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Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

"Mel!" Vash shouted as she went down. " . . . And others!"


Rose was beginning to feel a bit of panic as half their party was taken out. The only thing that stopped her from doing so was the Protect Break staatus on the Aberrant now. That only meant one thing and it was nearly dead so she didn't have to actually lead an attack. "Data Drain!" she aimed at the larger one, not really paying attention to the smaller one.


Vash, for some reason, went in for a standard punch.


~~~~~


"Who the **** are you?" Mel awoke to stinging cheeks. "Also do that again and your hands are mine." Who was this woman? Her voice and face seemed familiar but . . . "Wait, Zorne?" Her face contorted in anger. "You ******* *****! You've got a lot of ******* explaining to do, you ****!" Mel stood up and looked around, arms crossed. "Where the **** are we? The last I remember, that ******* Aberrant got me and . . . **** we're screwed if the princess is in charge."
 
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They had finished off the Aberrant after some time, rescuing Milia in the process


~~~~~


"... I had somehow forgotten it, with how docile it's behavior has been. It is still an Aberrant but... If we were even to attempt to mount an attack, it may retaliate. It is our better in every sense. To be clear, not even I understand why we are all still alive, it should have killed us already. I recommend that we ignore that Aberrant entirely, there is nothing we can do."


"ugh.... They're so annoying. I could really feel you guys beating me up while I was in there. You showed absolutely no mercy!"


~~~~~


"Close enough, but not exactly, but for now, I'm the only one keeping you from waking up. Poor Vash didn't experience this when he was eaten, he was killed and directly sent there, this is different, but irrelevant. I am right still, you will be out soon enough"


Zorne winced, as Mel yelled, and something strange seemed to happen to her body, her long, deep blue hair started becoming jet black in color from the roots of her hair and spread down, causing her pain it looked like, but receded, letting Zorne's hair color remain normal.


"Calm down... ****... It hurts when you get angry... I didn't explain anything on purpose to get a raise out of you like you just did to check our conditions... I'll explain that later."


Zorne shook herself as she stopped, feeling normal again


"I drugged you because if I bonded with you straight up, I would of died. The way in which we are compatible, is that shitty. I never left you either, I was with you the entire time in the Light area, I was with you even after we bonded, but I guess you were to fucked up to notice me., then again, even still I was too weak for you to sense probably."


"I surprised you like that because you knowing would make it harder on me, and since when you you accept something like being drugged? I'm going to have to explain this the god **** hard way. We are both compatible, because I'm you're opposite. Havoc said it has to do with how similar you are to someone. Being completely dissimilar works. If we were a magnet, you're north, and I'm south. Is this even making sense to you???"


"This is the worst way to be compatible with someone, and I'm the one who took it in the *** because of it. You're so god **** stronger than me, that bonding with you normally would of converted me entirely into you. Instead, I only have this **** body shape of yours. Your boobs are so heavy, and your body is embarrassingly curved. I could barely move when it was over. Even though I weakened you, I inherited too much from you, I don't want your damn memories, personality or body. I can't even stop worrying about Vash's well-being now..... Not that I mind all that much, but I know that's only because that's how you are."


Zorne looks very agitated


"If you're wondering where I actually am, back in sunshine space, I'm in your body now, as a ghost. I'm possessing your body, without taking away your control of it, not that I can anymore. Our bond right now is unstable, but functional, and I'm working on making it more stable. Besides..."


Zorne gritted her teeth and looks embarrassed.


"I can change how my clothing looks here in this imaginary space but... My clothing doesn't fit anymore in the game, and probably the real world now too. All your stupidly huge assets that are now mine are poking out in every which direction, and I'm not going to stick around in that ******* pervert tower looking like that. I'm sure your clothes would fit me perfectly, since you're to busy wearing moss-head's clothes"


"The only thing left worth mentioning is that I wrote myself into your mind? I did that to reset my memory whenever it is erased, which it has been one time so far. Consider your mind my save point in this game, where I completely reset myself to when I last save"
 
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Mel

"If it was necessary, I would've agreed," Mel said, crossing her arms. "If you did get my personality, you should know that, right? If you were really watching us from wherever this is. If you told me it was a life or death situation, I would've done it."


"You could've died and that's considered working? To be honest, it doesn't make too much sense with the compatibility thing but I don't really want to know." Mel let Zorne finish before continuing. "Do what you need to. Just tell me first. I don't like being in the dark, especially when it comes to my own body."


She was silent for a time, thinking. "So, assuming Kylier can't hear us in here, I want to ask you some things. Who is this person I'm similar to? And who are we fighting here? These Aberrants can't just be it, right? If these were isolated incidents, that'd be one hell of a coincidence. Even if it's a virus, it must come from somewhere."
 
"There are still bits of the old me. Our personalities mixed together into what I am now in the inside. I can go back to normal if I wanted to after all this is over, but frankly, I feel better this way. I feel like actually doing something instead of sitting on my sorry ***. You can blame Morgana for this. Even if she's the one who kept us all alive, and is the only reason to that end, she's been the one who's caused most of every day's problems. Better than being dead still, can't say I blame her, she's got more on her plate than Vash could eat... never mind."


"It was a necessary ******* Mel, but you'll have to do the same to Morgana. The ***** has been holding back all this time on purpose to test you, because she doesn't trust you for a second it looked like, looking through your memories. I would say that she could make short work of these Aberrants all on her own, even if she can't stand up to 'M' or Azure still. Looks like she put on a show when you first met her so that you wouldn't question her current 'lack of stats'. She's an ally, but I think she may be deciding between depending on you, and killing you. It looks like she's against killing you though at this point since you've been a 'good girl'. Looks like she's been hiding her skill sheet from you so you wouldn't find anything out. I'll try forcing you access when you bond with her... assuming you don't turn into her like I almost turned into you. You're stronger in a sense, so you should be fine...... if you blindside her in the process..."


Zorne shook her head as Mel began asking questions involving Kylier


"You look exactly the same as 'M' and by design, she's supposed to be you. I remember you fighting Riff, and Vash now that I think about it."


Zorne looks a little agitated at the thought of that


"The people we are really fighting against the the makers of this **** game. According to Milia, this place is just phase 2 of their 'Evil Plan' as she jokingly put it. They are the one's keeping us all here. As far as they are concerned, we are supposed to die. The real kicker is that the longer we manage to stay alive, the better the results of their plan is. As long as we're alive though, they'll stay idle and let 'M' keep growing stronger and get more experience, since she's still fighting Azure in the Dirge of Tartarus, where Vash was for a little while. The point is, is that if we all die, that whatever they are planning is supposed have a huge impact in the real world. I can't remember what that was supposed to be... cause of this ******* game. You should just ask Milia whenever there's interference preventing Kylier from contacting you, like those Static portals you've been going into, like now when you wake up. I don't know why, but I can't remember whatever you've seen in them, but that doesn't make them sound important in that case."





Zorne calmed down, looking annoyed at how much explaining she knew she had to do


"I'm gonna wake you up now, we really should discuss this with Milia, she's the one who managed to learn of this."


