The Airship flew over the dark castle, but as it flew, suddenly, a swarm of comets flew towards it, trying to shoot it down from the sky. It was only a few minutes, before the comets would contact and knocked teh ship of out fhte sky....

Guildus: This isn't good... There's no way we can hope to block this.

Captain: Doesn't matter. They obviously don't know about our secret weapon. It's a feature all of our airships have. Observe.

*As they watch several mages stand on the deck and cast a spell on the ship's engines. Then, the air around the airship began to ripple and the ground and meteors began to blur. Several seconds later everything returned to normal except that they could see in the distance Gaia's Ridge.*

Sara: What was that?

Captain: A special warp unit in our engine. We don't use it often though because the magic level required to make it is too costly. It'll be a few days before those mages are at full strength again.

Guildus: Well, we're safe and at home again.

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Caris: Well, where is this guy? Why's he hiding?

Excal: Haven't the vaguest notion. I mean, the stage was set for us to have met up with him. The ominous message, SYE's message to meet him here. And the fact that there was another group going into sure danger whose welfare depended on us. But yet...

Caris: Uh, how do you know stuff is going on elsewhere. Did you hear something I didn't?

SYE: No. He's just breaking the fourth wall. As for our demon, hopefully he'll be showing up soon.

Excal: Well, not much to do but wait, and keep looking.

Excal, who's running out of subtle hints.

Liena had ordered a squad of shamans to start enforcing a barrier around the castle, they did so in a disfunctional meditation room, and a blue sphere surrounded the castle.

: Get to work on the Thunder Storm.

: Yes my queen...

The shamans then set off to cast another spell, and it was underway soon...

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At Tyrsis....

Ominous Thunderstorms appeared, and soon Lightning was striking the City, walls fell quickly and Houses were burning, A mystical Shield was set up around the palace quickly, but outside, the city was falling apart again.

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: Our probe tells us that the city is in ruins, what shall we do next, my queen?

: Let us twist mother nature to do our bidding....

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After Liena called the order, more crevices appeared in the ground at Tyrsis, the earth shook around and the metal sheets of the walls in the castle of tyrsis was falling apart, the tectonic plates shifted and the castle was slowly being torn apart, Liena was just representing Nature's wrath on man.

-SRGPI, Now that we are getting into Geology in Science this week.

Excal: Well, I think I know what our problem is.

Caris: That this archdemon is a coward?

Excal: No. We just haven't reached the trigger yet. And I think that trigger is Liena.

Caris: So we find our way out of here and attack her!

Excal: Yep. And I had a great idea of what to do in this battle that I might not be able to do now. Ah well, let's get going.

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*The voyagers stand on the ground near Tyrsis because of the bad weather and watch the carnage. Beyond them they can see the earth shaking and churning and thunder smashing down below. And in the midst of it all a castle stood on fairly steady ground and all of the lightning coming down was blocked by a magical shield.*

Mark: Oh my...

Robin: This can't be good...

Jason: Such power... How can Tyrsis still stand amidst all of this?

Minerva: I doubt it shall matter much if this keeps up much longer. And there is nothing we can do...

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Caris: So, where does this lead?

SYE: According to my sources... This leads to some place of unspeakable horrors.

Excal: Really?

SYE: Yep. This is the "Path to Destruction."

Excal: Then we better make your time.

Caris: Huh? Why're you speaking so bad? And why are there two portals?

SYE: Hmmm, a portal to a room in the same place this main one goes to. Obviously caused by some very powerful magics being worked there. Wonder what we should do?

Excal: What else. Distraction!

*Excal pulls out another SO2 Nuclear Bomb and tosses it through the portal.*

Excal: Now we just need to wait a few seconds.

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*In Liena's Castle there is a huge explosion based in the room where the mages were weaving their magics. A few seconds later a guard runs into the throne room.*

Guard: Someone sent up us the bomb!

Liena: What you say?

Guard: We get signal!

*A portal briefly opened in the room and the three heros step out of it.*

Guard: It's you!!

Liena: Welcome Gentlemen. All your castles are belong to us.

SYE: You have no chance to survive, make your time.

Excal: Move every spell, for great justice!

Excal, who, since every one of his ideas gets premptively killed, has decided to use Zero Wing quotes to exact his revenge.

: "All your base are belong to us" quotes won't stop me. *presses a button in the throne and a huge hole appeared under the three, they fell in, and the trap door closed* Well that was simple.

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At Tyrsis...

The Storms and Earthquakes finally stopped, but 1/2 of Tyrsis has been moved above 3 miles away from the other 1/2 due to tectonic plate movements, fortunately, the main castle was 3 inches away from the edge of the tectonic plate.

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It was a dark and dank room they fell in, the only way out was up, and there was utterly no light.

: What now, genius?

-SRGPI, all you base are belong to us

Excal: "A pit trap. We fell for a spooning pit trap. How humiliating. Ah well, time to use my Aura Gun to blast out of here!"

click click

Excal: "...Oooookay! I'll just use the Juno Blade to create a rift in the space-time continuum through which we shall step!"

*wiff...wiff*

Excal: "....Err..."

SYE: "Oh come now, people, it's really quite simple. All we have to do is climb out!"

Caris: "This is a magical pit, you dolt! We could be in some other land or time or anything, there's no real 'hole' to climb out of!"

*SYE launches a grapnel with his crossbow downwards/upwards/sideways?. It latches onto something with a distant clink. He begins climbing downwards/upwards/sideways?.*

Caris: "..."

Controller: Oops, we forgot to turn on the torture lightning in the pitfall that the 3 fell in, flips it on

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As SYE started climbing up, the lightning coruscated through his rope/hookshot and fried him like fried chicken.

...

: I think this does not bode well for us.

-SRGPI, Counter 4, new Single, WE r0x0r

Caris: Alright, we're trapped in this pit of doom, this strange guy is charred and out cold. And Excal here is just staring at his weapons. Why don't you do anything!

Excal: You'd understand why I'm more concerned about my weapon not working than SYE if you knew a few things. First off, I think that SYE is practically immortal. I mean, he can be folded, spindled, mutilated, and even carved in fries juliene and still come out of it ok. These weapons of mine however ought to always work because they aren't based on ammo or magic even, but on my fighting spirit. If I can't get them to work its because they refuse to work with me anymore, there's something seriously with me, or there's something far stronger at work here than we know of.

SYE: It could also be that Rune of Apathy inscribed on the wall there. Guaranteed to get rid of any sort of spirit whatsoever.

Excal: It'd still need a lot of force to work. But that does explain a lot.

Caris: So then you're both useless?

Excal: Not yet. First off, that lightning doesn't seem to do anything to us so long as we try not to get out of here. But let's check this.

*Excal reaches into his bag and pulls out a rabite. He chucks this into the upper portion of the pit. The lightning shows again and fries the poor critter.*

SYE: At least we won't have to worry about how to cook our food.

Caris: Yeah, but how are we supposed to get out of here?

Excal: Well, if we can hurt that rune a bit I can probably do something.

SYE: Not to worry! (Pulls out sword of cutting stuff +3.14) I'll handle this!

*SYE is knocked back the the ancient power of the rune. But his incredible luck allows him to get a strike through and adds another line to the rune turning it into the Rune of Constipation.*

SYE: Hmmm, that can't be good.

Excal: Actually, given our circumstances, that's probably a good thing. (tries out his weapons again) However, it seems that it's going to take a while before I can access anything remotely useful. Except for the one basic thing I need to do.

Caris: And are you going to do it?

Excal: Already done it.

Caris: But you didn't do a thing!

Excal: Nothing visible, no. But just wait and you'll see.

Excal, who knows exactly what he just did, but isn't going to say what right now as he doesn't want Gerad and co. walking into another trap in the upcoming posts.

At one moment, it was a green vale of animals, then instantly, a rain of fire bursted through the clouds and the whole countryside except Tyrsis was burned to ashes, the animals that once froliced are now incarcerated carcasses, the plants that once were plants are now powdered plants, and the villages that once were villages are now smoldering ruins and the stench of death and rotting corpses arose from the villages, Liena had completed what she had vowed to do, she utterly reduced the Canadian Kingdom to a few remaining Cities.

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At the Castle of Monsters...

: My queen, the incantation with your help has worked. The Canadian countryside is now a smoldering ruin of it's glorious past.

: Perfect....

She cackled with glee and the scene faded.

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At the Dark King's Stronghold...

???: The plan has worked, after a century of hiding, now I've gotten back at the Canadian fools for destroying our king, Epsilon. It will only be soon before the future will turn into a land of carnage rather than this pitiful peace.

-SRGPI, boy i'm evil today

Minerva: I don't believe it... It's all gone...

Robin: How could it all have been destroyed so quickly?

Jason: Obviously some sort of powerful dark magic is after our nation. I'm just glad that our nation was settled in this mountain range so that we could easily find this cave.

Marc: It also means that it's likely that some people might have survived in the emergency tunnels.

Minerva: The tunnels which survived the massive quakes that is...

Jason: Yes. But there is no use dwelling on this fact. It looks like the assault on Tyrsis is over for now. Let us go back and make our report to his lordship.

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Guildus: Are you sure about this?

Gerad: Very.

Guildus: But this is all based on a voice you heard in your head.

Gerad: Yes. But the voice came from the Juno Blade. And indeed, it originated from Excal. A veteran of the Eidolon War a century ago.

Guildus: You mean that you hear voices from those who used the sword before you?

Gerad: To a degree, yes. But this was not the same. This is from him in this time period. He used his Juno Blade to get in contact with mine.

Guildus: So is this plan also his?

Gerad: No. I doubt he knows of the Mysidian Warp, or even of this airship we're on.

Guildus: I see. So what is this plan you have.

Gerad: First off, we warp to the castle. This means that the mages involved will be unable to fight, but our goal is speed and not force anyways. This will leave us with about half a minute for us to get into the castle before they can react. We go into the North Central spire which is where Excal said they're located. And then two of us distract Liena while the other one opens up the trap door they're trapped under.

Guildus: And if she has a nother trap set?

Gerad: Impossible. She doesn't know we're coming. And she has no way of knowing ahead of time as the warp leaves almost no warning.

Guildus: Good, this means we'll have about a minute before the fun really starts. And by then, the prisoners should be free and able to help us.

Excal, stealth attack.

The plan went smoothly so far, the arch-mages and high shamans were too distracted with the sudden breach of the attack to continue raining fire on the countryside. Guildus hurried with Gerad and some other unnamed mysidian, and they got to the throne room, where Liena sat in her throne, holding an orb in her left hand.

: I knew you would come sometime, one way or another. But no matter. Crushing SHAME!

With the orb she quickly moved her fingers to form a ring, and it flew towards Guildus, but with magical enhancements on his shield by the Mysidians, he absorbed the attack, although shakened.

: Not bad, the foolish Mysidians have actually researched ways to defeat the weakest of hell spells.

