to work, or was reading, but the table was simple, like most things in his room. The Domerii bowed.

"He is making for the Tower of Time, master Encorna," the ghost replied, for it had seen what the youth had been studying. "If you care to leave now, you could follow in relative comfort."

Kenjin glanced at his table, there was a half-piece of crystal lying on it. Perhaps I can find some material I need to finish making this, he thought, before standing up.

"Nayru's Wisdom," he muttered, feeling the power of the Goddess within him. His skin turned bright blue, as Kenjin saw into the future.

Tuariv walked through the main door, and towards the east

Kenjin grinned, as the Goddess Power ceased by his command. His control over the Power Forms was growing. He turned to the door, and opened the massive iron-clad knob. The door screeched as he entered the hallway. With a blur, Kenjin vanished, following the trail he had seen in the vision.

OOC: Okay, I've seen joint battles with you guys in it, and if I'm gonna be a part of it, there has GOT to be an order. We should post how we wish for the first circulation (Scoria will have to tell us when we're done with the first one) and then keep that order for the rest. ORGANAZATION IS KEY. I'll get my post in soon, and delete this once I'm sure everyone's seen it.

:confused: Am I already this popular? Me in such an elite battle? I am greatly honoured, Scoria, to join this, as I said, elite competition. (Just let me read your [possibly] uber-sized posts)

IC: "Latio, there is an object of great power in a place called 'The Tower of Time' that I'd wish to claim for the Alliance. I will meet you at the entrance to the wasteland where his lab was. I have confirmation that Tuariv of the Knights will be arriving there soon, so we must hurry." Latio never read letters aloud, and was extra careful when they were from Gorin. The Echo also had a habit of casting a spell on the notes which makes the burn up after being read, so no one else could read it.

"Why'd I join this thing, anyways? Why didn't I just say no? Oh well, too late now..." Latio said to himself while rising from a secluded corner of the Dome's hallways. He didn't have the luxury of a room, and was determined to get one, but now wasn't the time. After stretching he walked to the door that lead to the desert nicknamed 'Mutant wastes' by the villagers who lived anywhere in a thirty-mile radius of the deadly place. He arrived there, with Gorin showing up a few minutes later.

OoC: I'm under the impression that Domeriis know all the many universes languages. Is this true?

OoC: Nah, Latio, you and I aren't popular. Scoria just couldn't find anyone else. XD J/K. I'm also glad to be included in such a battle. And I think I'll use Kai for this.

BiC:

The lightning dragoon, Kai, wandered the halls of the Dome aimlessly. The white marble and bright torches were the decoration of the halls now and other students crowed the place. She had her wings tucked closely on against her back, still nervous about anyone seeing them. The female sighed deeply, I wish I had something to do. The dragoon had been accepted by a new teacher but her lessons had been put on hold for a while. When they would pick up again, Kai wasn’t even sure if the teacher knew. The fighter walked for a bit longer until she saw a strange door. It was about seven feet high and made of what appeared to be silver. The only impression on the door was of a giant clock with no hands on it, just the twelve numbers. Wow, she commented as she examined the portal. The dragoon’s curiosity was perked by this ornate door and she curled her hands around the single knob. It was circular but had a soft feeling, like feathers. Kai opened the door and walked into the world that it led to.

A warm breeze ruffled her brown hair and her black cloak as she closed the clock door. The dragoon had entered into a grassy plain. Hardly any creatures roamed around and the healthy, green turf was soft under her boots. The bright, yellow sun was high in the sky as noon approached in this world. But what amazed her was a gigantic tower the stood in front of her. The blueish stone structure reached into the heavens, Kai couldn’t even see the top. Smaller towers stuck out of the main building, even those were taller than most buildings she had seen. I don’t even think I could fly to the top, she thought as she gazed at it. What could lie at the top of such a omnipresent building. The dragoon just had to find out. She spread her brilliant purple wings and took to the sky.

Kai figured it would take only a half-hour to reach the tower. Her figuring was far off for when she finally saw the base, almost three hours had past. This thing must be absolutely massive to be seen from such a distance. Along the way, the flyer hadn’t seen anything out of the ordinary. In fact, she hadn’t seen anything at all save for the grassland. This world was completely quiet, the only thing that told time had past was the fact that the sun was beginning to set. She landed at the base and folded her wings under the cloak. A door was already open into the tower. I wonder if the person who went inside is still in there. The dragoon, even with all her curiosity, was still apprehensive of waltzing inside. Instead, she waited outside the structure, wondering what was so important that it had to be hidden in such a place.

