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Post by Vivinette Rendair on Feb 25, 2009 20:50:33 GMT -5
Rebound laughed as well. "I take it you want to hear?" she asked wryly.
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Siren nodded slightly. "If you say so..." She pressed down slightly, enough to really feel the grooves in his back. "Well... they's not really my friends. But my sister's step-sisters.... The ones that I know are Sabrina, Mika, Rayne, Rikku, and Yasmine." She shrugged. "I wasn't allowed to meet the others in case I went crazy on 'em."
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Post by Trinity Connor on Feb 25, 2009 21:02:54 GMT -5
"Mika rings a bell! There's a Mika that was over at the registration office for Kaiba's new tournament, Battle City. I think she chased after him, too...." Marik chimed.
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"Yes, please!" Trinity said, smiling whine her sister just looked at her. "After Rebound's done, I have to ask you about-" "Not me, Yugi. His gramps is an Archeologist." Trinity said, cutting off her sister.
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Post by Vivinette Rendair on Feb 25, 2009 21:26:23 GMT -5
Siren stood up straighter. "Really?!" She smiled. This could be a breakthrough. "I'll have to find her!"
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Rebound chuckled, then paused to take a breath. Then she began.
"Long ago, in Ellesmera, there was one dominant race. The Vampyres. Werewolven, the humans who had become wolves, losing all intelligence and commonsense, were the underdog, no pun intended, race. Until Lucien was born.
"He was born to a Werewolfen, but he was human. Human, with the ability to turn into a werewolfe like his mother. Viktor, the head of Vampyres, shot and killed the bitch, but he let Lucien live. He named Lucien's race Lycans.
"Using Lucien's infectious bite, the Vampyres continued to turn more and more humans to Lycans, to use them as slaves. The only Vampyre who seemed to be against this, if only fractionally in truth, was Sonya. Viktor's daughter.
"She had fallen in love with Lucien, and, cutting a long story short, conspired to run away with him and other Lycans, away from the Vampyre rule, after her father, after biting her, found out she'd been trysting with the Lycan.
"Lucien was deprived his "King's Pet" status, and chained into a cell like his fellows, and there they plotted further. Soon many of them broke out, striking a camp away from the castle.
"But Sonya did not, as she had promised Lucien, arrive at camp. Lucien worried until a friend of Sonya's rode in and told him that Sonya was locked in her room by her father.
"Lucien, enraged, set out alone to retrieve her. They had nearly made it to the drawbridge when Viktor caught Sonya, and other Vampyres caught Lucien and held him.
"In a plea for Lucien, Sonya begged her father to not deprive their child of a father. Furious, Viktor chained them both into the same dungeon.
"He forced Sonya to watch Lucien be whipped continuously. Forced Lucien to watch Sonya burn in the sun until she died.
"Lucien broke away from his chains and, in a fit of anguish, fought his way out and back to camp for help.
"The band of Lycans made the trek during the day back to Castel Vampyre, and demolished them. Freed their brothers.
"Lucien and Viktor fought to the death. A fight that, soon, Lucien won. But Viktor was not killed. Like Lucien, he is still out there somewhere. Waiting."
Pausing to catch her breath and let it sink in, she then continued,"Now on to the Elves' story."
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Post by Trinity Connor on Feb 25, 2009 21:50:09 GMT -5
((Underworld much? *giggles*))
"Wow! At least we know where Lycan comes from." Trinity said in a hushed whisper to her sister, who nodded.
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"Can't miss the mansion on the cliff's edge with the huge walls that are supposed to be a fence. It's the only one in the area." Marik said, pulling down his shirt.
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Post by Vivinette Rendair on Feb 25, 2009 22:03:55 GMT -5
((Shhhhh. I love those movies. <3 The story's pulled directly from the newest one, which is FANTASTIC.))
Rebound collected her thoughts, then began again.
"The Lycans had control over the former Castel Vampyre for more than 500 years. But then the Elves arrived in Alagaesia, and, with the forests crowding around the castle, it was a prime location.
"The Elves sent their diplomat, Islanzadi, my adopted mother, as you now know. She tried bargaining with the Lycans, but they stubbornly refused and sent her back with an arrow in her leg and a fury in her mind.
"The Elves plotted carefully, waited for the right time.
"Then, when the time came, the fighters bid goodbye to their loved ones to battle for their honor- and the castle.
"Many did not return. But the Lycans lost many more, and they were driven out, leaving the castle to be claimed for Elfin use."
She smiled bitterly. "I'm sure they still hold their grudge against Islanzadi." Then she laughed. "Not as interesting as my first story, but who doesn't love a tale of forbidden love?"
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Siren pondered to herself. "Good point. I'll go look later, I think...."
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Post by Trinity Connor on Feb 25, 2009 22:13:46 GMT -5
"Kind of like that legend of the 7 Millennium Items and the 3 sacred objects used to protect them." Trinity said in amazement.
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Marik just laughed happily at Siren's comment. "I won't be offended."
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Post by Vivinette Rendair on Feb 25, 2009 22:18:42 GMT -5
Rebound's eyes widened. "Oh really? Do tell, my dear," she urged softly.
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Siren giggled. "Maybe you won't, but still. Momma would skin me raw." She smiled brightly.
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Post by Trinity Connor on Feb 25, 2009 22:45:40 GMT -5
"I don't know the whole tale, you'd have to ask Mr. Muto about the darker details." She started to say as she recalled what she had overheard Yugi tell his pals at school recently.
"About 5,000 years ago there lived a pharaoh who was able to wield the darkest power imaginable, the power of another realm. His people called it the Shadow Realm and the creatures that resided there were called Shadow Monsters.
"The 7 items were to be distributed amongst the Pharaoh & his council which included his cousin the High Priest and his mage. They were to protect the items from falling into the wrong hands, like those of the Thief King, Bakura.
"Each item was "assigned" to one person only, the Pharaoh having the strongest item, the Millennium Puzzle. Next was his cousin who wielded the Rod which had the power to control minds.
Next was the Scales, which were to weigh a person's heart against a weight to represent truth.
Then there was the Necklace, which allowed the only female member of the council to see into the future.
Next came the Key, which can unlock someone's mind and reveal the utter truth.
Then came the Ring, the only item that could track the other 6 items down no matter how far apart they were.
The Millennium Eye alowed the bearer to see beyond the realm of the living and peer into someone's mind freely but only for a short while.
"The only known So-called "Protection" item is the Pyramid of Light, worn by Anubis himself. As to what it could do with the other 2 items no one knew.
"Anyway, it wasn't long before an all out war between the humans of Ancient Egypt and the Monsters of the Shadow Realm, caused by Aknaudin, the Pharaoh's uncle and father to the High Priest. The Pharaoh did the only thing he could think of at the time to stop the insanity was to sacrifice himself and seal away the power of all 7 items for what he had hoped was for all eternity.
"What he didn't count on was that his Ba or Light would become re-incarnated and solve the puzzle, bringing about a 2nd war in a whole new era." Trinity summed up, clearly not knowing everything.
(Let me know if that's right! I haven't seen the original in ages!)
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"Why would your Momma skin you alive for searching for some old pals?"
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Post by Vivinette Rendair on Feb 26, 2009 21:10:16 GMT -5
"Says it's not polite to leave someone that helped ya." SHe shrugged. "She's really ancient and old-fashioned, see."
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Rebound nodded, then her brow furrowed. "Hm. Millennium Items? Seems to me as though Sabrina had mentioned something of the sort. Yasmine as well...."
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Post by Trinity Connor on Mar 2, 2009 11:47:01 GMT -5
"Wouldn't be surprised. Crazy things have been happening since Yugi solved the puzzle. Kaiba got his tail beat, several bullies have suddenly gone crazy, things like that." Trinity chimed, looking thoughtfully as she tried to recall the name of a school bully that had gone crazy. "One of these victims was named Ushio. Apparently he tried to get kids to pay him for protection, which worked until Yugi solved the puzzle. After he had his goons beat up Joey & Tristan something happened & when everyone found him the next day he was screaming about flames that were trying to burn him alive." Annika explained.
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"Hm." Was all Marik could think of saying about Siren's mom. "Well, if I give you permission to leave me here with my sister, would it be okay for you to go?"
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Post by Vivinette Rendair on Mar 2, 2009 19:02:00 GMT -5
Rebound's eyebrows raised slowly at this revelation, then paused to think. Rikku, her strength back to normal, was back in her human guise. She danced over to her sister and new friends, trilling,"I wish you guys and your friends could come to Ellesmeraa~ I think you'd love it there!" She smiled brightly, but it faded when Rebound said calmly,"That is Islanzadi's decision." "Is not! It's Mika's! Zadi told her SHE could deem who to let into our realm!" Rikku stomped her foot, glowering pitifully at Rebound, who sighed. "I'll try my best," the dark pheonix said simply.
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Siren nodded briskly. "Yep yep yep!" Her smile was happy as she continued,"Do you give me permission, then?"
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Post by Trinity Connor on Mar 3, 2009 19:14:37 GMT -5
"Okay, how do you even remember stuff like that?" Annika asked her sister, who gave her a funny look. "If you'd pay attention to our surroundings instead of drooling over the idiot with the over-inflated ego A.K.A: Kaiba, you'd remember too." Trinity said, clear disdain for the Ex-Champ lacing her voice.
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"Of course I do! I don't want you to miss out on finding them." Marik said.
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Post by Vivinette Rendair on Mar 7, 2009 21:24:36 GMT -5
Rebound raised an eyebrow. "You like Kaiba, Annika?" she asked lightly. Rikku winced. "That could pose a problem..." she mumbled.
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Smiling brightly, she hugged his neck, then ran off, yelling over her shoulder her thanks. Her shape suddenly shivered, then sort of melted into a panther as she gained speed slowly, headed for the mansion on the clifftop.
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Post by Trinity Connor on Mar 11, 2009 20:46:53 GMT -5
"I'm a fan-girl, like most of the population of the city. My sister favors the King of Games, Yugi. I still swear he cheated." Annika said, earning a hard smack to the head. "The only cheater is Kaiba! He forced Yugi's hand by using his prototype Duel Disk(r)'s new tech to force Yugi's hand so he'd win. Which didn't help matters since he lost to Pegasus anyway!" Trinity growled, annoyed at her sister.
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Post by Vivinette Rendair on Mar 12, 2009 15:47:24 GMT -5
"Neh, neh. I don't think Mika would like to share," Rikku mumbled, blinking. "I have no opinion either way, since I've never heard of either," Rebound said, shrugging.
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