She smirked for a second, and she disappeared. Guildus's quick instinct tought by SRGPI payed off, he quickly turned around and tackled Liena as she reappeared.

: I see SRGPI tought you a few things, although this will not save you.

Gerad now had his chance to free Excal, SYE, and Caris.

Liena disappeared again and reappeared in a second right behind Guildus, and she casted a Dark Lance, which pierced Guildus through the left shoulder, and he rolled and cringed in pain.

: It will only be a matter of time before the Dark Infection kills him.

-SRGPI, TIme to get to a conclusion to this matter.

Gerad: Juno Blade, assert your rank. Shattersword!

*The Juno Blade shone with a grey light as Gerad swong it down upon the trap door. The blade struck the door and the door broke apart.*

Gerad: Quick! Get out!

Caris: Alright! Our ride is here!

*Excal grabs hold of Caris and uses a hookshot to get out while SYE uses his rope to do the same. They get out just in time to see Guildus get stabbed.*

Liena: It will only be a matter of time before the dark infection kills him.

Caris: What the... NO!!!

Liena: Huh. Oh you're out. Well then, I'll just have to kill all of you too.

Gerad: I think you'll find that difficult to do. Especially since we have two Juno Blades.

Liena: Yes. I think you ought to have it checked. After all, one seems to be broken. Why else would his glow red and yours grey?

Excal: Your statement shows how little you know of this sword. It glows whichever colour best represents its weilder. White for those who are good. Black for those of evil. Grey for those who are neutral. And my own red for vengeance.

Liena: Well, regardless of this fact, none of you have any true protection against my Hell Magics. And this place is so embued with the forces of darkness that you might as well be in my masters home where we fought before.

Excal: Yes, but before I could not use my true power. Since then you have lain waste to my homeland, wantonly destroyed my people, and have revelled in this. For this I shall have vengeance.

Caris: And I will have vengeance for Icicle Inn, my friend, and SRGPI. You will not survive!

SYE: You and your master are opposed by fate, and if I stop you, I may get a 10% raise in my pay of nothing per eon!

Liena: Ah yes, but if you look behind you, you will notice that you talked with me too long. Now my guardians have reached this place and your mysidian friends are starting to fall while my forces are only getting reinforced.

Gerad: This is bad...

Excal: All of you, stay back and hold them off. I'll take her.

Caris: No, this is also my fight!

Excal: No. Your fight is with the one who is behind her. My strength is my wrath and the power of vengeance is useless against those of true darkness. Once I use my true strength, I will be useless in that fight. You will have to save your strength.

Caris: But...

Excal: My mission is to get you to that fight in one piece. This is the best way to do it. Besides, this is the guy that is truly behind it all. He's the one you want.

Caris: Alright. Good luck.

Excal: You too.

Liena: Well now, wasn't that touching. But I doubt you shall be able to defeat me. After all, you were unable to even touch me last time.

Excal: Heh. Last time I wasn't mad. Now I am. And that'll allow me to access my strongest form for the first time ever.

Liena: Hah. What are you, some sort of Saian?

Excal: Not exactly. Within each class there is a hero whose skills can be called upon in times of need. Light's Guardian Angel. Darkness' Arch-Demon. Neutralitie's Sage. And Vengeance's Beserker. I shall show you the true strength of my own.

Liena: Very well. This may even get interesting.

Excal: Sword of Blood, heed my call. Accept my offering of pain and purge me of my light. Bind me to mine darkness and bring forth the power of anger that I may mete justice unto mine enemy and show them true fear. Come forth ultimate warrior Beserker!

*The Juno Blade focuses a mass of magical power where the blade meets the hilt. Then the red light there spreads and covers Excal. After a few seconds the light fades leaving him still standing there. He still looked the same except that now his skin was darker, and his eyes glowed with an unnatural light. His movements were now filled with both extra speed and power. And the Juno Blade too lacked an aura, but now seemed as if it were simply an extension of him.*

Excal: Now my strength is complete. I move faster and strike stronger than before. Plus, not only is it near impossible to evade my attack, but any attack on me is almost certainly doomed to failure. My magic may be weaker, but that makes no difference.

Liena: Does it really? Try this, Dark Rift!

Excal: Juno Deflection!

*The spell hurtles at Excal, but he deftly moves the Juno Blade and knocks the spell back at her.*

Liena: What? How?

Excal: I am now completely bonded with the Juno Blade. And as such have access to its true power. This means that it is exponentionally more powerful than before.

Liena: No, I cannot lose to you. I have my Dark Master's power at my disposal. You shan't be so cocky once you have seen it.

Excal: Then let's see it, shall we?

Liena: Very well then. In the name of the Dark Lord Zemmalar. Bring forth the true powers of darkness and crush those who dare stand against it. Soulcrush!

*They stand there as nothing happens.*

Excal: It would seem that your dark lord has abandoned you.

Liena: What... No... Why would he...

????: Because your performance has been pathetic. You have been unable to crush those who have truly stood up to you.

Liena: But I destroyed that intransignt nation as you have asked my lord.

Dark Lord: No you haven't. You may have destroyed their towns and farms. But their capital remains along with their leader and their army. Their homes may be gone, but their spirit remains. And further more. You have been unable to destroy the heir to the Angelic Alliance. The only one capable of stopping us.

Liena: What... Are you just leaving me to be destroyed?

Dark Lord: Yes.

Liena: But... I was your faithful servant...

Excal: I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. Then again, not that you'll be able to hold it soon. Hyper Juno Strike!

Dark Lord: Well then, beserker. What shall you do now? Your power may not be that of darkness, but hatred is as good as darkness and will heal me just the same.

Excal: Which is why I must do this last thing before it is too late. Exploder!

*Excal gathered all of his power and then released it all in a single blast. The giant magical explosion destroyed all of the monsters fighting the heros, but didn't harm the heros themselves or the Dark Lord. Then when it all ended Excal fell to the ground.*

Caris: What the... No, not you too!

Gerad: How can we fight him? We cannot use our weapons to their true strength yet!

Excal: Listen... to you... sword... and your... heart... They will... guide... you well... And Caris... this was... fated... to happen... This... is not... my fight...

SYE: Don't worry. Exploder doesn't kill the caster. It simply knocks them out for a period of time. He'll be ok.

Caris: And us?

SYE: You're in for the fight of your life. Hope you're ready.

Excal, sitting this one out too.

The Dark Lord said in front of Caris,

: What a fool SRGPI was to bestow a weapon of heroes to a measly boy, he hasn't even mastered the abilities of it yet.

: Shut up! Prepare to die!

Caris charged with seething anger, only to miss while the Dark Lord strafed to the left.

: Foolish boy, only recklessness will leave you open for the killing.

The Dark Lord took this chance to slash at Caris, only to be stabbed from behind, by Guildus's sword.

: I may die, but The Heir of the Angelic Alliance shall chokes blood not fall....

Caris, after turning around, saw Guildus fall over and the Dark Lord sprung the sword out of his back.

: Damned Sap, he ruined my chance. No matter.

The Dark Lord chanted something quick, and he said,

: Dark spirits of the netherworld, Grant me your might to defeat my foes, entice terror into the minds of my foes, and destroy their humanity! Dark Might!

Ghosts then suddenly appeared from all directions, and they entered the Dark Lord, and then was bigger by twice his size and build.

: Ha ha ha ha!

The dark lord then raised his giant sword, and was about to tear Caris in half, but Caris held his sword in a horizontal position, and blocked the blow. His strength was nowhere compared to the Dark Lord, but a voice came into his mind....

???: Caris..........caris.........

: Who's there?

???: Believe in yourself.....let the sword guide you....don't let the Dark Lord sway you..........

The Angelic Alliance then glowed brightly, and it diced the Dark Lord's sword in half. The blade end landed top first into the floor of the castle, and the hilt was still in the Dark Lord's hand, and the Dark Lord was shocked and angry at the same time.

: Damn You, SRGPI! I'll get you yet!

The Dark Lord chanted, Shurov Thiguz, and a portal snagged him into time, which closed afterwards.

: ....

Caris was speechless, he didn't know where the sudden power of the sword came from, but the voice reappeared in his mind,

???: The 4 virtues you must always remember, Courage, Justice, Honor, and Wisdom. Those are what the sword was built of, the surge of power was justice firing through the sword, your sense of justice, that brought the sword to life. The other three you shall soon find in your quest. Don't fail the world Caris, This is your destiny.

: ...wait...wait that was SRGPI's voice! Wait! Where are you?

The voice was gone by the time Caris had reacted.

-SRGPI, Late night over here yawn

Gerad: Do you hear this person's voice?

Caris: Yes. But he won't say anything anymore...

SYE: Uh, guys. Unconcious ally here.

Gerad: I guess your sword must hold the spirits of those who wielded it before you as well.

Caris: You mean your sword does as well?

SYE: Sigh, here goes a whole century of funding... (uses a Fenix Down)

Gerad: Yes. There are a few voices here of past masters of the Juno Blade. All of them servants of neutrality like me. They give me advice on how to use the blade.

Caris: Yes. It was the same for me. SRGPI spoke briefly and told me about the properties of the Angelic Alliance.

Excal: Groan... Remind me never to use exploder again...

Gerad: Huh, you're back up again?

Excal: Yeah. What happened?

Caris: I managed to hold him off with a bit of help from SRGPI, but he ran away...

Excal: A bit of help... Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised if other legendary swords have the same property.

Caris: That's all well and good, but we have to track him down.

Gerad: Well, that shouldn't be too hard. We have the airship right here.

SYE: That won't work though. The portal he used was one that went through time.

Excal: What the? Time travel! This ain't good.

Gerad: You don't suppose that he's going to try and change time, do you?

Excal: Look, early on it looked like the motivation behind all of this might be trying to revive Epsilon X. But a conversation I had with some friends who know something about this matter told me that it'd be technically impossible to revive him.

Gerad: So then you go back in time to stop him from being defeated in the first place.

Caris: Or to get vengeance. He said before he left that he would get vengeance on SRGPI. What if he went to kill him before I met him?

Excal: Also a good possibility.

Gerad: But I have a question. If he can travel through time, why didn't he do it before?

Excal: Probably because of Time's Army. A loose collection of those who have the ability to travel through time. They form an awesome army that can stop most attempts to change the timeline.

SYE: But all of Time's Army was dispatch to deal with Epsilon X at that time. If he went there than there would be nothing they could do about him. Then again, if he went to another time, it is quite likely that he would be able to defeat a few of Time's agents and complete his mission before he could be stopped.

Excal: Which means that we can't afford to mess up on where we head.

Caris: So then how do we know where to go?

Excal: First we go to a gate, and then we go from there to the End of Time. There we'll be able to figure out where he's gone.

Caris: Good, let's get going.

Excal, SRGPI, it isn't god-moding if you use others made up characters, is it?

