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Post by NinjaDeathStrike on Jun 4, 2011 5:36:50 GMT -5
Journal (caged beast): I never want to be caged again. I hate being controlled. Hate being trapped. I was not meant to be contained, and neither was the monster inside of me.
The day started innocuously enough, I woke up with Faye and we met Mike and decided to look for work in Valleylow. I wasn’t feeling great, and told Faye it was because Famine needed a kill. Nate and Zeon were there when we arrived…as were an entire brigade of Knights. They wanted all of us. But seemed especially keen on putting Mike and Zeon away. We were vastly outnumbered, and had no choice but to surrender. Luckily no one tried anything stupid. We were all herded to a train, then a ferry, and ended up in Zartalca prison. I was immediately stripped of my belongings and separated from the others. I was placed in a psychic proof cage in the maximum security wing. I couldn’t stand being caged up. I punched the door until my knuckles bled, and then launched my cot into it until it slammed into a dozen pieces. I beat those into the door too, until I didn’t have any energy left. Then I just sat on the floor. And waited. Waited to be rescued, or die, whichever came first.
All the time, Famine was there. Gnawing at my insides, trying to get out. What can I say? I knew how he felt. Still, I held him down as best I could…until I got out. Apparently Mike singlehandedly escaped, found Sean, recruited an army of pirates, and then assaulted the prison. I missed all of this of course. I was locked in my cell. Eventually Faye came for me. She looked haggard and she didn’t have any of her pokemon or weapons. I immediately went into battle mode. We found the rest of my stuff and then went to meet up with the others. On the way we ran into some guards, and easily defeated them. Durring the battle, Famine made his presence known. I had to wrestle him for control. For a time, it was dicey. He wanted out so bad. He thrashed and fought within my mind and clawed his way to the surface, nearly taking control for a moment. I contained him, but it exhausted me, and I hadn’t eaten all day. That combined with the toll not having killed for a month was taking on me, and I was feeling pretty ragged. There was still one more obstacle to overcome though. A group of guards blocked our escape. I convinced one to leave, and the other shot Faye, so I threw him off a cliff.
We made it to the ships and Vince sailed us to the safety of Brightray. Nate was possibly dead and Faye was wounded, but Vince couldn’t have been happier. He paid us all handsomely and he, Mike, and the rest of the pirates went off to drink while I took Faye to the PC to get checked out. Joy patched her up and we headed back to a room. Faye told me to go take care of my business with Famine, but I thought she needed me more close to her tonight. I put off hinting one more night so they I could be there for her. I’m sure I’ll be feeling it in the morning, but right now….it doesn’t matter in the slightest.
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Post by NinjaDeathStrike on Jun 5, 2011 2:50:17 GMT -5
Journal (Hunger): Today Famine was nearly unbearable. I had a fever when I went to bed last night, but I was on fire by the time I woke up this morning. I felt horrible…and Famine was hungry. Starving. He was clawing at me from the inside. My entire body ached. I didn’t want to get up, didn’t want to talk to anyone, didn’t want to move, except to kill. I knew I’d need to wait though. Just a few more hours, and then I could slip away.
I washed my face off as best I could and ended up seeing the others in the PC. Nate hadn’t died, which was good I guess, but I was too irritated to notice much. We decided to sneak into Valleylow and attempt to reach the gym without being discovered by the Knights. Luckily we made it. Zeon knew a secret entrance. I don’t know what might have happened if we had been accosted. Everyone challenged the gym. It took forever. I went last and I could barely even stand to wait in one place. I sat silently, not talking to anyone until it was my turn. I won, using whisper at the end, just because I didn’t feel like dealing with the leader.
Before we left, we decided to try and figure out what was causing it to rain so badly in the city. We tracked down a horrible old man who told us the problem was being caused by a run-away Azuril. We found the little girl it belonged to and she pointed us in the right direction. We looked around for a while, until Zeon found it. At the time, the whole thing seemed like a waste. I just wanted to leave, be on my own, and hunt. We returned it to the girl and then went our separate ways. I dropped Faye off at the PC in Brightray and told her not to wait up, and then I headed for Angelcoast…
I stalked the dark streets, looking for someone who met my standards. Lurking in the alleys, I read the minds of passersby. No….no….no… Then at last I found one. A man. Addicted to drugs, and willing to kill to get them. I took my time with him. Hours. But in the end…it wasn’t enough. Famine was still hungry. He still wanted more. I couldn’t deny him. So I hunted again. I knew it would kill Faye to know that I had killed twice in one night, but I had an idea. A very special kind of kill. It would take time to find, but it would be worth it in the end. I hit the streets again, and waited. It took hours to find what I was looking for, but then, just before dawn, I found someone. It was a man. He was moving with purpose. Heading to his house, with the intention of killing his wife and her lover. I followed him, intercepted him before he could carry out the deed, and then put him down. I took another life, but saved two. Surely Faye would understand? Was it better to do nothing and let these other two die? If that’s not good enough…I don’t know what would be. By the time I finished, the sky was begging to lighten. I made my way back to Brightray and found Faye sleeping, Black curled up beside her. I got into bed, and tried to get a few hours’ sleep before I had to wake again.
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Post by NinjaDeathStrike on Jun 12, 2011 4:26:36 GMT -5
Journal (Destruction): The end…is the beginning, or so I hope. This weekend was the end of many things, but hopefully the beginning of a better life.
It all started on Saturday when we decided to go to Fortuna City to see what was going on. Sean and I were just commenting on how quiet the place looked….when we heard gunshots from the casino. We went to investigate, and Nate immediately got himself shot by walking into the front door. We saved him, but not before Sean got shot up too. Mike and Faye found a side entrance and we snuck in, taking the guards out with little difficulty. I killed one of them, even though I could tell Faye was against it. There was nothing to restrain him with, and I wouldn’t risk having him come to and attack us from behind. Better to remove the threat completely. We decided to split up then. The others tried to sneak, but there was gunfire and then we had guard to fight. Nathan and Mike went down as Zeon and I killed our robbers. The others caught up and Sean and Faye killed the survivors.
Faye’s face was….wrong. I knew as soon as I saw her, Shadow was there. She was trying to take over. This is the last thing we needed, a homicidal monster to deal with in addition to bank robbers and hostages. Still, there was nothing I could do now. We had to deal with one thing at a time. We made our way through the casino. Shadow killed more. I wanted to destroy her then and there. Catch her off guard, but I couldn’t risk the mission. I would destroy her as soon as we were done.
We rescued the Casino Owner and he paid us handsomely. After finding out that Mike wasn’t going to die, we rested in the PC. That’s when I made my move on Shadow. I confronted her in full view of everyone at the PC, but she tried to run, and then tried to kill herself. Stupid creaton. Several big orderlies restrained her, and after trading insults, I got the others and brought them into Faye’s mind.
We arrived and found an amusement park first. Shadow split us up and tried to get in our heads, but we’ve danced this dance before, and I wasn’t having it. She taunted me, but I blew her off and she disappeared. After the amusement park, we headed for a dark forest. Before we could enter however, Giratina swooped out of the city that contained all of Faye’s fears. Black showed up, and we all battled it. Eventually we brought it down, and proceeded into the forest.
There we found Shadow and Faye battling. Shadow tried to trick us into attacking the wrong person, but Faye gave her away. Everyone attacked Shadow, until she summoned more shadow minions to distract us. I took her one on one and let Famine out. The battle had a strange sense of déjà vu’ we’d all been here before. We knew all the steps ahead of time, but had had to dance the dance none the less. Shadow was vicious and feisty and refused to die, but finally, Famine got the best of her. He was horribly injured, but he overpowered her, and then ripped her throat out, silencing her once and for all. After the fight I used the last of my remaining strength to utterly destroy Shadow’s body. Reducing it to vapor and scattering it to the wind. She won’t be back a third time. Sean healed us all and then I returned us to our bodies.
The fallout…was worse than the battle. The next day Faye and I went to watch the others take on a gym, but something was bothering me. I was emotionally exhausted, and bothered by what had happened. This whole ordeal with Shadow…should have never happened. I broke myself once to get rid of her, and then Faye just let her back in, negating everything I did for here. Ever since we’ve arrived in Iilac…Faye’s been different. She’s been emotionally unstable. It seemed like everything I did upset her. I was damned no matter what choice I made. I even took the consequences of things I had no control over. It was making me miserable, and I needed to do something to fix it. I knew I had no other choice; I needed to get away, just for a time. I needed to collect myself and rebuild my strength. I want to be with her, but I can’t, not when she’s completely self-destructive. The only hope was to leave and let her find herself. I explained all of this to her, and then left Fortuna, heading for the coast. I landed in Brightray and walked the whole way to Angelcoast on the beach. There, I found a bed for the night. Exhausted, I passed out, dead to the world.
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Post by NinjaDeathStrike on Jun 18, 2011 5:56:49 GMT -5
Journal (Dropping like flies): What an irritating day, after such a promising start, it all came to a near ruinous end. I woke up beside Faye for the first time in a week, which was nice. Very nice. We got up and noticed that everyone in Fortuna seemed worried. When I questioned some of them, they told us Angelcoast was under attack. The others arrive as we were interviewing them, and we all headed to Angelcoast. Even before we arrived we could see smoke rising from the east of the city. As soon as we arrived, Zeon rushed to check on his girlfriend. It looked like she got out in time though, so we headed towards the trouble.
The city was empty, never a good sign. We small a small boy, who cried out in a horrible yell and then attacked Sean, biting his arm. He looked human, but he acted like an enraged animal. Sean took him down with Dyna, but not before more came running around the corner. We fought off the first wave easily, but Faye was bitten as well.
The next wave hit us at the edge of the city. There were more of them this time. The fight was tough, and Zeon couldn’t handle it. He fought of the savage pokemon that was attacking him, but the engraged person took him down. He didn’t stay down though….
…he quickly got to his feet and charged me, trying to bite me and spread the infection. I threw him back, but he came at me again. Thankfully I avoided getting infected and Frank put him to sleep. Sean knocked him out, and we collected him and headed into the forest where the attackers had come from. There we had to fight off another wave of the things. We were solidly outnumbered now as well, and had to worry about Zeon waking up and attacking us again. We took them down…but not before Faye was overwhelmed. One of the maniacs caught her off guard and took her down. I wanted to run to her…but I knew she’d come back. I couldn’t get close. She rose and attacked Mike, but Ami and Martian put her down quickly. Once the area was clear, we continued searching the forest.
We found a small secluded cabin with a radio tower, and entered. It became clear the culprits were DoD, the cult that had taken control of Faye. I wasn’t going to show them any mercy. We smashed the radio equipment and then found the people responsible, several priest, including I high priest. Mike, Sean, and I fought them, but Sean went down. Not wanting to deal with the man and his irritating status aliments, I had Ami incinerate him. Literally. Once the men were all dead, we revived the others and Sean brought the building down with Cannonball.
We returned to the PC and healed up. Faye was angry that she had failed again, and lost control of herself. I couldn’t blame her. I know how infuriating it is to lose control. I tried my best to comfort her, and encouraged her to fight back. She seemed ok as we fell asleep, hopefully tomorrow she’ll wake up determined to set things right, like the old Faye would.
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Post by NinjaDeathStrike on Jun 26, 2011 19:08:53 GMT -5
Journal (Fools and follies) I’m starting to seriously wonder about these people. I mean, I thought I was the a-morale sociopath of the group, but now…
This weekend was a revealing one, to say the least. Friday Faye and I met some of the others in Redwood where we found Rai waiting with more work. He was making another trip into the underground city to gather more data. We headed underground and soon came to a vast temple filled with gold. It looked awfully familiar and I guessed what would await us on the inside. As we approached however, we were attack by a group of assassins that came out of nowhere. We had to split off and I ended up facing two of them on my own so that I could protect Rai. Luckily my psychic abilities proved lifesaving once again and I quickly turned the tide of the battle, using one of the assassins to distract the other so I could take him out. Once they were dispatched, we continued into the temple.