Ooc: Wow, I was invited as well. I consider myself one of the lesser BAers. I will be using Cross.

Bic:

The wind howled as it swept through the field. The smell of grass and bugs was only overpowered by the moist scent of sweat. It was hot enough to burn toast; the dryness of the air, however, would peel the skin from your lips, chapping them to an annoying moisture lacking state. This is exactly what happened to Cross. He had been traveling this field for God knows how long without food or water.

The only reason Cross was even traveling this direction was because the Dark Voice in his head continuasly nagged him to do it for countless days. The Light Voice honestly knew nothing of what or why the Dark Voice was telling Cross to traverse this field. There seemed to be no point.

"Why do I listen to you?" Cross shouted into the air, clearly tired and angery. "I don't see why I need to travel across this bloody field," he stopped to cough, "It's not accomplishing anything." Cross continued to complain, he haddn't eaten in several weeks and had not had anything to drink for three days. There were some clouds moving in far to the north, he only hoped the wind would blow them his direction and that they would bring shade and rain with them.

Only ten minutes later, Cross noticed that there was a tall structure that ascended upward through the clouds ahead. He couldn't understand how he didn't see it before. It was as if it didn't want to be seen.

"There it is," The dark voice rang through Cross' mind, "That's where we need to go."

Cross didn't care at the moment, he only hoped they served food and water.

He was very happy that night; for just how he wished, it rained. He spent several hours endulging himself in water. He grabbed some spair animal skins and filled them with water to save fore later.

The next morning, Cross got up early and traveled only to stop twice. But dissapointingly, the tower never seemed to get any closer. Several days passed before he could even make out the windows. The rain grew steadily stronger as Cross got closer to the tower, but the lack of food began to take its tole.

But lady luck switched to his side. A small flock of birds flew by on one of the last days of traveling. He managed to shoot down three and enjoyed them that night, although they weren't cooked.

Finally, on the sixth day since he spotted the tower, he was there.

Ooc: A little wordy and not nearly as good as the others, but here it is.

Ooc:I'm using Essence

Bic:Essence walked around the halls of the dome. Her eyes wandered for anything to make the day more exciting. No activity had been found. Not even the newbies were talking. She walked in the quiet room. Just waiting for something to happen. After a while she gave up and walked to where the student's rooms were. She started to walk to her room when Kenjin's door opened. Another door opened and closed, which was not a student room. Essence walked to the door.

"He might be doing somehing for the dome, but it's something to do" she muttered. Essence walked through the door. A vast medow came into view. The full moon hung highly in the sky, making a glow for Essence to see. She looked to the sky. A huge tower was miles from her. It was maybe 1000 feet up. Or more as she saw no top, just a tower that dissapiered in the night sky.

Essence got out her fire wings and took off. Wind blew at her face endlessly. She looked down to see a forest. The tower was a mile away now. Embers flowed out from her wings as she desended from her altitude, getting ready to land. She saw 2 other figures near the entrance of the tower. She landed near the entrance, her wings dissapering to embers. She reconised the figures to be a man and a girl with a cloak on.

OoC: Alright, that's the first circulation. The order is-

Scoria
Mikey B
Power Shot
Latio Scaptur
graceful_sheik
Quark
Chari

BiC:

Sounds echoed at the bottom of the tower, people were coming in as Tuariv did. Damnit, competition. Tuariv had already gotten at least forty feet straight up, all he could see were some mysterious figures, one of which smelled like Kenjin. I don't need trouble, or help. It was until now that he noticed the bottom center of the tower looked exactly like a clock, but Tuariv ignored it.

I'll try to move faster.

The lizard, using his power, disappeared into thin air and continued up the winding stairs on all fours.

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Down below were other warriors, Kenjin and Essence walked next to each and talked, while Gorin and one of his "partners" walked together as well. Then there were two others, but Tuariv had yet to meet either one of them.

"So why did you come here Kenjin?"

"Just following Tuariv is all." The young looking man replied, he'd keep the information on the crystal to himself for now.

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Latio walked next to Gorin, "Is this really going to be worth it Gorin?"

The Echo smiled, "From what I know, it should prove interesting."

"Why is it that you always bring me instead of one of the others? I don't mind it, it's just that you always seem to want to bring me along rather than one of the others." questioned Latio.