The Dark lord sat in his fortress of time, where it was virtually impenetrable except through a time compression, which is almost next to impossible.

: Hmmm...a majority of my objective is done here, all the nations of the world are on the brink of collapse, so there's no stopping me in the future for finding the great undead artifacts of lore, the Cloak of the Undead King, and the Armor of the damned, with those, the Angelic Alliance alone is not powerful enough to stop me! Mwa ha ha ha ha ha!

The Dark Lord then stepped into a portal, and out in a few seconds, had the Cloak of the Undead King.

: Without a majority of the Canadian Nation guarding this, it was like taking Candy from a baby. Now the nation left to guard the armor of the damned, The Mysidians.

The Dark Lord stepped through another portal, and out of it he appeared in front of a monastery, more specifically, the monastery of Psionists.

: Now I will also kill that damned kid that defeated me in the past now....

The Dark Lord had a sadistic glee, and he charged into the monastery doors.

-SRGPI, My definition of God-moding is using any character that does not belong to you or created by you and acting them.

The four people step out of the Gate at the End of Time. There they are met by a Time Wraith.

Time Wraith: Greetings, Wanderer and fellow traveller of time.

Excal: Greetings, wraith of past, present and future.

SYE: Hullo, again.

Time Wraith: Why are you back here before your mission is done, and why have you brough these two with you?

Excal: Because our quarry has escaped into time and we need to track him down. And I have brought these two because they are the ones destined to face him.

Time Wraith: I know that the heir to the Angelic Alliance is destined to face him, but the other is not.

Excal: He is involved this far. And he had dealings with one of this Dark Lord's underlings in his past. Besides which, I have been asigned some latitude with which to accomplish this mission, so kindly allow me it.

Time Wraith: Very well. But if this extra person disrupts the timeline any more than necessary then you shall pay for it.

Excal: Good. Then bother me no more about him then and let me get back to the buisness of completing my mission.

Time Wraith: Very well then. You shall find the information that you seek in the Hall of Records where all is recorded. One of our scholars ought to be able to spot the change in the timeline he would have caused.

Gerad: Why are these people called scholars, and not researchers? Are they not working for the will of time?

Time Wraith: They are called scholars because they study this planet's history for the sake of knowledge, not for the sake of helping time. Helping time is simply the price they pay to gain access to this knowledge.

Excal: And it is a price gladly paid. This is the most extensive history ever recorded. It holds every fact and every story there is to know. And for these people, the knowledge held therein is worth more than life itself.

Gerad: And these books are written by?

Excal: Just as there are those who wish to study the history of this world. There are those who also wish to experience it. These people are allowed to travel aimlessly through time at will at the cost of writing about these times for the Hall of Records.

Time Wraith: That shall be enough questions for now. Here is the Hall of Records.

They walk into the Hall of Records and talk to a scholar

Scholar: Hmmm, you ask about the Dark Lord that appeared a hundred years after the Epsilon Wars?

Excal: Yes. We believe that he dissapeared into time and changed the timeline.

Scholar: Hmmm, let me check the books and I will see if there are any discrpencies. I shall be done in a day or two. Please see me then.

Excal: Thank you very much.

Caris: What the! We can't wait a day or two! The Dark Lord will have already finished his plans by then.

Excal: Not really. A day or two here means nothing in the real world as we can get out of here whenever we like.

Gerad: So then, we could stay here for years and get back a few seconds after we left.

Excal: Before if we liked. However, as we have to stay here. We are going to need lodgings.

Time Wraith: That shall be permissable. However, as you shall be staying here for a few days, these two unauthorised people may not be allowed to see the End of Time beyond what they must. Therefore they shall be confined to your room.

Caris: What! Why are we being locked up? We're on your side!

Excal: Cool it. I only got it a little better when I first came here. And that was because of extenuating circumstances. Anyway, let's go see the room.

Excal, who hopes the portrayal of the EoT meets with Krono's approval.

At the Monastery of Psionists...

The Dark Lord unleashed unearthly powers on the guards and the monks there, the High-Priests tried using Psiblasts and Cryokinesis spells, but they were of no effect on the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord quickly slayed them, and descended into the catacombs, and found the Armor of the Damned in the Sarcophagus of the Great Father that enlightened the people with psionic talent, Father Grans.

: Yes! With this and the Cloak of the Undead King, I will finally be able to exact revenge on SRGPI with no trouble at all! Bwa ha ha ha!

The Dark Lord exited the catacombs, he heard a child shivering in a monk's quarters, and what he found, he grinned, he had found Reako, when he was an initiate at the Monastery of Psionists.

-SRGPI, Reako this is ur que

Overall a good portrayal, just a few nits. First, you forgot that there is some bad blood between Gasper and SYE. SYE would be lucky to simply get confined to quarters as opposed to being thrown in a cell or KO'ed and tossed off a drop. Second, Gasper is the usual greeter of people coming to the EoT. Third, wraiths do a fair bit of recording themselves. And the accumulated histories of various timelines tend to pile up. Oh, the Hall of Record fits in with a pic I've been working on so you'll actually get to see one of these locals . One last nit, a Time Wraith wouldn't use the term unauthorized. Unpermited maybe, but where you used it, the wraith would have said something more along the lines of "time fixed" or "temporally bound".

Krono
"Sanity is relative."

Another Wraith appears to show the group to their quarters.

Wraith: Follow me, I'll show you to your quarters.

As they walk, the wraith continues to talk.

Wraith: Ah, Section Yea Eigth. I'm supposed to inform you that on Krono's request Gasper is refraining from having you thrown into a failing Time Crash. I would suggest that you stay out of sight though. Gasper only promised to give you a chance at staying in line.

SYE: Gulp.

Caris: What are you talking about?! Aren't we all on the same side?

SYE: Don't worry about it, this stems from an incident a while back. It's too long a story for me to give the details, but basically I pissed of Gasper, the Guru of Time. Since then I haven't really received what you would call a warm welcome here.

Gerad: I take it that there is a lot that we have missed out on.

Excal: Quite a lot. Some from the Eidolon War, some from other events.

Caris: Mind filling us in on it?

Excal: Well for the moment, you'll have to settle for the short version. I can tell you the early stuff later if you need, I'll just jump straight to our visit during the Eidolon War.

Gerad: Fine.

Excal: Eidolon had just fragmented the planet. We were a bit scattered, but Krono had been inside the spacecraft Invincible at the time and rapidly gathered us. It was then that Krono informed us that Time was attempting to kill me, Bob the Cat and Section Yea Eigth for tampering with the timestream.

Caris: Wait doesn't Krono command them?

Wraith: Many of us follow the Master of Time, many still work for others or go our own way.

Excal: It gets a bit more complicated than that. To escape immediate destruction Krono brought us to the End of Time for sanctuary.

SYE: After an, err tense introduction and reintroduction to Gasper we planned our next move, which scattered us across the last few weeks of events.

Excal: We never got to see more than the central area near the pillars of light, and the outside of the Black Omen. We did manage to get off the hit list for our aid. But that is part of the full story.

Caris: Wait, whats this about a black omen?

Excal: Look up.

Caris looked up and gasped at the sight of the fortress.

Wraith: We are almost to your quarters, they are just down this stairwell.

Excal: Why don't you save any question you have until we get settled in. We have a day or two to wait, so there is no really rush.

Gerad: Sounds good to me.

Caris: Ok...



Krono
"Sanity is relative."

Yeah, I did forget Gaspar should be there. And of the bad blood between him and SYE. But, I think that it's a somewhat safe assumption that being the guy in charge of the place you had some forewarning about his arrival and decided to have a replacement for that little while so as to avoid another mess. Yeah, it's another lame excuse after the fact, but at least this one makes more sense than the Crono one.

As for the info about who gathers the info it isn't necessarily wrong. Remember, my character said it and I'm not that knowledgable about how things work there yet. Especially since in my timeline I'm placing this about a month or two after I get back from the Link thread I'm currently in (originally supposed to be the Bardic Wars, but Reako dragged me into that other one, so I'm adding it in) with basically enought time afterwards to talk to SRGPI, Miladi, and Aosloidion about the possibility of Epsilon returning and, of course, getting that Canuck Artifact I was getting when I got called to duty. So this would be my second time up there and I wouldn't know too much. Basically that it exsists and that time travellers bring info in. The only hole I can think of here is that the wraith might have corrected me. But they've never struck me as the talkative type, so it might not have wanted to.

Then again, these ain't large plot points anyways. And the only major one is Gaspar where I did mess up.

All in all, great to see you take part in this section. And here's hoping I can keep all of this in mind for the next few posts.

Wraith: Welcome to your room. Only the two of you who have travelled through time before are allowed to leave it. And it is highly recommended that you do not go wandering SYE as Gaspar has been in a bad mood as of late.

SYE: This isn't because of my being here, is it?

Wraith: I do not presume to know what goes through the mind of Gaspar. Regardless, someone will be sent to collect you when your time here is over.

Excal: Thank you, Wraith. Kindly give my regards to Krono.

Wraith: If I see him I shall. Farewell.

*The Wraith fades away from vision as he leaves. The group heads into the room.*

Caris: We're going to be here for two days and there's no food?

SYE: What do you mean? These platters here are enchanted. All you need to do is tell them that you want some food and some will be provided. And the food and drink here is quite good.

Gerad: Really? But, Excal, he said that you've been here before. What is this place like?

Excal: To tell the truth, I don't really know. This is only my third time here. My second was right after we stormed Epsilon's Keep in the centre of the world. The first time I was here we were preoccupied with stopping Epsilon, the second time I left before too long to become involved in the Bardic Wars. And this is the first chance I've had to get back.

Caris: So you're in the same boat that we are except that you're allowed to leave the room.

Excal: Pretty much. And actually, SYE will be better equipped to answer any more questions than I am. So, you can ask him your questions. Myself, I want to check this place out. There's a question I want to check on in the Hall of Records and I've heard many good things about Spekkio's Training Room.

SYE: Oh yeah. It's a great way to train. Of course, the hardest part is getting in.

Excal: I thought it was just a plain door.

SYE: Yes, but the only door in is in the room of the pillars of light.

Excal: Ah, Gaspar's Room. I can see why you'd have trouble getting in. Well, time to see it all for myself.

*Excal turns around and exits the room.*

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*Excal looks around the Hall of Records looking for a book, however, not knowing the filing system he gets completely lost.*

????: Hi, are you new here?

*Excal turns around to see a young woman behind him.*

Excal: Yeah. How could you tell?

Woman: The look of awe in your eyes, and the fact that it's pretty obvious that you're lost.

Excal: It shows, does it?

Woman: Don't worry, I was just like that my first time too. Then again, I probably shouldn't talk because I haven't been here that many times myself yet.

Excal: Ah, another newbie. Do you know where I could find the books on alternate timelines for the Eidolon Wars?

Woman: You're joking, right? I've heard that that's one of the most complicated issues they've ever had to deal with here and there's way too many alternate timelines.

Excal: Probably true. However, I only want to look up a part where it's still pretty simple.

Woman: Well, your funeral. It's over here.

*She shows him over to the section where books on the Eidolon War are. Excal grabs a book and leafs through it.*

Excal: Alright, let's see... This one must be the recounting of what happened. Let's check this one...

Woman: If you don't mind my asking, what are you looking at?

Excal: I was there during the war and I got into a duel near the start of it. I want to know who would have won if we had actually fought. And it looks like after a glorious battle I'd have edged him out!

Woman: You might want to check one of the other books too.

Excal: Huh, why?

Woman: Because I think you'll find that no matter what the issue, no matter how lopsided it is. In at least one or two timelines the weaker one will manage to win. So, reading one of these and finding a victory is meaningless. The only thing that counts is what did happen because if a different reality had occured, which one would it be?

Excal: Sigh, you had to put it that way, didn't you.

Woman: Yes, I did.

Excal: Well, so much for that. At least I can still go and check out Spekkio's Training Room.

Woman: Mind if I join you? I haven't really had a chance to get there myself. I'd just need to get my armour.

Excal: Why not. The more the merrier. What's your name?

Woman: Call me Kachua.

Excal: I'm Excal.

Kachua: Really?

Excal: Yeah, have you heard of me?

Kachua: Yes. Growing up I lived in Tyrsis for a bit.

Excal: Great. My legend as the Hero of Tyrsis lives on.

Kachua: Why the sarcasm?

Excal: Because I didn't do that much at Tyrsis. I just showed up and did my best.

Kachua: Ah. Well, what brings you here right now?

Excal: I'm here to try and get some info on where the Dark Lord who appeared a hundred years after the Eidolon War went in time.

Kachua: Really? If that's so, then can I join you? I have a grudge against him too.

Excal: Don't see why not. We could always use another sword. But everyone else will also have to agree. I'll introduce you after training.

Excal, bringing in yet another character.

Don't tell me you ripped that off Tactics Ogre didn't you? :P

Yes and no. First off, she's actually a character of yours originally. However, you haven't done anything with her (right down to not even naming her) so I'm hoping that you won't mind. In fact, the name here is meant to forshadow who she actually is. So I'm sorta loath to just say it out loud. Besides which, I've thought a bit about this and I think that I can probably put together a fairly reasonable story of how she got there.

And if you don't want me to use a character of yours like this. Just say so. I have a bit of a backup story in the back of my head in case.

If you're on right now, meet me in the chat room as that'd be the best place to discuss this, but there's also ICQ (name Excal, number 9590193), or just answer here.

The strange thing about it is how the hell did you read my mind I was planning on her naming her like that instead of Claire, the original icon of what it was suppost to be but I couldn't find any icons of when Kachua was a child so I hafta improvise :-p

I'd say dumb luck. But who knows.

Anyways, it's nice to know I didn't go out of line introducing her. Just hope you didn't want her appearing grown up just yet. Or at the End of Time. I also have a few ideas about how she got there. But I'd rather not discuss them over the forum as what would be the point then. And I would prefer to run this idea by you first as it does affect your characters. Besides which, you probably have your own idea of how things might have happened and what not.

So, as before, my ICQ number is 9590193, or just e-mail me. I've included it this time, but just in case I'll write it here too.

It's tylorh@hotmail.com

Feel free to drop me a line. Same goes to anyone else here who might want to get in touch with me.

Problem 1: I never check my Email

Problem 2: I only have AIM

Problem 3: I was wanting Kachua to appear in the next thread I was going to make

Problem 1: I don't check my mail often either.

Problem 2: I have no clue what AIM is.

Problem 3: We've obviously hit an impasse here. Still, good thing to have talked about it here before any background was given. Since she's your character I'll either a) write her out, or more likely b) start focusing on my backup background. So you can use your character the way you wish. Heck, not like there's any shortage of strife around with the carnage that's been going on to forment someone with a grudge against this guy.

All in all, nothing needs to be taken back in the storyline and I won't feel quite so limitd with anything I may describe this character as. And all it means is that you've been denied the use of the name Kashua for your character. But, given what you've done with your other characters, I doubt that'll be a huge handicap.

Excal, hopeing this all meets with your approval.

Answer 1: We don't use e-mail

Answer 2: AIM = Aol Instant Messanger can d/l it at AOL.com

Answer 3: It's fine if you want to use her right now, although now I hafta think up a few more ideas for the next storyline...

Note: I wonder if Reako will answer to my que?

Alright. I'm not going to be able to download AIM as I explained before, this is my Dad's comp and I don't download stuff onto it.

But thanks for letting me use her. I ought to be able to tie her into the plot in a manner that will be complementary.

As for Reako. I doubt he's going to post in this thread. He's not posting much in the thread that he started, so I doubt he's going to show up in this one unless you know something I don't.

Excal, who's hoping to get back to the story now.

Go ahead after this post.

And Reako's AIM screen name is JamesTR2000

Excal: You're pretty good.

Kachua: You have to be to make it here.

Excal: Guess that's true enough.

Kachua: So, is this it?

Excal: Yeah. This is my room. Inside ought to be my roomies.

Kachua: How do you know they'll be in there? This is a big place?

Excal: Two of them aren't time travellers, and the other isn't exactly in Gaspar's good books.

Kachua: And they let you wander around?

Excal: Three very powerful people going stir crazy is bad enough. You wanna add a fourth?

Kachua: Good point.

Excal: Well, let's go in. There's no point to waiting out here.

*Excal opens the door and the two of them walk in.*

Gerad: Well, looky looky. Who's the girl?

Excal: Everyone this is Kachua. I met up with her while wandering around the End of Time and it seems that she too has a grudge against our mutual aquaintance. Kachua, I'd like you to meet with my current party. This is SYE. He's an agent of Fate although I think I remember hearing something else about him a while back.

SYE: Good to meet you, ma'am.

Excal: This over here is Gerad. A Mysidian who isn't quite as good with his magic as he'd like so he followed in my footsteps instead.

Gerad: A pleasure to meet you madam.

Excal: And last, but certainly not least, is Caris. He's the protege of the famed SRGPI and the key to solving our current problem.

Caris: Just one question. You said she has something against that Dark Lord. I'd like to know what it is.

Kachua: Oh, that... I'd really rather not get into it here...

Caris: Then why should we believe you? For all we know you're with him.

Kachua: Well... If you must know, he killed my family, my friends, and my father's best friend who took me in afterwards.

Gerad: I see, so you grew up in the same time as when I grew up.

Kachua: I think I'm a little younger than you, but basically, yes.

Excal: She's a good hand with a sword and knows some good spells. I say we let her join us.

Caris: I dunno. There's something wrong about her. I mean, I feel like I know her from somewhere...

SYE: If I distrusted people that way then I wouldn't trust anyone.

Gerad: While I can't discount what you have to say, I also have to trust Excal's instincts on this as he's a little more experienced with this stuff and he hasn't steered us wrong yet.

Caris: He's certainly gotten us stuck in this room here.

Excal: Only for a few more days. It won't be much longer.

SYE: Well, looks like it's three for, and one against.

Kachua: Thank you all. I hope that I can be of some help in your quest.

Excal: Don't worry. I'll ask the messanger who comes to gather us to go and get you as well when it's time for us to go.

Kachua: Alright then. I'll be sure to stick around until then. Perhaps you wouldn't mind my showing you around a bit while you're stuck here then.

Excal: Or a little more training at least. I want to try and get a little better before I try something drastic to help stop this guy.

Caris: Something drastic?

Excal: Yeah. It's likely he's going to interfere in the Eidolon War at this rate and at that point, I have to go for the kill. Even if it would be useless. So I have to make sure that I can hurt him. If only to present myself as a credible enough threat to draw some of the heat off of you.

SYE: Well, can't worry about that right now. And it's suppertime so let's get some food.

Excal, can't think of a good way to end this.

Just say He got the armor of the damned somewhere.

The Dark Lord traveled back 1110 years from his current time, when he retrieved the Armor of the Damned, and he appeared in A time of strife, a millenia before the Eidolon War, the time when the Angelic Alliance was first to appear in the timeline, wielded by Tyreal's Lieutenant, Daren.

He stood above a battlefield in the astral plain, where the forge of The Angels, where the Angelic Alliance was forged first imbued with the magics of the Angels, and made of the hardest metals of the Earth, known to be as Xentronium by Choco Terms, and the purest of Diamonds and Adamantium, which made the Angelic Alliance virtually indestructable, enless separated blade and hilt by the owner of the Cloak of The Undead King and The Armor of the Damned, the only two artifacts that with the combined powers could resist the Angelic Alliance, for at the time, nobody had the purest of souls and mind combined that could unleash the full power of the Angelic Alliance, Tyreal only had 3 of the 4 qualities that powered the Angelic Alliance, he lacked a greater sense of honor, upheld by his lieutenant, Daren.

The Dark Lord flew into the forge, and the angel sentries charged the Dark Lord, intending on buying the weaponsmiths enough time to forge the sword.

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At the supper table, Caris pondered about Kachua...

: Hmmm...killed her family, friends, her father, and her to-be foster father. I wonder...?

He then looked at Kachua, who was silently eating at the table, and he stood up and left the room, and left his dinner to be devoured by SYE.

Caris wandered around the End of Time, he found Gaspar's Lightpost where he once stood, and he saw a wooden door, that he opened, and he found a creature that looked like a monkey.

???: Hey hey! What brings you here, Wanderer of Time?

: Who the hell are you?

???: I'm Spekkio, Master of War!

: Really. Can I have some practice with my sword skills before my battle with the Dark Lord occurs when we find him?

Spekkio: That's fine.

Spekkio then turned into a human swordsman, with a mithril blade in hand, they charged each other, dealing blows to each other. Caris was enlightened by Spekkio's comments on the techniques he's using and he quickly learned and found counter-attacks to prevent that technique.

Spekkio: Your a better pupil than the previous sword slinger here, although you don't have any cheap-ass magic to fry me with, Let's see you block this attack.

Spekkio disappeared, and images of him appeared and faded in a second around the room. Caris closed his eyes and concentrated on the Angelic Alliance, and a voice in his head appeared.

???: Use of wisdom on the sword will be required on the final battle with the Dark Lord. This is another step you have taken to be a master of the Angelic Alliance, use the wisdom that others have taught you wisely.

The voice disappeared, Caris charged behind him sword in hand, Spekkio appeared where Caris charged, and quickly blocked with his mithril sword with a few sweatdrops on his head.

Spekkio: Wow! Nobody's ever blocked that one without a hitch before! Say...is that the Angelic Alliance?

: You guessed it.

Spekkio: Pish, that's the reason. Oh well, you earned it. Here!

Spekkio threw a book at Caris, and he caught it. The title of the book was "Spekkio's Memoirs".