We wound up in a large chamber is a mural that depicted a great battle between Kyorge and Groudon. Behind that, sat the red orb. Just sitting. Daring us to touch it. Luckily Sean, Faye, and Rai all realized what a bad idea that would be. If the cave collapsed, there would be no way out. Zeon and Mike however, stood staring at it. I could see the lust in their eyes. At that point my only goal became getting Faye out safely before one of these two killed us all. She wanted to stay and argue though, but I knew neither Zeon nor Mike would see reason. Finally everyone agreed to leave and Rai made us all promise not to tell anyone about the orb, and not to go back for it.
Zeon and Mike lied.
Faye and I flew to the coast, as far away from Redwood as we could get. The next morning we ran into Nate who said he needed to talk to us. First he told us Zeon had captured Groudon. Not a good situation. Who knows what he’ll do with it. Nate then said he wanted to find Reshiram and learn of his past. Anthoer legend. The second in two days. Neither Faye nor I were excited, but Nate swore he was not looking to capture it, only talk. Since Faye could tell he was being honest, we agreed to help. The search took us all over the region, but eventually we tracked Reshiram down and Nate got his answers. They weren’t what he was expecting, and ended up leading us on a quest for revenge.
We arrived in Dustrider hunting the mayor of the town. We met a spectral spirit of justice who wanted the mayor dead as well. We teamed up and stormed the mayor’s manor. The attack was successful but both Nate and Sean were critically injured. Even though Nate was conscious to see it, he got his revenge. Faye and I returned to Brightray and talked late into the night about the state of things. Neither of us is satisfied with the way things are going. Everyone seems to be focused on capturing legends and using them for their own self serving ends. Meanwhile, they demonize the others for doing the same. The tension is growing. I sense a storm on the horizon.
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Post by NinjaDeathStrike on Jul 7, 2011 0:49:11 GMT -5
Journal (Home): It’s finally over, this waking nightmare that has been Iilac. America has brought nothing but pain and strife for the two of us, but now we’re down. We both realized it was time to go home around the time Zeon died. The others didn’t take responsibility, but Faye picked up on a lie and they seemed to be talking around the subject. They had something to do with his death, they must have. We spent the rest of the day with Sean and Mike reluctantly, but things were tense. When we got to our room that night, we came to a mutual agreement: it was time to go home. America was tearing our group apart, pulling each of us in a thousand different directions, breaking apart our group. It was hitting Faye harder than me I could tell. I never get too close, but Faye can’t help but care. I knew I needed to get her away from this place, and these people, or it would ruin her.
The next day we told Sean and Mike our plans and then headed for Sienna to get what we had come for. We spent the night there and went to see Madam Salam first thing in the morning. She was expecting us. She told us that for find the cure for our nightmares, we needed a lunar wing. Salam said she would send us back into the dream world, but warned us to be wary of Darkrai, who was still growing stronger.
I awoke by myself on the island that looked like the one in the underworld. I looked around, but Faye was nowhere to be found initially. With no direction or way forward, I sat on the island to think. Eventually, Faye appeared there as well. I found it strange that I awoke before she did, but then she told me that she didn’t think we were dreaming, she thought we were dead. Why else would we be here, instead of in the dream world? I had a hard time buying it, but had to admit it was a possibly. Oddly, Faye didn’t seem phased by this at all. That was the only thing odd about her either. The more time we spent together, the more she irked me. She had none of the drive or passion I know the real Faye has. It didn’t take long for things to become clear, I wasn’t dead; I was definitely dreaming. I tried to escape the island, but ended up right back where I started. When I confronted the false Faye it told me it was a servant of Darkrai who had been charged with keeping me here. I gave it the option to set me free willingly, but it refused, so I had no choice but to destroy it.
I then found myself on an empty plain near Faye. We were still in the dream world. There was a river of candy flowing past us. We followed it through the dreamscape until we ran into Darkrai, who was not happy to see us. Luckily, Madame Salam was able to hold it off long enough for us to get away. We fled and eventually found Cresselia, who was able to cure us of our nightmares before Darkrai could find us again. With our mission completed, we thanked Madame Salam for her help, grabbed lunch, and headed back to Kanto.
The flight took more than 12 hours, but we finally made it home. The house wasn’t too messy…considering Zero had been living there on his own for a few months. At least our room was clean. We were both so happy to be home, and away from the drama of Iilac. I settled into bed and drifted off, not worried about the nightmares for the first time in months. The future looks truly bright.
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