Indeed, Gorin had made much use of Latio during the past months. This was mostly because Latio always gave Gorin a good conversation, as well as his decent fighting abilities.

"Well," replied Gorin "I hardly see Raid, Jamenda doesn't recognize me, Rein and Varimathras have practically vanished, I rarely see Kain, I just met Nenet and don't want to put her in too much danger-"

Oh crap...

Gorin realized that he had just dropped a hint to Latio that the Oblivion Master had feelings for the newest member of the alliance. Although it was true, Gorin was usually known to the others as a powerful warrior who had virtually no positive feelings.

"What about Isis?" asked Latio. Although Gorin was unable to tell, Latio thought that Isis had feelings for Gorin. The echo had never shown any signs of noticing those feelings however.

"She just comes and goes as she pleases, as does Mirrorin." responded Gorin. The Oblivion Master held out a hand for Latio to halt. Somebody or something was coming up the stairs after them.

"You are growing soft Oblivion master," the Encorna muttered, as he and Essence made their way to where the two were talking. "Honestly, caring about someone like that. If I didn't know you better, I'd say you cared about that Nenet."

"What I do is not your concern Encorna," Gorin snarled back.

"It matters little," Kenjin replied. "Nenet would not be of much use to you here. She would cause you to lose focus Gorin."

Gorin remained reserved, though his mind was different. "Kenjin, how do you know about Nenet?" he asked simply, continuing to climb the stairs.

Kenjin laughed. "I make it my business to know about every member of the Oblivions, including new ones. Nenet the pirate would distract you Gorin, I have seen what you would like kept secret. As my training with my Goddess Powers grows more powerful, I am growing able to focus my visions, and I saw who she was."

Gorin's palms gritted into tight balls, how could Kenjin see something like that? "You'd better keep shut about the future Kenjin, sometimes it is better for it to keep private."

"I know, that is why I seldom tell the future to others," the Encorna replied, passing Gorin and the blind Latio with Essence. "Only when I find it convenient to tell, or when it is vital that I do so, for no one can change the future. Not even you Gorin."

Kenjin continued up, followed closely by Essence.

"What good is it to see the future when you can't change it Kenjin?" she asked.

"Because Essence, knowing the future is not important," the Encorna replied. "It's what you do with the knowledge that's important. Now, let's find Tuariv."

OoC: Dude, there’s a car called the Nissan Latio!

IC: Latio overheard the group leaders’ “discussion” about meddling with the future, privacy and Gorin being distracted by someone by the name of Nenet. She’s the new Oblivion Alliance member Latio remembered. Gorin said he didn’t want her to get put in danger, though. Why’d he let her join us if he didn’t want her hurt…? The foxfolk decided not to question his leader on the matter, but thirst for the answer still pulled at his mind. He lasted fifty steps before he cracked. “Why’d you invite Nenet into the Alliance if you didn’t want her to fight?”

“Like I said to Kenjin, that’s personal information.” The echo replied. He couldn’t trust anyone while Kenjin was still in the tower.

OoC: Power Shot, could I have a link to Kenjin's original character sheet?

The lightning dragoon stood outside the tower for only a few minutes. She had been so amazed by the structure that she hadn't been paying attention. Kai snapped back to reality and walked to the open door. Voices could be heard inside and they seemed to be coming from above. I guess this place was only opened recently, she figured. She was about to enter when a noise came from behind. The female turned to see a man also walking up to the tower. He looked fairly normal except for the black blindfold around his eyes. He stopped as he came near the dragoon and asked, "Who are you?"

Kai didn't see any reason to be nervous about him, "I'm Kai Chosen. And you?"

"I'm Cross," the man replied. "What are you doing here, Kai?"

"Well, I just happened to wander in here. What about you?"

Here, Cross seemed to hesitate, "I...was told to come here." The dragoon didn't press him for more details. Instead, she turned back to the tower.

"Do you know what that towers holds?"

"Something important," was the simple answer.

An adventure, just what the winged dragoon needed. "Well, what are we waiting for then." She waltzed into the base of the tower. Stairs circled in the inside and seemed to go for quite aways. And there wasn't enough room to just fly to the top. Cross walked past her and started up the steps, no saying a word. Kai followed, "Hey, wait for me."

There were others up ahead of Cross, he could see one of them that was up the farthest ahead had an enormous size for an everage person. And to add on top of that he appeared to be reptilian instead of a mammel. A little behind him was another towering creature that appeared to be human aside from a strange presence he gave off. There was also a fox-like person following close behind two others others.

"I wonder what they're doing here." Cross questioned as he continued to advance up the neverending staircase.

"I don't know." Kai responded quietly.

Cross thought to himself, he couldn't decide if he wanted to walk up ahead and join them or stay behind. To answer his own question he let Kai pass him first. Afterwards, he silently slipped down his blindfold to see the true nature and intentions of the people in front of him.

Ooc: That's all I got.

Essence walked, following Kenjin. She looked back once to see 4 behind her. Two of them were of a group called 'The Oblivion Alliance'. The others were the girl and the man she saw when she landed. The man had his blindfold off. There were black holes where his eyes were suposed to be. Essence turned away fast, being creeped out. As she walked down, she stoped to let the girl get next to her.

"Hi, I'm Essence", Essence said with a warm smile, "Who are you?". The girl acted shy around Essence. There was a long pause before she spoke.

"My name is Kai" she said quietly. Essence decided to talk with her. It would be funner than walking behind Kenjin.

"Do you know what this place is?" Essence asked.

"No, I don't know" the girl said.

Rrrr, socializing... pathetic. Are the so blind?

Tuariv was still a little ways ahead, but able to clearly see everyone. The lizard spotted a newcomer, a man holding a blindfold, his eyes just dark holes. Though Tuariv was invisible the stranger seemed to be able to see him.

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What is that up ahead? Cross wondered.

Above he saw the strangely shaped creature look right back at him, but as Cross moved closer it jumped out of sight. As for the others, the one called "Gorin" looked very much red, his acompliss a lighter shade of it.

The girl called Kai and another girl ahead were both a grayish blue, and the last one, a very tall man, was completely gray.

*******

Tuariv snorted, some smoke billowed from his nostrils, I'll get to the top, then I'll see what I can do.... He looked up above to see a bright light, but something odd, an odd shadow seemed to get bigger and bigger. Then a rumbling, Tuariv soon realized, it wasn't getting bigger, it was coming closer at a high speed.

"Crap!" The lizard exclaimed.

*******

Down below the others felt a rumbling as well, but it was only Kenjin that was able to pick up Tuarivs voice as the rumbling became an earthquake.

Out of nowhere to massive objects tumbled down from above, the top seemed to never get closer, and from such a height anything could easily pick up the speed of over a hundred miles an hour.

What had disturbed the large objects was unkown, but their identity came into view as the landed on the bottom floor with such impact everyone inside was knocked to their feet. All the warrior peered over the ledge to see what it was.

Down below on the clock shaped floor now were two hands, a minute hand, and an hour hand. Nothing moved. Everyone and everything seemed to hold their breath as a whole minute passed, and as it did the minute hand went from the twelve, outward a bit, to a marking which represented the first minute.

The tower lit up! All around on all the walls clocks suddenly appeared, and in Tuarivs hand a key materialized. Each clock held a key hole, but Tuariv dare not risk what would happen if he tried the key. Litteraly hundreds of thousands of clocks lined the walls, leading up to the top.

And quickly without warning, mechanical beasts dropped down. Saying nothing, they attacked the warriors.

"What did you do Tuariv!!!" shouted Gorin. The Oblivion Master's voice echoed throughout the tower as more mechanical beings started to appear.

Kenjin ran to catch up with Tuariv, leaving the others with Gorin. The echo created twin longswords. "Time to test "Two heavens as one" against things a bit weaker than Kenjin." thought Gorin.

Latio noticed that Kai was under attack by multiple enemies, and fled his current engagement with two mechanical soldiers to help her. Gorin didn't mind, he'd do the same thing if Nenet were here.

Fortunately for Gorin, the female pirate wasn't here. "No reason to hold back on these things, but holding back makes the fights last longer..." thought the echo.

He ducked under a horizontal slash executed by one of his opponents, slicing at its leg while he was down there. Another machine charged the Oblivion Master as he was blocking an attack by one of the others.

"Aww, crap." thought Gorin. Now he couldn't execute the awesome combo he had been planning on using. The echo twisted his current foe's blade downwards, decapitating it with the other sword.

The machine continued to charge towards Gorin, despite the fact that its comrade had just been slain in a heartbeat. "Hmph, lets get this show started."