Spekkio: It's a book of all the sword techniques you will ever need, and take it from me, Practice makes perfect.

Spekkio winked, and Caris disappeared, back into his dorm.

-SRGPI, long post finally ^_^

The Dark Lord traveled back 1110 years from his current time, when he retrieved the Armor of the Damned, and he appeared in A time of strife, a millenia before the Eidolon War, the time when the Angelic Alliance was first to appear in the timeline, wielded by Tyreal's Lieutenant, Daren.

He stood above a battlefield in the astral plain, where the forge of The Angels, where the Angelic Alliance was forged first imbued with the magics of the Angels, and made of the hardest metals of the Earth, known to be as Xentronium by Choco Terms, and the purest of Diamonds and Adamantium, which made the Angelic Alliance virtually indestructable, enless separated blade and hilt by the owner of the Cloak of The Undead King and The Armor of the Damned, the only two artifacts that with the combined powers could resist the Angelic Alliance, for at the time, nobody had the purest of souls and mind combined that could unleash the full power of the Angelic Alliance, Tyreal only had 3 of the 4 qualities that powered the Angelic Alliance, he lacked a greater sense of honor, upheld by his lieutenant, Daren.

The Dark Lord flew into the forge, and the angel sentries charged the Dark Lord, intending on buying the weaponsmiths enough time to forge the sword.

__________________________________

At the supper table, Caris pondered about Kachua...

: Hmmm...killed her family, friends, her father, and her to-be foster father. I wonder...?

He then looked at Kachua, who was silently eating at the table, and he stood up and left the room, and left his dinner to be devoured by SYE.

Caris wandered around the End of Time, he found Gaspar's Lightpost where he once stood, and he saw a wooden door, that he opened, and he found a creature that looked like a monkey.

???: Hey hey! What brings you here, Wanderer of Time?

: Who the hell are you?

???: I'm Spekkio, Master of War!

: Really. Can I have some practice with my sword skills before my battle with the Dark Lord occurs when we find him?

Spekkio: That's fine.

Spekkio then turned into a human swordsman, with a mithril blade in hand, they charged each other, dealing blows to each other. Caris was enlightened by Spekkio's comments on the techniques he's using and he quickly learned and found counter-attacks to prevent that technique.

Spekkio: Your a better pupil than the previous sword slinger here, although you don't have any cheap-ass magic to fry me with, Let's see you block this attack.

Spekkio disappeared, and images of him appeared and faded in a second around the room. Caris closed his eyes and concentrated on the Angelic Alliance, and a voice in his head appeared.

???: Use of wisdom on the sword will be required on the final battle with the Dark Lord. This is another step you have taken to be a master of the Angelic Alliance, use the wisdom that others have taught you wisely.

The voice disappeared, Caris charged behind him sword in hand, Spekkio appeared where Caris charged, and quickly blocked with his mithril sword with a few sweatdrops on his head.

Spekkio: Wow! Nobody's ever blocked that one without a hitch before! Say...is that the Angelic Alliance?

: You guessed it.

Spekkio: Pish, that's the reason. Oh well, you earned it. Here!

Spekkio threw a book at Caris, and he caught it. The title of the book was "Spekkio's Memoirs".

Spekkio: It's a book of all the sword techniques you will ever need, and take it from me, Practice makes perfect.

Spekkio winked, and Caris disappeared, back into his dorm.

-SRGPI, long post finally ^_^

The Dark Lord traveled back 1110 years from his current time, when he retrieved the Armor of the Damned, and he appeared in A time of strife, a millenia before the Eidolon War, the time when the Angelic Alliance was first to appear in the timeline, wielded by Tyreal's Lieutenant, Daren.

He stood above a battlefield in the astral plain, where the forge of The Angels, where the Angelic Alliance was forged first imbued with the magics of the Angels, and made of the hardest metals of the Earth, known to be as Xentronium by Choco Terms, and the purest of Diamonds and Adamantium, which made the Angelic Alliance virtually indestructable, enless separated blade and hilt by the owner of the Cloak of The Undead King and The Armor of the Damned, the only two artifacts that with the combined powers could resist the Angelic Alliance, for at the time, nobody had the purest of souls and mind combined that could unleash the full power of the Angelic Alliance, Tyreal only had 3 of the 4 qualities that powered the Angelic Alliance, he lacked a greater sense of honor, upheld by his lieutenant, Daren.

The Dark Lord flew into the forge, and the angel sentries charged the Dark Lord, intending on buying the weaponsmiths enough time to forge the sword.

__________________________________

At the supper table, Caris pondered about Kachua...

: Hmmm...killed her family, friends, her father, and her to-be foster father. I wonder...?

He then looked at Kachua, who was silently eating at the table, and he stood up and left the room, and left his dinner to be devoured by SYE.

Caris wandered around the End of Time, he found Gaspar's Lightpost where he once stood, and he saw a wooden door, that he opened, and he found a creature that looked like a monkey.

???: Hey hey! What brings you here, Wanderer of Time?

: Who the hell are you?

???: I'm Spekkio, Master of War!

: Really. Can I have some practice with my sword skills before my battle with the Dark Lord occurs when we find him?

Spekkio: That's fine.

Spekkio then turned into a human swordsman, with a mithril blade in hand, they charged each other, dealing blows to each other. Caris was enlightened by Spekkio's comments on the techniques he's using and he quickly learned and found counter-attacks to prevent that technique.

Spekkio: Your a better pupil than the previous sword slinger here, although you don't have any cheap-ass magic to fry me with, Let's see you block this attack.

Spekkio disappeared, and images of him appeared and faded in a second around the room. Caris closed his eyes and concentrated on the Angelic Alliance, and a voice in his head appeared.

???: Use of wisdom on the sword will be required on the final battle with the Dark Lord. This is another step you have taken to be a master of the Angelic Alliance, use the wisdom that others have taught you wisely.

The voice disappeared, Caris charged behind him sword in hand, Spekkio appeared where Caris charged, and quickly blocked with his mithril sword with a few sweatdrops on his head.

Spekkio: Wow! Nobody's ever blocked that one without a hitch before! Say...is that the Angelic Alliance?

: You guessed it.

Spekkio: Pish, that's the reason. Oh well, you earned it. Here!

Spekkio threw a book at Caris, and he caught it. The title of the book was "Spekkio's Memoirs".

Spekkio: It's a book of all the sword techniques you will ever need, and take it from me, Practice makes perfect.

Spekkio winked, and Caris disappeared, back into his dorm.

-SRGPI, long post finally ^_^

The Dark Lord traveled back 1110 years from his current time, when he retrieved the Armor of the Damned, and he appeared in A time of strife, a millenia before the Eidolon War, the time when the Angelic Alliance was first to appear in the timeline, wielded by Tyreal's Lieutenant, Daren.

He stood above a battlefield in the astral plain, where the forge of The Angels, where the Angelic Alliance was forged first imbued with the magics of the Angels, and made of the hardest metals of the Earth, known to be as Xentronium by Choco Terms, and the purest of Diamonds and Adamantium, which made the Angelic Alliance virtually indestructable, enless separated blade and hilt by the owner of the Cloak of The Undead King and The Armor of the Damned, the only two artifacts that with the combined powers could resist the Angelic Alliance, for at the time, nobody had the purest of souls and mind combined that could unleash the full power of the Angelic Alliance, Tyreal only had 3 of the 4 qualities that powered the Angelic Alliance, he lacked a greater sense of honor, upheld by his lieutenant, Daren.

The Dark Lord flew into the forge, and the angel sentries charged the Dark Lord, intending on buying the weaponsmiths enough time to forge the sword.

__________________________________

At the supper table, Caris pondered about Kachua...

: Hmmm...killed her family, friends, her father, and her to-be foster father. I wonder...?

He then looked at Kachua, who was silently eating at the table, and he stood up and left the room, and left his dinner to be devoured by SYE.

Caris wandered around the End of Time, he found Gaspar's Lightpost where he once stood, and he saw a wooden door, that he opened, and he found a creature that looked like a monkey.

???: Hey hey! What brings you here, Wanderer of Time?

: Who the hell are you?

???: I'm Spekkio, Master of War!

: Really. Can I have some practice with my sword skills before my battle with the Dark Lord occurs when we find him?

Spekkio: That's fine.

Spekkio then turned into a human swordsman, with a mithril blade in hand, they charged each other, dealing blows to each other. Caris was enlightened by Spekkio's comments on the techniques he's using and he quickly learned and found counter-attacks to prevent that technique.

Spekkio: Your a better pupil than the previous sword slinger here, although you don't have any cheap-ass magic to fry me with, Let's see you block this attack.

Spekkio disappeared, and images of him appeared and faded in a second around the room. Caris closed his eyes and concentrated on the Angelic Alliance, and a voice in his head appeared.

???: Use of wisdom on the sword will be required on the final battle with the Dark Lord. This is another step you have taken to be a master of the Angelic Alliance, use the wisdom that others have taught you wisely.

The voice disappeared, Caris charged behind him sword in hand, Spekkio appeared where Caris charged, and quickly blocked with his mithril sword with a few sweatdrops on his head.

Spekkio: Wow! Nobody's ever blocked that one without a hitch before! Say...is that the Angelic Alliance?

: You guessed it.

Spekkio: Pish, that's the reason. Oh well, you earned it. Here!

Spekkio threw a book at Caris, and he caught it. The title of the book was "Spekkio's Memoirs".

Spekkio: It's a book of all the sword techniques you will ever need, and take it from me, Practice makes perfect.

Spekkio winked, and Caris disappeared, back into his dorm.

-SRGPI, long post finally ^_^

n/t

*The group is in their room when they hear a knocking on the door. Gerad goes over to the door and opens it to reveal Gaspar.*

SYE: Huh! What're you doing here?!

Gaspar: I'm here to keep an eye on you! I don't want you doing anything to the End of Time. And also to keep an eye on you! (points at Caris)

Caris: Me? What did I do?

Gaspar: Don't tell me you don't know! You went into the End of Time without permission! The only reason I didn't do anything to you is because Krono went and interfered again! Well, no more of THAT this time!

Excal: Gaspar, you can calm down. We're just as eager to get out of here as you are for us to leave. So if you'd kindly escort us to the Hall of Records.

Gaspar: Anything to get him out of here faster.

*The group walks over to the Hall of Records. There they meet up with the scholar they had met up with before*

Caris: So, do you know where he is?

Scholar: Actually, he's shown up in two different places already. One was a temple of psionists, but he's already left there, not that that means anything. And the other place he showed up is at Tyreal's Forge when the Angelic Alliance was forged.

Excal: In the immortal words of Cid Highwind...

Gerad: Who?

SYE: I think the term we're all looking for is, Spoony.

Excal: How very fitting.

Caris: Kachua, why are you looking relieved? He's about to try and remove my sword from history! After he does that we won't be able to fight him!

Excal: Forget not being able to fight him. If he's successful, neither of you will exsist in all likelyhood. Because if the Angelic Alliance is never forged then the Eidolon War is most likely going to be lost as that sword is what allowed SRGPI to face Epsilon in the final battle.

Gerad: You could go and kill Epsilon before he got that powerful.

Excal: No. That'd be impossible as he becomes that powerful when he jumps back in time. The form we'd be able to kill is from the same alternate timeline that I'm from and we're not able to reach him there.

Kachua: So then we have no choice. We have to stop him there. Or else all is doomed.

Gaspar: I doubt that you'll be needing to do that much. The forging of the Angelic Alliance isn't just protected by Tyreal and his forces. There's also several of those who have alligned themselves with time there to stop him.

Excal: True. But I'm worried. I mean, Epsilon was a sane guy once, and yet look what happened to him. There's undoubtedly some force of destruction out there which seeks to destroy all exsistance. And it will most likely have some forces which can be used to counteract yours.

Gaspar: And you suppose such a thing could exsist without our knowledge of it?

Excal: Doubtless such beings make their moves subtly. Enough so at least to avoid notice by you. I mean, how else does one explain the proclivity to do something which will destroy the world. I mean, how else can you explain the Dark Cloud, Time Compression which would probably have killed even Ultimecia in time, Necron, Epsilon, or even what happeed to Reako at the end of the Bardic Wars? It's always through a vessal of some sort, but it's quite likely that there is a force out there wishing nothing more than utter annihilation.

Gerad: And this person threating time right now is likely one of their current agents. It does make sense.

SYE: Why do you think Fate needs people working for it. We've got to oppose the forces that would wish for utter annihilation.

Caris: Well, enough talk. We've got to stop him before it's too late.

Excal: Well, so long as we're here it'll never be too late as Temporal Storms can't reach us here. However, I see your point. Let's leave before our anger at this brazen action leaves us.

*The group now walks to the pillars of light.*

Gaspar: Well, here's the end of your stay. Just get in that pillar of light there and then go.

Excal: Actually, you guys go on without me. There's something I need to do first.

Caris: What, you're saying that you're not going to come with us?

Excal: No, not at all. I'm going to show up around when you guys do. It's just that I'm going back to my time quickly first in order to do something that will make me more useful in this fight.

SYE: Not to worry. We'll be fine without you. But do hurry. If he got Armageddon's Blade then...

Excal: Then what I'm about to do will be necessary because as it is right now, the Juno Blade is useless against him. I resonate with the dark aspect of the sword too much.

Gerad: So you're going to go and seperate the elements of the sword?

Excal: Yes. Likely all the effect you'll notice is that your focus on neutrality will be enhanced.

Gerad: But the sword will be weaker...

Excal: Not much. And four people weilding their respective attributes will be stronger than one any day of the week.

Caris: But how will this help?

Excal: Simple. Dark element attacks are useless on him. As it stands, my quest for vengeance has darkened my soul so that with the Juno Blade respecting all four attributes my attack has too much darkness in it and makes any attack it does on him useless. But, if I remove the darkness then all it'll do is the vengeance. And there is no way to absorb vengeance type attacks.

Kachua: Well then. We'll miss you out there. But may your quest be successful.

Excal: Thank you. Best of luck to you as well.

Excal, adding yet another obscure bit of the Rules of the Blades, or Blade as it is here.

The Dark Lord was rampant around the Forge, Angel sentries and Time Guards were battleing the Dark Lord, but they could not defeat him. The Dark Lord Merely blasted them aside with some great Dark Magic. He stepped closer to the sole Air Elemental that forged the Angelic Alliance; Erdamon of Air Elementals.

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At the other side of the Pandemonium fortress...

The Pillar of Light discarded the group of 3 were dropped off at the waypoint in Tyreal's Fortress, only to find it empty. There was still time to reach the forge before The Dark Lord destroyed the sole maker of the Angelic Alliance.

-SRGPI, quick post before i go to school

Caris: Should the place be this empty?

Gerad: And where's SYE?

Kachua: He'll show up when he's needed most likely. After all, the pillars can only hold three people at a time.

Gerad: So, does anyone know where to go?

Caris: I don't know why I know this, but the forge is this way.

Kachua: Well then, let's go. We don't have much time to spare.

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*A pillar of light appears and Excal arrives in the ancient Juno Shrine located in a far removed place in the Canadian Kingdom.*

Excal: Is this what I really should do? I mean, the sword is useless to me in this battle so long as I don't do this. But if I do do this then I am weakening any who shall hold it hereafter. And moreover, there is the chance that I shall lose the the sword I ought to hold after this. But, there is nothing else to do...

*Excal holds out the Juno Blade ad puts it on the altar. The base of the blade is located just off centre and the blade is facing towards the west.*

Excal: Oh Blade of the Four Souls, hear my call. Light of Hope, white blade of truth rise to thy status! Grey of Neutrality, grey blade of justice seek to mend the balance! Red of Vengeance, red blade of retribution strike out at those who have wronged you! Black of Despaire, black blade of darkness gather unto you power! Heed the cry of dischord and chaos and from thy bonds be released! Come forth from one thy four Master Blades!

*The Juno Blade started shifting colours in accordance to the section Excal recited. Then it started shining all four colours and spinning rapidly around the centre of the altar. Then after a minute of spinning it stopped. Except now instead of one blade there were four. The sword of light, Masamune. The sword of neutrality, Ragnarok. The sword of vengeance, the Blood Sword. The sword of darkness, Murasame. Then three of them flickered out of sight to places of hiding and the Blood Sword remained, bound to the will of the current master of vengeance. Excal picked it up and looked at it.*

Excal: Well, 'tis done. Now only one who can master the four can once again reunite them. But for now, it is time to try and stop this dark lord.

Excal, who does have a plan for those other two blades.

At Tyreal's Forge...

The Dark Lord stepped closer to Erdamon, but was soon stopped by a voice.

???: Halt!

The Dark Lord turned around and saw Tyreal standing at the entrance to the Blacksmith with his sword, Brunhild.

Tyreal: The Angelic Alliance will be made, even if my life in the heavens ends here!

: Do you really think your going to stop me? Hah, only the Angelic Alliance in the future can stop me! And after I destroy it here, I'll be utterly invincible! Mwa ha ha ha ha!

The Dark Lord ran, sword high, but Tyreal flew in front of him and they fought.

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Yards away from the Forge...

: Angel Sentries and Time guards scattered on the ground...we must hurry!

The 3 ran towards the Forge, which was visible now, and they already heard clangs of swords hitting each other.

-SRGPI, Bout time you posted excal

*The three hero's rush into the forge to see two figures fighting there.*

Caris: Hey, bas$%*^! We're here and we're not going to let you get to the Angelic Alliance!

Dark Lord: Do you really think you can stop me? I've already bested angels and some of times servants. You three as you are now are but playthings for me.

Caris: Maybe we are, but we aren't going to let that stop us! We're going to protect this place with our lives!

Dark Lord: Very well then. And it is quite likely that you may even manage to hold me long enough for enough reinforcements to arrive to stop me. But, at waht cost?

Caris: Nothing we aren't prepared to pay. We're all ready to give our lives to stop you!

Dark Lord: Yes, I know that. Hero's all have an annoying tendancy to be self-sacrificing. But that wasn't the price you would pay.

Caris: Then what is?

Dark Lord: Right now I am sending a double roughly five years ahead of when my plan started. There I am to kill your friend Tark's daughter. You stand very little chance of surviving here. And so if you stay then she will undoubtedly die.

Caris: Damn you!

Kachua: Caris, don't go! You won't survive if you do!

Caris: What are you saying I should abandon her?

Kachua: Better her than the future!

Gerad: Don't worry, if you need to go then we'll hold him off here until you get back.

Kachua: What!

Gerad: I doubt he'll be alone there. After all, this point in time has been survived before, hasn't it?

Kachua: Of course it hasn't! He's changing it!

Caris: It doesn't matter. This Krono guy will probably send in some stronger help, and there's still Excal who's going to show up...

Kachua: But you're the only one who can kill him...

Dark Lord: Well, well. You can't seem to decide, can you. Remember, the point the gates go to aren't fixed and you're losing time deciding.

Caris: I hate to make the choice, but...

Excal, who had soccer playoffs yesterday.

: Alright, I'll go kill the double, you two had better keep things on the lid here.

Caris then was about to run to the waypoint in the Pandemonium Fortress, but before he started running, he kissed Kachua in the cheek and spoke softly in her ear,

: I'll be back for you, and I'll be sure to avenge your father for you.

He then ran off, knowing that Kachua was Tark's Daughter.

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At the time where the doppleganger of the Dark Lord was...

It approached Icicle Inn from the distance, he would not use magic to speed up his pace, for at this time, the Trabian country was still in power on the continent and patrolling the area. The Doppleganger knew that if he brought too much attention, the entire country of Trabia would be on him before his mission was done.

Also in this time, Tark's Daughter was only a year old, so the doppleganger's job would be easy.

-SRGPI, who almost never plays sports.

*Eighth stepped out of the wall to a cachophany of dancing blades. Peering through slit fingers, he can just make out Kachuca and Gerard charging the Dark Lord from behind through Tyreal's holy aura and the white-hot forge.*

SYE: "Oooh! That'll sting!" *The Lord backhands Kachuca, roundhouses Gerard, and barely blocks a thrust from Tyreal.* "Yep, that stung. Spoony, she's not moving!"

*pfft!*

*SYE grabs a just materialized package from the air and unwraps it.*

SYE: low whistle "Gawd dram!" *With extraordinary caution, he opens the bejewelled and vacuum-black case.*

SYE: "!!!!!!!"

*With extraordinary caution, he removes the post-it from the inside of the case, and places the box on the ledge beside him.*

Note: "To Agent 8th:

To prevent the negation of half the paranormal community, it is imperative The Dark Lord be prevented from eliminating the Angelic Alliance. Enclosed is Restricted Item #2, to whit, X1 Shard of Meggido. Bear in mind its one meter blast radius and its effect on immortal/transdimensional beings (i.e. total removal from any reality). I need not stress the importance of not hitting anyone or anything but The Dark Lord with this artifact. Hopefully Spekkio won't notice this missing from his collection.

Signed,
The Living Tribunal."

*Eighth groans, and digs into his satchel. Minutes later, he is clad head to toe in NBCMPPA protective gear (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Magical, Physical, Psychic, Apocalyptic). Using tongs, Eight cautiously places the Shard into the slot of his crossbow, and winces as the weapon is scortched despite its 38 layers of mystic protection. He raises it and peers through the scope.*

SYE: .oO(There he is...drat! Tyreal's too close! Can't take the shot! Have to wait...)

Tyreal: No, you shall never get through here... The Angelic Alliance must be forged!