~~~~~


"Man... I really want to see what's in these!"


Milia was checking over the Static Portal that was created when the Aberrant was defeated


"Leave them alone, you know that they don't work for us. For whatever reason, on Rose and the others can enter them, don't even bother... you'll just injure yourself when it repel's you from its proximity."


"Ya... but still..."


Milia got closer to the thing, and stuck a hand out to it... but wasn't repelled by it and managed to stick a hand inside of it, and tried to pull out, but her arm wouldn't budge out


"Huh???!! Let go of me!!"


Mel would wake up about now


"Milia what are you doing?!"


"It won't lemme go!"


The Static portal sucked Milia inside of it


"Milia!"


Morgana rushed towards it, but as she came close, she was knocked away onto the ground.


"Why was she able to enter, but I remain unable?!"


Morgana looked towards Rose


"Rose, you still intend to go in right, could you go find Milia?!"


The portal looks rather inviting to Rose, and anyone else hoping to come along for the ride if they wanted, besides Morgana and the still unconscious Reeza
 
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Rose

"W-what?!" Rose wasn't sure what she'd seen. Milia was able to go into the portal? But she shouldn't, right? She was a character in the game and as far as she knew, they shouldn't be able to. She looked around frantically, looking for any sort of clue as to why this was happening.


It was now that she noticed Mel waking up. The girl seemed . . . irritated. More so when she saw Milia get pulled into the portal.


"The ****? What happened?"


"I don't know. Milia just sort of got sucked in."


"*******. Well, that makes this easier I guess."


"Make what easier?"


Mel didn't answer though. Only grabbed Rose by her collar and dragged her over toward the portal. "Vash, you stay here. We'll be back soon." She threw Rose in, stealing a brief glance at Morgana before following after.
 
As Mel went through the portal, Zorne was viciously ripped out of Mel's body, knocking her onto the ground behind her, in her clothing that dangerously comes close to revealing... Unmentionables... This did not effect Mel in the slightest as she went though the portal, not even feeling a thing.


"...!!!"


"Traport!"


Zorne left the area


"..."


As expected, the two blacked out within the portal... When Rose and Milia would wake up, they would see Milia standing up looking around frantically and freaking out.


"?!? The hell is this?? How did I end up here?? Did someone take me out of the pod?? But... why do I still have this armor, and... can I?"


"Dia"


Milia healed herself


"This is still the game then?!"


One of the first things Rose would notice is that this is likely the same place that the other memories showed, just elsewhere, in a massive hallway that extends too far to see down in this poor lighting. Along one side of these walls were pods just like the one's the group entered to get into this game. The other side seemed to house multiple panels that would probably interact with their own designated pod across from it in various ways..... although... there's nothing writing indicating what did what... then again, every panel seemed to have static on it as well, covering what may be text upon it. One of the pods appeared to be open for some reason... it looked exactly like the ones at Oriens that everyone was in now


"Wait, is...... is that...?"


Milia ran off down the hall, when the others would catch up with her, they would see a 2nd Milia, wearing only what seemed to be a brown garb in horrible condition that you'd expect to see someone enslaved wearing. She looked beat up all over, bruised and a little bloody. In short, she could really use a shower or bath or at least something. There was a desperation in her eyes, and was going down the hall with her back pressed against the wall.


"..."


Milia looked speechless and clueless as to what was going on before her. A bit further ahead, there seemed to be people talking... The voices was just like the one from before... and it appeared that Azure was in the pod, awake, that the static figure was talking too.


"You win Azure, you just wouldn't break, and it sickens me. You could of just gave up like you were supposed too, because there was no point in struggling. It's your fault I had to cheat a victory out of you. In the end though, a win is still a win."


The pod door opened, and Azure stumbled out of it, falling down like he had no strength coming out of it.


"Ugh... what's wrong with me... I don't... I don't feel right..."


The figure grabbed Azure by the neck and forced him on his feet.


"Now we're going to do a little test. I'm going to see if you can figure out what I did too you."


The figure pulled out Azure's Shadow Blade, and threw it onto the floor in front of his feet, greatly confusing him in the process.


"Why don't you pick that up, and do what you want most of all. Why don't you go ahead and kill your torturer."


Azure picked it up, looking at it, but when he turned to step forward, he froze in place, seemingly in fear.


"What's the matter? Can't take another step?"


The figure walked up closer, and guided Azure's hand with the weapon just an inch from where his heart would be.


"It's right there, all you have to do is do what you want most of all. Go ahead, it should be easy, you have all of your life as motivation after all."


Some time passed as Azure looked freaked out of his mind and stepped back as the figure made a sudden move, frightening him, and causing him to cower in fear in a crouched position


"W-what's..... why can't I..."


The memory Milia appeared to have eventually made her way behind the two, shimming along the wall


"Wait... I remember this... this is when..."


"Let's look at the screen now"


A TV screen right above the pod Azure came out of turned on, and it showed what appeared to be Azure in the game, looking around in confusion.


"That's the part of you that wouldn't waste a moment trying to kill me now. I split you in half, into this pile of malleable wet sand you are now. I don't need that part of your rough personality. To think Kylier thought she could save you by cursing you to be this weapon sole owner."


He took the weapon out of Azure's hand and weakly dumped it behind him.


"You honestly thought you could win in the end, but now, here's where the training will begin all over again. You will turn out exactly the way I want you too. Until I manage to get a hold of the supposed 'Daughter of Lucifer's' body your's may work out when this phase reaches its conclusion. A host that won't die from the Shadow Blade's curse may be useful if I never am able to get that person into this game. You better hope that it never comes to that, or that the part of you that's now in the game doesn't Kill her in a way that kills her in the real world as well, if I manage to catch her."


The memory Milia grabbed the weapon that the static figure dropped, and with an almost manic look in her eye, jumped him and stabbed him in the back, spilling blood out, as she started slashing at him. The figure swung behind him, but Milia ducked and swung at the figure more, but the figure put some distance between the two.


"Milia? You escaped?? Again??? Looks like I'll have to erase Havoc's mind more... he must of hacked you out of there..."


Memory Milia charged the static figure, but it grabbed him by the arm, then by the neck and slammed her hard into the ground, choking blood at of her as the figure seemed to squeeze the very life out of memory Milia, until she went unconscious. He then proceeded to Azure, and seemed to strike his fearful body unconscious. The world seemed to turn static again just afterwords...


"... That....... wasn't the Azure... that I knew..."


The three blacked out shortly afterwords, and soon enough, they would wake up again with all the others
 
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Rose

Rose was shocked to see what she saw. Not so much by the pods or Azure or the static figure, though they were strange as well. But still, her eyes kept focusing on . . .


"Milia?"


Rose saw the Milia she knew and a second one, beaten and in rags. What? Why was she in this flashback? Was it being corrupted? But it seemed to fit too nicely to be some corruption, right? This wasn't making any sense.


"This. This can't be happening, right Mel? Milia's just a character, right?"


Rose looked over to Mel who kept staring, or rather glaring, at the static figure. Her hands balled into fists. "The **** is going on here?"


"M-Mel?" That's right. That figure mentioned Mel, didn't it? Well, her title but still. Was this thing meant for her? But these were the same pods they were in! So what was going on here?! Rose didn't have time to actually ask before the three of them passed out like normal, waking up with the others.


Waking up, Rose shot up, shuddering. What . . . What did she see? What happened? SHe lookedover at Mel and Milia. Mel didn't get up right away. She seemed to lay there for a while before pushing herself off the ground with slow, weak movements.


Vash ran to her side. "Mel? You okay?"


"Y-yeah . . . I guess that death took more of a toll on me than I thought." Mel looked up toward Morgana. "Can we take a break? Just for a bit. I want to ask Havoc about something as well."


Waiting for an answer, Mel tried to send Milia a telepathic message. Don't react. I need to talk to you. But not now. In a bit. But don't let on that we're speaking.
 
Morgana went over towards Mel as she began waking up...


"I see... hmm... Now that we have come this far... time is no longer of the essence... we have Zahan now. All things considered... we have been privileged with a brief respite... we should anyway... But... why was Zorne ghosting you... when did that happen... she fell out from you when you went in the portal almost instantly, and traported away following that..."


Reeza began to wake up by this time as well... looking calm and well rested for a while, if still angry in the eyes... Morgana turned to her as she began waking up once more


"Grah..."


Reeza got up and went towards where they had left Zahan...


"... What do you need to ask of him for... It was you who asked for me to be your medium between you both was it not? Or was that only pertaining to mental messages..."


Morgana's eyes narrowed at Mel, questioning her, before she turned away towards where Reeza left too


"NOOOO!!!!"


The area was covered in illusion, with Vize looking... heavily dazed and confused, as though she were drunk.


"Collosio World!"


Reeza's field skill overwrought Zahan's field skill... but... it seemed he had already left... the illusion gave only gave a false presence of his energy...


"ZAHAN!!!!!!! YOU WILL NOT DENY ME MY VENGEANCE. HE WILL BE AVENGED!!! What happened?!?"


Reeza began shaking the daze Vize heavily, knocking her onto the ground as she laid there, recovering slowly back to normal...


"Uuuurraaahhh....."


"GAHHHHH!!!"


Reeza feels more out of control than when you even fought against her in battle the two times... and began smashing machinery and walls, threatening the space structure's integrity. Despite her actions... you can sense her grief, being far more heavy on her than her anger.


"...!!! Reeza no!"


Morgana ran off to stop her rampage once more...


"..."


Milia was just laying there... not looking upbeat for once, thinking to herself when Mel began talking to her.


"...?! Uh... ya... sure..."





Milia didn't react as Mel asked, got up slowly, and wore a confused look...


You felt Zorne attempting to contact you telepathically...


"If you are wondering where I had went, I wasn't able to come with you through the portal. We split apart as you went inside. I left because I did not want Vash to see me in my poorly clothed state. I am sure you would not of either... I was wondering though... why did Havoc lie to you about his reason for helping Reeza. He's too smart for that poor *** excuse of a reason, and the way he acted, he never acts like that ever, I know him too well. Your memories just now told me that you are going to talk to him. I'm interested in what the hell is wrong with him, and his lies."





Morgana seems preoccupied now...
 
Mel

"He mentioned something about the virus cores, didn't he? That we can use them to become stronger. Well, we're approaching the final stretch right now and I think we have to use them. And if there's a chance we're going to be using this stuff on our bodies, I'm going to need to hear the explanations myself. We'll need to meet him regarding this stuff anyway."


Zahan seemed to have escaped and Reeza went running, followed by Morgana. Seeing the woman leave, Mel assumed it'd be safe to communicate for now, though she wouldn't risk speaking.


Milia, what can you tell me about Morgana? According to Zorne, you should be . . . capable of answering my question. And I'm not asking for a biography. I just need to know. Can she be trusted?


Reeza probably couldn't keep Morgana busy for long. Or maybe she could. Mel didn't know anything about these people.
 
Morgana seemed to accept Mel's reason for wanting to speak with Havoc.


"... uh...?! She said that? Well... The truth is......."


Milia doesn't seem sure herself...


"Well... no one would be able to give you a biography anyway I think..."





Milia sighed...


"I........ Trust her... but..... None of us know anything about her... where she's from, how she's lived, how she even ended up here... it was more like... she just showed up one day out of nowhere... as if she was always here, and asserted herself and helped us all, and saved us... I think...??? ...Even though she ended up...... making slaves out of us all..."


Milia shook her head


"Sorry, I'm rambling, maybe Morgana is rubbing off on me with her stupid long lectures and facts, so annoying... I decided to trust her... but everyone else feels differently... I'd say half of us trust her, and the other half doesn't... all I really know... or remember is that somehow... well... never mind... that's just Reeza's nonsense... well... not really..."





"I... should probably be getting to bond with Rose now... now that I'm back to... well, I wish I could say full power... now that I have my Aura Powers back I guess?"


Milia went over towards Rose, but... suddenly stopped looking sickly all of a sudden... for whatever reason, it sounded as though Reeza stopped rampaging again as well all of a sudden...


"... again... so... soon...?"


Milia's status is now fatigued


The space station itself seemed to be experiencing some sort of earthquake while in space?? Shock waves maybe??? Somehow, everything seemed a little darker, like someone flipped the dimmer switch to reduce the lighting just everywhere all at once. Everywhere began feeling like death, in a very unpleasant way...


"I..... need to go..."


Milia's status is now exhausted


Milia sounds very weak all of a sudden, like she was sleepy, or drained of energy... she tried to run out of the room, but fell over. Mel could sense the same weak feeling coming from Reeza, and through her bond, the same feeling from Zorne as well.


"Please... leave..... I don't... want you to see me... like this..."


Milia's status is now over-exerted, and used up all of her strength... and is continuing to worsen...


An ability seemed to activate on Milia


Curse: Eternity


Milia was surrounded in a teal wave of energy, that seemed to be worsening her condition, as it grew thick around her, all of a sudden, it seemed to be zapping her and all her energy, causing her to scream out loud in pain, unable to stop and hold back what she was feeling, it looked incredibly painful as she squirmed on the floor, completely helpless to what was happening. You were able to hear Reeza roaring out in pain as well down the hall. Mel could sense through her bond with Zorne, that something horrible was happening to her as well in the same instant and intensity, and seemed to be worsening.


Milia's level is decreasing.


Milia's stats are decreasing.


"What's going on?!?! Why is she like that???? Someone do something?!"


Vize is freaking out, and went to try to touch Milia, but got shocked and knocked backwards through the air like a rag doll as it violently rejected her presence near Milia.


"Ow... why am I... sleepy..."


Vize managed to get back up on her feet... groggy seemingly... After a few minutes, the phenomenon enveloping Milia, and Reeza ended. It didn't sound or feel like Morgana was affected at all... Milia seemed to be rapidly recovering from this... but, looks as though she's in horrible condition... the tremors shaking the space ship seemed to cease as well, and the lighting of the world seemed to return to how it should be.


"Is... it over? What happened...?"





Milia appears to still be conscious, but... too weak and out of breath to do anything... It feels as though Reeza is recovering a little faster than Milia.
 
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Mel

Mel was unsatisfied with Milia's answer, not feeling any better about the situation with Morgana. But then again, she didn't expect much from doing something like this. Well, she supposed she'd need to look into the Reeza thing. Well, that was until something strange was happening with Milia. And it just wasn't her. The same thing seemed to be happening to Reeza and even Zorne. Not Morgana but Mel didn't have time to think about that now.


Whatever that was, it seemed to finish soon enough. Still, with what happened to Vize, she was unsure of what'd happen if they got to close to Milia and Reeza now. Mel tried sending a message to Morgana.


Morgana. What the **** just happened? Milia's collapsed and I sense the same thing that happened to her happened to Reeza as well.
 
"Milia and Reeza were simply fulfilling their duties as Aura Knights. This happened while you were are asleep as well in Havoc's Tower. Whenever 'our' martyr is killed, the phenomenon you witnessed will occur. This martyr resides in an area we have re-purposed as 'The Dirge of Tartarus' a place we have no purpose for going ever. It is the current prison of 'M' and our martyr is to be engaged in combat with it until we can eradicate it... or at least... that was the plan. The purpose of keeping it in combat, is to prevent it from escaping, as it had tried just moments ago before the curse took hold."


Morgana walked into the room the group was in, Reeza was stumbling in on after her angrily, falling down again shortly after.


"You....."


Reeza looks seriously pissed at Morgana


"When this happens, some of our strength is stolen from us, sent to Azure to empower itself, and finally sent to empower our martyr. The levels and stats we accumulated then becomes both their levels and stats. This is to counter 'M's' ever increasing strength and capabilities. By doing this we have delayed our deaths for over a year now, This is how we live."


Morgana came on over towards Milia, and helped her up, Milia still holding onto Morgana like a crutch...


"We fight, we grow strong. We're zapped, and grow weak. This cycle will occur forever, until one side perishes. As things stand now however, we have no chance of winning but it is fine, we have done our best to live normal lives. The place Wayne protects has done this to best degree, compared to Havoc's but as of recently, our population has only been on the decline. And eventually, there won't be anyone to make the provisions we need to keep fighting."


"And its all your fault....... Morgana... I won't... accept this........ Zahan's a bigger priority than you, he's gotta be weak after the curse drained him as well."





Morgana turned to Reeza... giving her a look...


"Traport"


Morgana turned back towards Mel


"..... This only affects Aura Knights. Even though you have bonded with us, there is no risk for you. This is not a burden you need to bare. Zahan is an Aura Knight as well, meaning even he is affected by this, even though he aids 'M'. He still needs to grow strong to stand against us. As it stands now, the hundreds of levels he may have accumulated from all of us should be mostly drained, and on our playing level... ignoring Aberrant interference..."


"... I'm..... fine... so....... can we cut the explanations... already..."


Milia certainly doesn't look fine, and rather out of breath, but her energy is already recovering, back to normal, despite the noticeable decrease in potential strength... she still seems about as strong as the group


"Because I am no longer an Aura Knight, the process no longer affects me. Reeza, Tarve, Havoc, Saber, Zorne, Havoc... Milia... and Zahan. These are the individuals who sustain this world currently.


Morgana looked down at Milia, supporting her still.


"You should get back to fighting Milia, and build your strength, before he gets killed again. It happens at least once a week if you have forgotten, and already happened twice in under 24 hours."


"... shut up, I'm gonna take it easy for a bit, and check on the monoliths..."


Milia stumbled out of the room on her own.


"... That should satisfy your question... don't waste your energy when you don't have too. It may seem mundane to you, but we have no notification before hand when the curse needs to activate. We always need to maintain top form, and is why some of us may be hesitant to trust or help you with your needs, but it already seems that you've made yourself on good terms with everyone. All that's left is for Milia to bond with Rose, and for me to force Zahan out of his position as an Aura Knight, and take up the position that was wrest from me."


Morgana went towards the door of the room they were in.


"If you are looking for Havoc, I last detected him in Tartarus nearly unconsious, or rather recovered from such a state. I'll follow shortly upon your departure, there's no need to notify me."


Morgana left the room to do what... she does...?
 
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Mel

"I see . . . " Mel wasn't sure what to make of Morgana's explanation. But one thing was bothering her. If the other aura knights had to give up their levels multiple times now, how strong was Morgana?


Reeza then left and so did Morgana, leaving Mel to think about their next move. Reeza was right. If Zahan had his power drained, they'd need to strike quickly. But there'd need to be some preparations as well. As much as she'd hate to admit it, fighting Zahan would be difficult otherwise. Maybe they'd make use of the virus cores.


"Okay," Mel said, "Here's what we're going to do. Morgana, I need you to translate the monolith back in the ice area. I'll do the one over here. Everyone else can rest for now, but Princess, Vize and Vash should head over to the thunder area so we can meet up with Havoc. Princess, you are not to allow Vash anywhere near him until I get there. I don't need him seeing anything he doesn't need to. We need to be quick about this so that Zahan doesn't have a chance to regain any of his strength. Am I clear?"


"Yep!" Vash shouted, pumping his fist in the air. "There should be food, right? I'm kind of hungry right now."


Rose nodded before ushering the boy out of the room, heading toward the thunder area.


Mel herself headed back toward where they found the monolith, wanting to read it before going back.
 
Light Area: Space Station


"Okay then, it'd be nice to relax there too."


The Rose, Vize, and Vash used traport to warp away, going to the thunder area. When Mel went back to where she found Milia limping into a room just beyond, with the door shutting closed just as Mel caught a view of her. Before the door had closed, it looked as though there was another monolith in the room Milia was in now.


As Mel began to look at the Monolith, she would find that the words on it appeared as though it were just plain English to her, although that is probably thanks to her abilities she's obtained at this point.


"To those who read this, those that remain and continue to persist, know that the seal of ruin upon Tartarus weakens. Should the seal fade upon it entirely, and would I fall to that I continue to suppress, it falls to you to bare my task. Failure to do so, will result in the end of all.


"There is but only 6 cursed tools that 'M' utilizes. These pieces of equipment are dangerous to all, and it appears only 'M' can make proper use of them without backlash. Despite their power, each of them possesses a weakness I have recorded on other monoliths. However, despite giving information on the 6 we have fought, there lays a 7th I have sealed away. Should 'M' manage to obtain this, after I have been met with oblivion, there will be nothing capable of breaking the barrier she will utilize. She will then have become truly invincible, and with it, the fate of this world, and its inhabitants, those present now and those to be, will be sealed."


The 2nd side appears to have been inscribed by Azure again


"The true power of an Aura Knight lies in its bonds with those around them. Those who support and prevent each other's demise, working together as one. It was only in the strength of spirit and numbers that 'M' was barely able to be overcome. This power however does appear to have an equal, a method perverted by the one named Morgana, who took this an extreme, by sacrificing herself, the other Aura Knights, and the Martyr, who I was named after. The strength of a soul is not one that I possess, but from those who created me. This monolith will stand as a testament to Morgana's sin, and the melancholy that hangs over the others I as continue to sustain this world. Now I am beyond Death itself, and will not die, even when killed, do not attempt to recreate me, and do not allow Morgana to reattempt this, my existence is an unstable one that causes only suffering, both to the Knights, and the Martyr."


The 3rd side appears to have been written by Azure once more


"The land that we protect is vast, and with such a great area under our watch, our presence anywhere at a moments notice diminishes exponentially. The strength of non-Aura Knights is limited, and by bonding with those who are not, their limits can be surpassed, as well as the Aura Knights. When the Aura Knight is absent, there lies a technique I laid dormant within this Monolith, to be passed down to the reader of this message. Do not use this when your respective Knight is present, for its purpose is to minimize the cost of separation, and with it, will only hinder you both otherwise."


Mel felt a power flow into her.


Mel learned the skill "Doublesoul Zorne"


~~~~~


Thunder Area: Havoc's Tower


You traported directly in front of Havoc's tower, as you wanted. Strangely, it doesn't seem as though Havoc is here, you can't sense him at all. Somehow, everything feels calmer now ever since he and the Aberrant left, as though some sort of sexual tension in the air was lifted. You can still sense other somewhat powerful people inside, no where near your level and strength. Fujin and Raijin seemed to be in here as well.


"Are things going to get weird again?"


Rose could recall exactly where Havoc showed her the one machine used for using the virus cores, as well as change anything else, they might want, if they even wanted too. Could be useful for reverting Rose's hair color from purple to her natural color.
 
Mel

Why couldn't the majority of these monoliths be more straightforward? Mel didn't like the overly flowery way most of these things were but she got the general gist of it, so it wasn't worth the time to complain about it now.


"Traport."


Mel teleported to Havoc's tower. For now the others were inside it seemed, but Havoc himself wasn't back yet. Ugh . . . great. He was in Tartarus, she remembered. Making her way towards the others, she considered her options. They could wait for Havoc to come back. They could press as many buttons as they could and see what happens. Or she could try contacting the guy herself. She didn't want to though. But what sort of shit could he get himself into there? She'd still rather not.


Once there, she took note of the large machines, and as she'd already known, no Havoc.


"So this thing is what we need for the virus cores?"


Rose nodded. "Yeah. Havoc's already told me how it works but it sort of comes down to what we're going to do. There's a lot of options. We can upgrade our skills or stats and such."


"Yeah . . . I don't feel that great with you running the thing. You haven't even used it before. You only got a brief lecture. You'd probably screw up. Besides, like you said, there's too many options. I don't want to jump in and waste time getting upgrades we don't need."


"We could try asking people what we should do?"


"That's . . . that's not a bad idea. You go do that then. I want to talk to someone first."


Rose left the room to find someone while Mel tried to contact Morgana. Morgana? Have you finished the monolith yet? If you have time, I'd like to talk, in person. Could you come to Havoc's tower?
 
"... Considering that you already no longer require me to translate these monoliths for you, you can consider my unfinished work complete... before you tasked me to do such... I will be there shortly..."


After a minute or two, Morgana arrived a distance away from Mel, teleporting in.


"..."


Morgana approached Mel, looking at the modification machine, with a somber look on her face... for some reason...


"... What is it that you would talk with me about?"





~~~~~


Rose would run into Fujin and Raijin as she attempted to look for familiar faces, they look strangely worn out, and... for whatever reason, everyone else in this tower seemed to be acting the same way.


"... oh, Rose? That you? Weren't you off with that gloomy girl or something?"





"Hi Rose... what's up...?"





Fujin/Raijin (Lust 86% -> 85%)
 
Rose

"O-oh?" Rose jumped a bit at their voices. "Well, yeah. But I went off to find someone who could help us." She thought a bit, looking up at the women before speaking again. "You guys have used Havoc's machine, right? Maybe you could help us?"


"It may sound a bit silly but we're having a bit of a hard time what to do with our virus cores. There's a lot of choices and . . . I was just wondering if you had any sort of suggestions of what we should use them on or improve?"


~~~~~


Mel

Mel looked at Morgana before silently leaving the room, leading the woman to the first empty room she could find. Once she made sure to close the door behind them, she addressed Morgana.


"Morgana, how strong are you? What's your level?" She locked eyes with the woman, searching to any form of reaction to her questions.


"I spoke with Zorne. She had some rather unpleasant things to say about you. But mainly, it was that we can't trust you. And the monolith mentioned something about your 'sin'. Now I don't care about what you've done. Not unless it directly affects me or Vash. But I do need to know if I can trust you. So I have to ask. If we bond. Will I die?"
 
Morgana


"My current level is 74 Mel."


There was no reaction from her what so ever, besides the blank, empty stare that she gave Mel. When Mel talked about Morgana's 'sin' her eyes flared for a bit, with surprise before returning to normal.


"I see... I noticed that Zorne appeared to have changed dramatically after you two bonded. You must have overwhelmed her during the process, despite her small level advantage. Considering what I know about her, and what I've come to learn about you, and how she feels about me, its no wonder she does not trust me. How your inner workings are, with what we had to go through in the past must of magnified how she feels toward me now. It's likely only an after effect of the bonding process, likely from a volatile bond between you both. The way we are similar would be far safer... more special than compared with everyone else, than the way you are with Zorne, to the point that I would have to put extraordinary effort towards killing you from a bonding process at my current strength. I will put this in a way I'm sure you can understand, we need you're help, as it stands. Killing you would be the same as killing us in the long run. So you have nothing to fear from me."


Again, she seemed to have not react in any peculiar way besides back then as she spoke.


"If that satisfy you Mel, we should resume making progress, instead of standing around, being useless. Why don't you continue working on upgrades, or go read the Monolith you sent me to..."


~~~~~


Fujin/Raijin


"Ah... that... well, Havoc told us about that when he was trying to make the things work..."


For whatever reason, Raijin wasn't looking at Rose when she was talking, he face appeared to be flushed as well


"Raijin knows more about this, I wasn't really paying attention"


"Well, If you're hunting Aberrants, you should probably upgrade that. It'll make it more useful. Why not upgrade what your scanning skill, and make it an auto-ability instead of a skill you have to waste a turn on? It'd probably tell you more info too. Upgrading armor might be better than weapons, since you probably only change armor if it gets broken or torn to shreds, and well... end up wearing tattered shreds, and pretty much almost naked. We've all gotten used to that here, and really don't mind since everyone is a girl now, right Fujin?"


Fujin looked real embarrassed when she said that, and got flustered.


"S-SHUT UP. As soon as its all safe and everything, I'm turning back into a guy! You hear me!!! Being in a girl body has its perks... But........"


Fujin is freaking out, then ran away


"Don't bully me Raijin. Don't do this in front of others!!"


"Aw... geez, I probably went too far, guess my head was to full from Havoc's overwhelming Lust Aura now that the Aberrant died. I feel sorry for him... just up and leaving on us like that. Well Rose, just whatever you use often, upgrade it into a stronger version. You could probably use it to learn new Arcane Artes, or maybe a powerful Mystic Arte. I'm liking the purple hair by the way Rose? Is it natural?"


Raijin is peaking at Rose from the corner of her eye.


Raijin (Lust 85% ->84%)
 
Rose

Fujin was a guy? Oh, right. Didn;t she hear something about all the guys here becoming women or something? Rose listened and nodded, thinking on Raijin's words, aside from the situation with Fujin. Armor. Scans. And whatever skills they used the most. Things seemed standard. Eassy to understand.


"Oh?" Rose took a strand of hair in her hand, looking it over as Raijin mentioned it. "Ah, no. It just sort of happened during an Aberrant fight. I'm not really sure why. I've been feeling a bit weird lately too. I think it may have to do with the environment here or something."


~~~~~


Mel

Mel wasn't satisfied. The numbers didn't feel right to her. Didn't make sense. "Then why do you hide your level? Wouldn't it be easier to defeat these Aberrants if we knew what you could do rather than guessing and using the same skills each time?"


But she didn't press on. Crossing her arms, she huffed out a sigh. "Whatever. I still don't feel good about this but for now, we need to focus on Zahan, I guess. Fine. I'll go see the ******* monolith."


"Traport." Mel teleported over to the ice area. She'd go see about the machine and cores later.
 
Ice Area


The whole place somehow seemed a bit friendlier to be in at least, no more blizzards for sure, and it looks like Havoc's soldiers are keeping the area under relative control, as far as monsters go, with the people just littered about, doing their own business.


The monolith wasn't hard at all to get to. Less than a minute away from where Mel ported in to read it.


"To those who read this, those that remain and continue to persist, know that the seal of ruin upon Tartarus weakens. Should the seal fade upon it entirely, and would I fall to that I continue to suppress, it falls to you to bare my task. Failure to do so, will result in the end of all.


"One of six tools 'M' wields is known as Odin's Veil, a mythical cloak which renders one's magic useless. It is a special armor beyond the capabilities of which 'M' along with her normal powerful garb, which voids their opposer's magic, forcing one to rely on their physicality. Without the aid of magic, the power of Aura, it will be impossible to counter the other tools of which 'M' uses. However, like normal armor, this can be broken all the same, a flaw that must be exploited while one has the strength,


"Only those who can manage without magic, have as little as a chance of survival."


Something... was strange about this monolith, on the second side, it appeared to be green in color, despite all the other's looking Mel has ever read looking blue. There doesn't really seem to be any indication as to why that is however...


"Entree #266"


"Today was kinda alright... I managed to kill 'M' again, making this the 8th time I've killed her yet, without being killed myself. This is giving me much more time to confine and control this place than I thought, but... I think I might actually starve to death if I keep beating her like this. It's been a while since I died from starvation, It's already getting really hard to ignore the need to eat, and to force my body to move, despite running on fumes here. My Max HP is already down 90% because of this... and it keeps ticking down even while I'm forcing these entree's up above. Even if it kills me, I'm not going to let you forget what you did to me Morgana."


"On that note, I think I'll end it here, 'M' is probably going to revive herself in maybe an hour or two. I'm going to look around for those static portals that started popping up. They always randomly appear directly in front of me, and going in them takes me to some place where someone's cast 'Xith's Dimension'. I remember that being one of your skills Morgana, so why do these Aberrant's know them?"


"End Entree"


The 3rd side was blank... just nothing on that side at all, but was still green like the second side. Strangely, after a few seconds, text started appearing on it... as if someone where writing a novel on it, if that made sense.


"Entree #267"


"Today was pretty bad... a couple of people got swallowed by Aberrants up above, some girl who said her name was Marith, and this demon kid with white hair. I kept asking him for his name after I saved him from 'M', but he wouldn't tell me, and kept saying he knew me. I'm certain that I've never met this kid, so he obviously had me confused for someone else, but other than that, he was pretty good. I told him to run while I fought 'M' but he insisted he helped out, calling himself a hero of justice. This kid was crazy, but funny in its own way, but he's way to hard headed, I nearly died trying to keep him from dying, but well... he actually killed 'M' for me with all the buffs I put onto him. He said hero's never die unless it's again the final boss, and... even though there really isn't a final boss in this game, I guess 'M' counts as one? From what I think Morgana told me, she said this game was meant to be a sort of sandbox type of MMO. I really didn't know what any of that meant, since I don't know video games, but it makes me wonder what made her say that.


"Somehow, I got the kid to go to sleep before I died from exhaustion and starvation, thirst. I'm sure the Aura Knights weren't happy when that happened. One thing was bothering me still, this kid mentioned a couple names. Mel and Riff. They are probably friends of his. I think I might be able to use the those static portals to break out of the dirge with the kid, and bring him back to his friends. I might not be able to truly die, but as you know, if he dies even once, he'll die here forever, and his body in the real world will die too. He helped me out, and its the least I can do to thank him."


"Like I thought, I broke out, and used Data Drain to break the link the dirge had on him. I just wish I could use Data Drain on myself to do the same. Drain Arc and Drain Heart didn't look like they'd work either, so much for being upgraded forms of Data Drain..."


" 'M' changed the way she looks again. For a goddess of death, supposedly, she's really annoying when she's not in that cloak monster form. I really wish she'd shut up. At least she stopped taking the form of the Princess of Lucifer entirely now. It was distracting considering how I look up to that person, and what she represents. No matter what you say Morgana, there's no way she'd get taken into this game. There's a reason why I chose her as my idol after all, she's a force of nature you can't contain, unrelenting and unmerciful to all except her closest of friends. I think that when I get out of here, and back to the real world, I'd like to meet her at least once, and probably end up fighting her. After fighting 'M' for so long... I'd like to at least see the real deal once, who 'M' was supposed to take over, after all, there's no way the Princess of Lucifer would let me live if I saw her face, that's how she probably stayed alive, and if she was the one who killed me, I think I'd be content strangely. Spending so much time down here, dying horribly and coming back alive... I think it's ****** up my perception of reality after a year of this. What she represents and what I aspire to take after kept me sane. At this point... I guess I'm just fighting so I can die a proper death one last time..."


"**** you Morgana. I'm about to die again..."


"End Entree"


The 2nd and 3rd sides... certainly were 'unique' compared to the other monolith's that was for sure...


~~~~~


Raijin


"The environment?? You're not feeling right either? Was it Havoc's Lust Waves? Ever since the Aberrant died, Havoc was basically affecting us as strongly as the Aberrant here was."


Raijin got up to go up to look at Rose, checking out her face, and put a hand her her forehead


"You feel fine to me Rose, and you look healthy to me... nothing but a cute girl from what I can see....."


Raijin seemed to start to be acting oddly...


Raijin (Lust 84% ->85%)


"Hey..... you're really pretty Rose... now that I'm really taking a look at you........ Do you..... have that one skill that... drain's lust...? Even if you don't... there's another way around that..."


You can sense that Raijin is being affected from the high amount of lust that Havoc likely involuntarily afflicted her... and everyone else here with before leaving. Now might be a good time to push away Raijin, and work on upgrades... unless...
 
Mel

What. The ****. Was she reading? Mel felt a shiver down her spine as her eyes scanned over the green text. Creeped and disgusted wasn't enough to explain how she felt about this. Azure was either a two faced slimeball, purposely trying to appeal to her good side through this, or completely delusional to write what he did. But pushing that aside, and she intended to, the Azure Vash met back in that place seemed to be more important than she realized, if he was writing on these monoliths. Making note of what she read, Mel traported back to Havoc's tower.


Rose

"I . . . uh . . . I have to go." Rose backed away, slowly at first before dashing back into the room with the others. That was . . . creepy. Like really creepy. Rose could still feel the goosebumps on her arms. It looked like not everything was a-okay in the tower. Some were still suffering from the lust in the area. She shook her head, wanting to forget this and move on.


She addressed everyone, including Mel, having not noticed the girl leave before. "Well, Raijin thinks we need to focus on armor, scanning and any skills we use most," she explained, twirling her hair around her finger. Was the purple that out of place? Granted even she thought it was weird but still.


"Fine then. We've got 10 cores, 9 if we use one for the enhanced scan. 4 of us, so 2 each and we'll leave the last one for now if there's no immediate need for it. Princess, show me how this thing works then. Vash, get in the machine."


Vash entered the pod, and Rose did her best to give detailed explanations on how it all worked. They used a virus core on enhanced scan but before they did any other, Mel made them stop for a bit while she tried contacting Morgana.


Morgana. You should know about the dark area, right? If so, what sort of stuff should we expect there?
 
~I am there now Mel, in a location you could call that place's outskirts, safe from its influence


No one has entered that place ever since Azure replaced me as an Aura Knight for Zahan, only because he was stronger than me, and to use that area as his prison. As you can see, that plan of his backfired, and caused the most recent problems we face today. It's been a year since then, and I can only imagine he's turned it into his playground. Any time someone tried to go there since then, they've taken considerable damage from the area's atmosphere alone, brimming with corruption. From what Havoc told me, all of his roaming brigade of warriors that entered there haven't returned or been accounted for.


Anyone who does not have a dark affinity, natural or otherwise will be continually damaged, especially Rose and Milia... at least that was before Milia regained her Aura to nullify that factor for us. If you are not bringing Milia along with us, it would be wise to make sure Rose is bonded with Milia, so that she can use Aura Abilities to nullify it. Otherwise, I suggest using the machine to change your races from your natural ones, to one's supporting a dark affinity. Vize should be able to become a Hell Raven, Rose a Night Blade, and Vash to a Death Knight. Your Skills and abilities may change if you do so... Rose might no longer be able to heal... Vash may become... less of a tank and more, self-sacrificing in his attacks, although become stronger, and Vize will likely lose her support and status infliction's.


From what I can sense, there's someone else there who is not Zahan, being possessed by an Aberrant, rather than eaten. Considering that it is Zahan's home turf, I believe he likely been laying traps for us. Considering that it is the last destination for us to go, I am sure he is as well pre-pared for us as he could get, if he has been taking notes of all of your capabilities. At this point, I would prepare for anything, after all, once he is dealt with... we'll be able to be the most relaxed we ever had the chance to be here...~


On the screen Rose was operating that controls the machine, a few things came up.


Vash.exe Options


Biology - Altar physical appearance
Standard and Advanced info about how to change virtually everything about the body, including gender


Class - Change Battle Role and skills
Zap Paladin (Default); Defensive and Electrical themed abilities. (Thunder Affinity)


Death Knight; Deliver devastating attacks and dark attacks at the cost of HP. Buff offense at the cost of defense, or allies (Dark Affinity)


Speed Demon; Evasion based tanking, using Electrical, Wind, and Dark based abilities. (Wind Affinity)


Race - Change innate abilities
Demonic (Default); Increased Physical Attributes. Weak to Light, Weak to Expel. Not Affected by Break


Shade; Increased Magical Attributes. Weak to Light, Weak to Holy, Weak to Expel. Immune to Dark. Not Affected by Break


Imp; Increased Status Resistance. Weak to Light, Resist Dark. Not Affected by Break


Skills - Upgrade current skills (1 VC), or add a new Arcane(2 VC)/Mystic Arte(3 VC) (Virus Cores required)
Metal Claw -> Hyper Claw


[Current] Converts Hand Into a uniform, curved, sharp slab of steel. Increases Attack. Standard Attacks may Cause Break. Physical


[New: Bonus Break Chance (+20%)]


Terra Blade -> Gaia Blade


[Current] Converts Hand into a jagged slab of earth. Standard attacks may cause bleed. Physical.


[New: Higher Damage, Bonus Bleed Chance (15%)]


Lightning Blade -> Super Lightning Blade


[Current] Converts Hand Into an Extended Blade of Pure Electricity. Standard Attacks deal additional thunder Magic Damage.


[New: Higher Lightning Damage, May cause Shock]


Iron Defense -> Iron Shield


[Current] Hardens and Reinforces the body to increase Defense. Allows User to defend from any angle and to defend from multiple targets. Decreases Agility. Stance Type.


[New: Also Increases Magic Defense, Vulnerable to break]


Iron Stand -> Hyper Counter


[Current] Endure a Physical Fatal Hit, HP will not go under 1. Over use will result in eventual failure. Stance Type


[New: Immune to Physical damage during turn used. Can no longer be used if performed last turn]


Artful Sacrifice -> Heartful Sacrifice


[Current] Attack an enemy then defend an ally


[New: Taunts multiple enemies at user. No longer does damage]


Shrapnel -> Killer Confetti


[Current] Rapidly Launches Pieces of Current Hand Conversion at enemy. Requires Hand Conversion. Physical


[New: Multi-hit or Multi-Target, Less damage]


Magno-Barrage -> Gravity


[Current] Magnetize a target and cause metal materials to Collide with the Target. Mixed Thunder


[New: Grounds Flying/Airborne Targets. Increases Tarve's Meteor Cleave Greatly. Prevents knocking enemies airborne to disable them, instead deals damage upon their landing]


Zio -> Zionga


[Current] Weak Mantra Lightning Magic.


[New: Higher Lightning Damage]


Zionga -> Ziodyne


[Current] Strong Mantra Lightning Magic. Chance to inflict shock


[New: Higher Lightning Damage]


Mazionga -> Maziodyne


[Current] Strongish Mantra Lightning Magic, multi-target, Small chance to inflict shock


[New: Higher Lightning Damage]


Spark Wave -> Thunder Arrow


[Current] Engulf Target in a Sphere of Electricity. Lightning Magic


[New: Higher Lightning Damage, May decrease Magic Defense, No longer Multi-hit]


Gan Bolg -> GiGan Bolg


[Current] Rise jagged rocks from under an enemy, and send them together as a big chunk. