[Safer] Lurious's Training

[Gman]

Lurious, demon god and the feared Grim Reaper, was lost. He pulled a map out of his long, black cloak. “After the mountains head north,” he said to himself. The map would get him within a hundred miles of the fabled Dome. After that, it just ended. The Dome was the only place that had training advanced enough for Lurious. He had tried to go before, but he was robbed and had to go back or risk starvation.

Now, he was much more prepared for the long trip ahead. He realized that he had already gone past the mountains, but was too far to the east to see them. This meant that he was already within the one hundred mile range. A desert was spread out in front of him. Sand was beginning to crunch underfoot.

He kept walking until the all of the ground he walked on was the grainy mineral. It was at this time he began to wonder about the Dome. What would it be like? Who would his teacher be? When would his lessons start? These questions buzzed in his head like angry wasps. He had never been around people that he could have a real fight with before. Mostly, they were weak little scum that had been able to buy a sword. Many of them ran as soon as he drew his blade. He also needed help with his magical abilities. They were… rusty. The Dome would be the first place that those skills could be truly developed.

He was so lost in thought that he didn’t notice that the sand was getting deeper. By the time he did notice, he was chest deep in it. “Damn!” He exclaimed with despair. He began to struggle, but it just made things worse. The sand swallowed him up like a hungry lion.

He finally managed to break to the surface after about an hour or so. He sat on the ground, coughing up sand. In a few minutes he had recovered from the experience and looked up. About thirty feet away was a massive coliseum. From the massive gold roof, to the shining white of the body, the entire thing was beautiful. This was the Dome. He ran to the massive oak gates as fast as he could. He reached the Dome and looked up.
“And so it begins,” he said to himself.

OoC: Well I hope you like it!

[Safer]

Welcome to the Intermediate Class! Check the first post of my homeroom thread to see the link to the thread for your class. Within there you'll find your lessons. Please complete the Pre-Lesson and post it here.

[Gman]

OoC: It’s done!

BiC: “Hello, I’m Tokumaru,” said the strange man standing in front of Lurious. The demon god had knocked for what seemed like hours and now this small fool had answered. Tokumaru looked rather odd. He was wearing a white kimono and had a katana with a hilt matching his clothes. He had black hair and hazel eyes. His most distinguishing feature, however, was the angel wings sticking out of his back. They were white with feathers and fluttered slightly in the breeze. Those are the most idiotic things I’ve ever seen, thought Lurious.

“Where is my teacher?”

“Your teacher? I’m your teacher!”

“Damn!”

Lurious was expecting some who looked more...manly. Instead, he had gotten this pathetic little man who didn’t look like he could even grasp a sword properly. “Please, come in,” Tokumaru said with an insufferable grin. Lurious followed Tokumaru into the Dome.

The Dome was a very strange place. Demons, goblins, robots, monsters, and even a few gods were bustling around the large, gold-carpeted hallways. There were many buildings and stores neatly lined up on the sides of the busy hallways. The most prominent feature of the Dome, however was the miniature Sun hovering near the ceiling. It glowed brightly and illuminated the entire school.

“Do you like it?” Tokumaru asked.

“It’s acceptable,” Lurious said.

“Acceptable? That’s not what most new students think about the Dome”

“What is the Dome anyway?”

“The Dome is a place where warriors come to complete their training and reach their full potential. It’s also the central point between every dimension, making it accessible to every warrior in existence. Finally, it is a haven for anyone who has ever held a weapon."

Lurious was starting to get annoyed with this pitiful excuse of a master. He didn’t show the ruthlessness that any good warrior required.

Tokumaru led the demon god to a large, hotel-looking building. Inside was a small desk towards the back of the room and a staircase on the left. “Well it doesn’t seem like anyone’s here so just go up the stairs to the third floor, then take a right to room three twenty,” said Tokumaru. He left to the outside and Lurious started climbing the stairs.
OoC: Hope you like it!

[Safer]

Very good! I like your character's opinions of Tokumaru; it's not like every other student, who just assumes Tokumaru to be ZOMG UBER. Well done. Move on to lesson one.