Dark Lord: Do you truly think that it makes any difference whatsoever if you finish that infernal blade or not?

Tyreal: What do you mean?

Dark Lord: Look at your forces. Do you truly think that they can stand up to anything any more?

Tyreal: Maybe not, but we shall never surrender.

Dark Lord: I wish to see you try. You couldn't defeat me with all of your guards and with those two helping you. And now they're out of the fight.

Kachua: Not quite.

Gerad: That's right, we're not as easy to get rid of as you think.

Dark Lord: What! But I was sure you two were out cold!

Excal: To tell you the truth, they were. But I spotted them lying there and decided to give 'em a helping hand.

Dark Lord: A nice prelude for the coming battle then I see. As we all know that you cannot hurt me.

Excal: Wrong. My sword is still fuelled by my wrath, but it no longer responds to my darkness. And so you are no longer immune to it.

Tyreal: We have been reinforced and you are tired. You cannot escape from here and we can now defeat you. Your days are numbered.

Dark Lord: Hah! You fools! Did you really think that I am the real one? The truth is, I am the copy and that fool SRGPI chose to succeed him is rushing off to face the real me. And since even now it shall take you far too long to stop me to be of any help to him!

Gerad: Damn, he's right. We can't leave him here because he'll destroy the Angelic Alliance and then we won't stand a chance.

The Dark Lord goes into the centre of the room and gathers power

Dark Lord: That's right. There's nothing you can do to stop me from killing the only one who can stop me right now. Mwahahaha......

*Suddenly something flies in the window and a black sphere a meter in radius engulfs him entirely. A few seconds later the sphere dissapeared and he was no longer there.*

Gerad: What just happened?

Excal: I don't know. But after the blue goo, it's about time random events went our way.

Gerad: Blue goo?

Kachua: Will you two stop! Caris is in danger and we have to go help him!

Excal: Right. Let's get a move on.

Excal, only a few more sporadic days left, hopefully.

Caris left the portal at the Icicle Inn town square. He looked around, and the people were walking around doing their business, as if Icicle Inn wasn't destroyed. Only Caris Knew the future fate of this town.

: Let's get this over with.

Caris started marching out of town, and he saw a flash in the distance, and a fireball streamed towards him, which he deflected with the Angelic Alliance.

: Damn! So close also!

: Prepare to be vanquished, doppleganger!

: To tell you the truth, the real doppleganger was back at the forge. If Tark's Daughter were never to exist for you to take care of later on, I would see you as gone from the entire timeline because you would have no cause to hunt for me.

Caris's anger fired up, and a rune on the Angelic Alliance Glowed, and the bottom part of the hilt blew white and a blaze. A voice resounded from the sword...

???: Justice...

Caris charged and slashed at the Dark Lord, missing, and he jumped up to stab Caris in the neck, but he rolled forward and kicked The Dark Lord down a second before he hit the ground.

???: Wisdom....

Another Rune on the Right part of the Hilt glowed, and a Wing suddenly sprouted out of it.

: What! Impossible! That little pathetic fool doesn't have the capabilities of the 4 virtues of the sword!

Caris then stood up to face the Dark Lord, and he charged calling,

: For SRGPI! For the world! And For my friends and FAMILY!!!!

???: Honor....

A rune glowed on the left side of the sword, it glowed and a wing sprouted out of that side of the sword also.

: DIE!

The Dark Lord casted a Dark Rift, only for it to be reflected off the wings on the hilt like nothing ever affected the Angelic Alliance.

The rune on the Blade glowed like never before, the blade suddenly grew longer and larger, and it had a white flame surrounding it.

???: Courage........

The 4 words resounded in the sword as it glowed and grew, and suddenly, when the blade had stopped growing, a power flowed into Caris like if the past masters of the Angelic Alliance combined with Caris as one.

???: Wave Motion.....!

Caris's skin waved like never before, his anger grew fire in his eyes, his muscles bulged, and he charged.
The Dark Lord jumped away from Caris to miss, just as resulting for Caris to jump right before he jumped and making a fatal slash on the Dark Lord.

: A...A..argh.

The Armor of the Damned suddenly fractured into several pieces, and the Cloak of the Undead King suddenly got shredded, but the Dark Lord only had a scar on his chest.

: Rats in your eyes! I'll be back for you!

The Dark Lord chanted, "Shurov Thiloi" and he disappeared into time.

-SRGPI, And finally Excal reappears.

Caris: I don't believe this... I actually mastered the Angelic Alliance.

Gerad: Hey, Caris! You ok?

*Caris turns around to see the other three racing up.*

Kachua: Be careful! It's the real Dark Lord here.

Caris: I know. I just beat him.

Excal: What the... The Angelic Alliance, you've unlocked its true power.

Caris: Yes. I just suddenly recieved this power during the fight and then I suddenly knew what to do.

Excal: Heh, I knew you had it in you kid. Good job.

Kacuha: What happened to him? He didn't escape did he?

Caris: He did, but why does that matter? I can easily beat him now.

Kachua: Because he uses me as bait one more time. Except this time he sets a trap for you ahead of time and you walk right into it. It's why I became a warrior. To help stop him from killing you.

Excal: What sort of trap? I doubt anything will be able to kill him outright with a fully powered Angelic Alliance.

Kachua: He said that he had drawn him to his home dimension right after he stepped into it. And then he went and made sure to kill you before he left so that Caris couldn't be rescued.

Gerad: That can't be right, can it?

Excal: Given everything right now. It's very possible.

Caris: But that won't matter anymore. I know about the trap so I won't fall into it.

Excal: Not necessarily. You're still hot headed even if you have mastered the Angelic Alliance. If you lose your cool then you might still walk into it without thinking. Ingenious really as with her as the target will be when you're least likely to use caution. As shown by this fine example.

Kachua: So then what do we do?

Excal: Simple. We go and we set up a trap of our own. YOu three go with Kachua and wait for me at the End of Time and prepare. I'm going to look up a spell I think will be useful to turn the tables in our favour.

Caris: What are you planning to do.

Excal: Nothing too fancy. But it ought to get the job done. It will require some tricky timing though. But nothing that'll be too hard to do.

Caris: Well, if he's going to attack her anyway, then it's best if we are prepared.

Gerad: We'll see you at the End of Time.

Excal, feels like this thing is nearing its end.

Gerad, Kachua, and Caris transported to the End of Time, and waiting for them there, was a scholar from the Hall of Records.

Scholar: I've been waiting for you. A time compression has occured in AD 2094, 10 years after Liena was defeated. We believe the Dark Lord is hiding there as of the moment.

: What else do we hafta wait for? Let's destroy him once and for all!

Scholar: I must warn you though, the Dark Lord in this time has pieced together the Armor of the damned and the Cloak of the Undead King, but the problem is, they are stronger now since The Dark Lord has bonded with them as one, meaning his blood flows through the Armor of the Damned as if it were one with him.

Caris grew silent, and now he had to wait for Excal to arrive.

-SRGPI, Excal likes keeping this suspense for me

*Excal walks into the room after finishing his various studies.*

Caris: Great, you're finally back! Now we can go and storm the Dark Lord's base.

Excal: We can do that. Except for a few problems.

Caris: What's that?

Excal: Simple. One, it's usually suicide to storm the enemy keep. It's something you generally do only if you have no other choice. Second, it's very hard to get into compressed time. You generally can only do it by finding a hole created by the warped time near the location of it. And third, it's very hard to survive once you're inside compressed time. Those areas are super adapted to the will of the person who compressed it and so it is not only difficult for anyone else to exsist there, but the powers of the person who created it are amplified there. Given the fact that we know of another location to go after him where he's more vulnerable I'd say you're on a fool's quest going into his base.

Gerad: Now this is interesting. A person who is a self proclaimed newbie to time travel seeming to know this much.

Kachua: That's right. How did you know that he was even in a time compression?

Excal: Gaspar told me when I got here. After that I spent a bit of time learning about time compressions. Most of what you heard is paraphrased from what Gaspar told me.

Caris: So you're saying that we let him go after Kachua? No way!

Kachua: We know that that's a doomed battle. And even if we do start to win then he'll just run away.

Excal: Not necessarily. I spent my time researching a way to keep him from running away.

Caris: And this is?

Excal: Need to know. Needless to say, I think I ought to be able to keep him from running this time.

Gerad: But should we use an innocent as bait?

Excal: Well, you guys know everything you need to now. It's your call, Caris.

Excal, who can't think of a thing to say here.

In an aggrivated voice...

: Alright, let's go with what Excal says, but i'm warning you Excal, if this plan goes wrong.....

He held his mailed fist up at Excal's chin.

: I'm making sure you go down with me.

Caris then stormed out of the room to the pillars of light.

-SRGPI, I wonder what's Excal doing that's taking him so long to post?

*A quite filled the room as Caris left. After a fewminutes Kachua went after him. Gerad too left. Then Excal followed them.*

Kachua: Alright then. This pillar here ought to lead to where we're going.

Caris: Then let's get going.

Excal: Not me.

Caris: WHAT! You want us to do this and you aren't even coming with us?

Excal: It isn't that. It's just that I have to have to do something first so that he won't be able to run away.

Caris: This had better be good.

Excal: Don't worry, it will be. Just remember that he has that trap laid for you. If you step into it then he'll have you in his base.

Caris: Well, you better show before everything's over this time.

Excal: Don't worry. I will.

*Caris and the rest step onto the pillar.*

Excal: Gaspar, do you have the item I requested earlier?

Gaspar: Yes, I do. But you had better be careful with this. It's pretty powerful.

Excal: I know. And my hold over this type of magic isn't as strong as it ought to be. But we have no choice.

Gaspar: Well, you also have that scroll so you've got no excuses for things not to work.

Excal: True 'nuff. Well, I guess it's time for me to do my bit.

*Excal took the crystal from Gaspar and then stepped into a different pillar of light and faded into the timestream.*

Excal, who hasn't been getting that much time on the comp of late.

...to see a desolate land, the land near Icicle Inn again, but this time, 2 years ahead of the previous time, AD 2078.

: It's too quiet.

Caris stepped forward, and suddenly, hundreds of monsters appeared and surrounded the three. Behind them, the Dark Lord appeared with his new look.

: I was waiting for this opportunity. Prepare to die, Caris Alvein. Take care of the other 2.

The monsters charged, and they surrounded Kachua and Gerad, leaving Caris and the Dark Lord to be in a stand-off duel.

: What are you going to do now that I have the power to take away you from existance in my grasp?

: This.

Caris took out a horn, and he blew.

: Bobeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew!

It was the Trabian War call, a patrol of Trabian Knights on their wolf steeds suddenly appeared from the cliffs, and they used their horns to call other Knights, and soon, 1/3 of the Trabian Army was looming over the battle, and they charged.

A war cry sprang from the Trabian Knights and Monsters and they charged at each other and a huge battle commenced.

; There goes your army.