Millions of clocks spun around them on the walls, all looking the same no matter how hard Kenjin searched for the answer. "There must be a way to defeat this puzzle, one must be different!"

Tuariv's claws still held the key within them, as the lizard traded punches with searching for the key. "Wait, there is a way!" Kenjin announced, he remembered a trick that he had learned a long while ago for moments like this. "Shikenji," the Encorna muttered, feeling his eyes growing blind to the sight around him, and opening his eyes to what was true.

Tuariv became nothing but the Elements of Life and Fire, but the clocks became Elemental in appearence, all black with Darkness. Only one was left standing in Light, the true answer to the puzzle. Kenjin looked up to make sure that it was indeed the only one, and he was satisfied to learn that he was correct.

"Tuariv!" he roared, turning towards the lizard. "This one is the correct one!" He pointed towards the right one, the one at the very top left corner. Still fighting, he turned over to bash through a metal monster with his bare hands.

Originally Posted by Power Shot

Millions of clocks spun around them on the walls, all looking the same no matter how hard Kenjin searched for the answer. "There must be a way to defeat this puzzle, one must be different!"

Scoria's claws still held the key within them, as the lizard traded punches with searching for the key. "Wait, there is a way!" Kenjin announced, he remembered a trick that he had learned a long while ago for moments like this. "Shikenji," the Encorna muttered, feeling his eyes growing blind to the sight around him, and opening his eyes to what was true.

Tuariv became nothing but the Elements of Life and Fire, but the clocks became Elemental in appearence, all black with Darkness. Only one was left standing in Light, the true answer to the puzzle. Kenjin looked up to make sure that it was indeed the only one, and he was satisfied to learn that he was correct.

"Tuariv!" he roared, turning towards the lizard. "This one is the correct one!" He pointed towards the right one, the one at the very top left corner. Still fighting, he turned over to bash through a metal monster with his bare hands.

OoC: Scoria's claws?!

BiC: "Latio, you're girlfriend needs you." Gorin mocked.

"Kai's not my-" the foxfolk heard the dragoon scream, and ran to her. She was being assaulted by a pack of mechanical wolves. They had smooth, seamless chrome bodies, reinfosed by a thick layer of steel underneath. As Latio approached them, they turned, and one of them had Kai's amythested blade (OoC: Been playin' too much Diablo) in it's two-inch fangs. Time seemed to slow down around the normally speedy foxfolk, and he smelt faint traces of blood. Kai has lightning spells... he thought, trying to think of a decent plan. When the wolves just saw him standing there, they turned their attention back to their victim, the virtually defenceless dragoon. As they turned around, Latio could feel the stillness in the air lessen, and darted towards his 'girlfriend' as Gorin put it. Gorin should give me some privacy.

OoC: If you guys start turning Kai into a damsel in distress, I'm gonna rip you a new one. I'm not trying to be mean, but she can fight.

BiC:

Zaaap! Kai shot another one of her Shock spells at th nearest wolf. Unfortunately, two more came in its place. How many are there? she wondered silently. One of the mechanical animals rushed at her and managed to scrape her arm. She had a few other cuts on her, nothing life threatening, at least not yet.

"Kai!" she heard the familiar voice of Latio yell.

"I'm here!" the dragoon shouted back and then took another attack from one of the wolves. The ticked female shot two bolts out this time, one striking the wolf that just attacked and the other striking a wolf that was about to. Suddenly, the foxfolk jumped over the circle of wolves that surrounded her and landed beside her. "Wow," Kai commented. He smirked at her then drew a sword the dragoon hadn't ever seen him use. It was an elegant rapier with runes carved on the blade.

"Kai, do you think you could channel some lightning into this sword?" Latio asked. His request surprised her but she complied by creating a small orb of electrical magic in her hand.

"Will this do?"

"Yeah." She threw the orb at him and he caught it with the rapier, which instantly absorbed the lightning. Then it started to glow with a faint purple light. "Take this!" the fox shouted at the machines. Then he charged and let loose the lightning magic. A miniature explosion wiped out the ones the ones that hindered their progress upwards, leaving nothing but some scrap metal. "Come on," Latio stated. Kai dashed by him, only stopping to retrieve her scimitar. Then they headed up towards the strange, grey man that Latio had been talking to eariler.

The man turned his yellow eyes to the two and said, "Well, it seems you rescued your girlfriend." Kai almost tripped, His what!?