[Gman]

Lurious stood in his room silently. It was small, cramped and the bed was the size of a large pillow. In fact, the entire room was built for someone who was probably around three feet tall. Lurious had gotten the Dwarf’s Suite. Damn, I’ll have to spend a lot of time outside, he thought to himself. So, without further ado, he turned and left his midget dormitory.

Outside of the building, Lurious discovered it was night. The miniature Sun had been extinguished, and now a mini moon was hovering in its place. “Now that’s just impossible, I was only inside for twenty minutes,” he mumbled. Now that the annoying man that called himself Lurious’s master was gone, Lurious had time to see the Dome in all of its glory.

It was truly a magnificent place. Long hallways stretched out as far as the eye could see, and many buildings lined them. As Lurious continued walking, he noticed that many more of the monsters and demons were out, while humans and other weaker creatures were inside. The road had changed from carpeted hallways, to dark cobblestone roads, and the buildings were getting taller. Some of them reached the gold ceiling that loomed overhead. Lurious turned a corner to find himself in a statue room. Statues of great heroes and villains lined the walls in chronological order.

He continued down the path until he reached a small door. He entered it to find himself on the other side of the Dome. “What? How… did that happen?” he exclaimed. A tall ogre who happened to be walking snickered. “Oh yeah, that door. Every new student will eventually go through that door,” it said in a gruff voice. Lurious, now annoyed, began walking toward the north part of the Dome.

He was back in the main city and more and more monsters were bustling around. The Dome was almost as crowded as it was during the day as it was at night. When do these people sleep? Lurious enjoyed walking in deserted streets and roads. It gave him time to think, but now he realized that he wouldn’t get that here. The crowds of people were starting to get on his nerves, especially since these ‘people’ were large and vicious monsters. He found an alleyway that had no monsters of other creatures lurking in it.

The alley was very strange, it had many doors, most of them locked, and small cages full of a variety of things. As the demon kept walking, he found himself bored. Usually by now he had more things to do, like fight the beasts of the forest or some other monster. Although he was still bored he kept walking and didn’t turn back. Eventually he came to a door with heat pouring of it. Intrigued, he put his hand on the knob and started turning.

OoC: Hope it’s good enough!

[Safer]

Good. Move on.

[Gman]

Lurious found himself in an odd room. It was a large desolate plain with a massive volcano in the distance. At the top was a shining object that Lurious could see from the door. He began walking, only because he had nothing else to do.

Why am I doing this? It’s only a speck of light, a worthless little light. Nevertheless, he continued walking. As he walked, his thoughts began to wander. That little man Tokumaru, does he really think that he can teach me anything? Probably not. What are the lessons like here anyway? I’ve been here a while and haven’t received any lessons.

Lurious noticed a sizzling sound coming from beneath him. He looked down to see that the intense heat of the ground was cooking his shoes. Well that’s just perfect. Now my feet will be burned unless I get out of here soon. What the hell is that thing on the volcano anyway? Why is it so interesting that I have to waste all of my time on it? It’s probably just a fairy that got trapped up there. Well I came all this way, I guess I should just go see.

Lurious had reached the halfway mark to the volcano. Each step caused his shoes to melt a little more. I’d better hurry. If this keeps up, my feet will melt. Dead shrubs lined the path in unorganized clusters and some of them had been burned to the roots. This room is dangerous; I shouldn’t have come in. How does a room this big fit into the Dome? It has to be many times larger than that ‘warriors’ school.’ It’s not magic; if it was, it wouldn’t be as real as this. Then what is it? I don’t really know. Lurious continued his mental argument as he neared the volcano. The ground had become soft, like mud, but much hotter.

The ground has become even more dangerous. Now I’m sure this was a stupid idea. I’ll probably get a fatal injury and die here. Heh, like that’s possible. How high is the volcano anyway? It looks like it’s over two hundred feet high. The ground became even muddier and hotter as the smoke of the volcano became visible. The volcano had many cracks where hot air had escaped. A small secondary hole had become visible now that Lurious was closer to it.

Well this is it, he thought to himself as he reached the base of the molten mountain.

OoC: It’s a little short, but I think it reaches your 300 word minimum.

[Safer]

Hehe... I have special plans for you later on. >:3

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