: Blast you! Dark Summoning!

A portal then appeared, and out came hundreds more of Ogres and Orcs and the Trabian Knights blew out their horn in a commenced fashion while they were fighting. More Townsmen armed and Knights appeared to the fight.

: Like that will do anything. The Trabian Spirit is within it's people, and it's people give what is this year, the Trabian Pride of the Wolf Riders.

: Alright, Let's get to it then.

Caris and the Dark Lord charged, the Angelic Alliance and the Dark Lord's sword clashed, energy blasts appeared from the clangs, and the battlefield soon became history.

-SRGPI

*Excal looks down on the massive battle taking place in Icicle Inn from a nearby rooftop. He watches as the Trabian Knights appear from nowhere at the call of a trumpet and battle the hordes of ogres that had appeared. However, the fact that there had been no enemy expected, and it had been several years since the Trabian Nation had faced any threat, the people were soft from prolonged peace. And the same weakness that had led to their fall at the hands of the Winged Men led to the tides changing from things being in favour of the Trabian defenders to the invading hordes. In the midst of it all Excal could spot Gerad and Kachua fighting as well as they could to assist the Trabian forces. And in the middle of the chaos were Caris and the Dark Lord, dueling. And somewhere in that barren area that none entered knowing they would be killed in the battle of the titans lay the trap the Dark Lord had lain for Caris.*

Excal: Great. None of this was supposed to happen... Krono's gonna kill me. Ah well, there's no real point to my staying out here. It's time for me to do my thing.

*Excal jumps down onto the ground. There waiting for him is the remains of the initial group of voyagers that had invaded Lloyd's castle and Guile with a few select mage knights and Canadian Holy Knights.*

Guile: Well, how goes the battle? Sounds a bit bigger than we were told.

Excal: Yeah. To tell the truth. You guys were brought here in case something like this happened. I figured that Caris might overreact to any helpers he might have and...

Guile: Call in reinforcements.

Excal: And force a large confrontation they're bound to lose.

Jason: So our job is to go in and clean up the monsters.

Excal: Simple enough. Go in the groups I assigned earlier. Jason, you take the east path, Guile, you take the west path. I'm going to try and reach the rest of my crew in the centre of it all just in case something happens.

Guile: Check. We'll make sure to get the job done.

Excal, bringing in some forces of his own.

: It seems your friend has arrived with reinforcements.

Excal and his forces then charged into the fray, the monsters suddenly changed their attention from the Trabian Knights to the Canadian reinforcements.

: No matter, I've got play-mates for you just incase this would happen.

The Dark Lord then opened up another portal, and out came...

: Fee, fei, fo, fum I see a little human to squish with our might.

: Oh great.

: Too da loo!

The Dark Lord then disappeared, and reappeared in front of Guile's crew with A Dark Rift at hand and fired.

-SRGPI, Getting addicted to Lufia 2...

Caris: So, who are you people?

Amon: We are the Sinistrals. And we serve at the pleasure of the Dark Lord as he has promised us a large part of this world should we help him defeat you.

Caris: Well, if you are in league with him then I will destroy you.

Amon: Really? You may be as strong as Maxim, but where are your allies?

Kachua: Right here!

Gerad: And here!

Gades: Hah! Only three?

Excal: I should think not! You wanted four, you got your four.

Amon: Very well then. But you shall meet your doom here.

Caris: Maybe, but I doubt it.

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Guile: Barrier!

*The dark rift hit Guile's barrier and severly weakened it. But it held.*

Dark Lord: Very impressive. You mages of Myssidia are truly as good as the tales tell.

Guile: If you think we're good from just that, then taste our attack. Men, Divine Thunder!

Excal, wondering what the scene in the centre will be once the Sinistrals are downed.

The 3 Sinistrals concentrated their energies, their powers combined, and a black ball appeared in front of the 3.

: Dark Wave!

The Black ball emitted huge black ripples as it moved slowly towards the 4, Caris held his ground by plunging the sword in the ground.

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The Divine Thunder crashed into the Dark Lord, only to leave him unscathed.

: Did you think magic attacks would really work on me? With the Armor of the Damned flowing through my blood, I am virtually impervious to magic attacks.

The Dark Lord's power then was concentrated, and not too far away, It amplified the Sinistral's Dark Wave while the Dark Lord's might was intensified.

: Lich of the Undead, grant me your might, let us smite those that live against evil! Dark MATTER!

A huge black Triangle then appeared near Guile's crew, and it emitted the same black wave as the Dark Wave. Soon, a majority of Guile's crew was blown away by the Dark Wave.

-SRGPI, Let the games begin.

Excal: Gerad, you thinking what I'm thinking?

Gerad: Yeah, but I'm not sure if I can do it?

Excal: No time for doubts, just time to do! So let's do it!

Gerad: Right!

Gerad & Excal: X-Juno Barrier!

*The Dark Wave hits the barrier put up by the two Vigilantes and is stopped.*

Caris: Alright, now it's my turn! Wave Motion!

*The attack hits the Sinistrals knocking two of them down. Only Amon remained standing.*

Amon: No, how can this be?

Kachua: Our magics are strong against your darkness. Now return to the darkness you came from. Holy!

*A blast of pure white light appears from within the ground vapourising the remaining Sinistral.*

Gerad: Good, now we've got to find the Dark Lord.

Caris: Hey, yeah. How'd he teleport? You said that you'd make it so he couldn't escape.

Excal: I did make it so that he couldn't escape into time. I hadn't expected these more conventional methods. Give me some time and I'll correct this.

Caris: Time? You probably can't even stop him from escaping into time right now!

Excal: Not true. I grabbed this crystal from Gaspar before hand. It serves as a focus for jamming magics. A strong focus. It severely amplifies any jamming magics used on it and uses them as an area affect. I also have a few scrolls which cast spells preventing teleportation of various sorts. I only blocked time travel in the area. Now I have to stop teleportation and dimensional travel.

Kachua: Do you have the scrolls for those?

Excal: Quite definatly. Now, you guys try and find the Dark Lord. Gerad, the Canadian forces are over there. Caris, the Mysidians are over there. And Kachua, the Trabian leader ought to be over that way. One of those three have to know where the Dark Lord is because he wouldn't leave yet. Find them and tie him down while I do this.

Caris: Do you have any idea how strong he is? And the Armour of the Damned is probably acting as a focus for his power.

Excal: True. But I have the crystal and the Juno Blade. Both of which serve as highly effective focuses for my power. He won't be able to overpower me without defeating me in combat.

Gerad: So we gotta tie him up.

Excal: Exactly.

Excal, hoping the Dark Lord won't suddenly know all the details of my little trap.

The Ogres are still attacking the Trabian Horde, as they are slowly getting pushed back by the Trabian numbers.

The Canadian Voyagers made it around the battle and charged into the fray of the Ogres, they had been pincered.

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Over at Guile's Group....

A voice resounded into the Dark Lord's head...

*We're sorry master, the 4 have defeated us, we're leaving it up to you master....*

: (DAMN! They served only as a minute distraction. Sooner or later, enless I kill this group quickly, I'm going to be defeated...)

-SRGPI

*On a nearby hill, Eighth waited, and was rewarded as out of the corner of his eye he spotted a flicker of shadow.*

SYE: "*peering through scope* Helllllo, Dark Lord! cautiously loads the lethal Shard of Meggido Good-bye, Dark Lord! *click!*"

[He'll obviously miss, but keep in mind whatever/whoever is hit will be annihalated in a messy fashion. Eighth also available for sniper cover fire, since I can't think of anything for him to do at the moment.]

*The rogue Meggido Shard flies true towards the Dark Lord. However, he chooses that exact moment to teleport back to the centre of the field to deal with Caris himself. The shard flies through empty space miraculously hitting nobody. Even stranger, it manages to hit the trap that the Dark Lord had set earlier to draw Caris into his pocket dimention. The magics interact and merge so that a giant portal suddenly appears in the middle of the battle that sucks everybody into it and starts expanding. Fortunatly, the trap affects the portal enough so that everyone is simply transported to the Dark Lord's pocket dimention instead of being instantly erased from reality. And no, not even the heros or the Dark Lord himself is immune from this portal as being the closest, they're dragged in first with no fanfare. SYE watches on as the town gets sucked in as well.*

SYE: Ah spoony. Guess I've gotta go in there and close this thing up.

*And so, he did.*

Excal, SYE, you said you expected it to be messy. Well, here's your messiness.

The Heroes were deposited into a time compression, and the Dark Lord's castle was visible, except the Dark Lord was nowhere nearby.

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Inside the Castle....

: Lothor, man the castle turrets and shoot the heroes down as they descend.

: By your command, sir.

The scarecrow being hurried down the hall.

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Outside.......

The Heroes were slowly descending to the gates of the Dark Lord's castle, when turrets of unknown manufacture suddenly appeared and fired. It would soon be another version of Duck Hunt.

-SRGPI, Those were the days when Duck Hunt was still popular....

*SYE felt his skill level surge as the temporal compression hit. He grimaced as some three-hundred extras wriethed and exploded from sheer madness. Then he saw the turrets.*

SYE: dodges a blast "Hum! Bit like Duck Hunt, this! Even got a giant demon dog down there! 'Cept this time, the ducks are armed!"

*SYE loaded a rapid-fire bolt clip and started sniping.*

*Excal looked around him. He saw Kachua and Caris trying to protect themselves by deflecting the turret shots. And Gerad trying to extend them added protection by using a Juno Barrier. He also noted SYE who was blasting at the turrets with his advanced weaponry.*

Excal: Hmmm. Even with this defence, we're gonna be shot to pieces if we don't deal with the turrets first. Which means (aims Aura Gun at a turret.)... Aura Bolt!

*Excal charged his Aura Gun for a few seconds and gathered some energy at the muzzle of his weapon. Then he releases the energy and the bolt of energy flies towards a turret destroying it.*

Excal: Good. Time to aim for the next one.

Excal, flying erratically...

: Do I hafta do everything myself?

Lothor then manned his own personal turret at a low point of the castle, where it was pretty hard to see the turret, and he started using his fire magic to make it seem like a barbaque in mid-air. Lothor then retracted the turrets in the top of the castle, and activated a shield of unknown manufacture also.

-SRGPI, Yawn. Woke up, mind need soda...

Gerad: Alright! It looks like the turrets are retreating!

Excal: Yeah, but it also looks like we're about to fall into some pretty serious fire magics.

Gerad: True. But it's nothing some serious ice magic shouldn't be able to counter. Kachua, can you use ice magics?

Kachua: Some. I have to make up for not having a powerful sword somehow, don't I?

Gerad: Good. Let's all do this!

Kschua: Blizzard!

Excal: Ice Wall!

Gerad: Absolute Zero!

*The strong ice magics keep them safe from the fire magic until they hit the ground.*

Excal, who's thinking we should probably start a new thread, again.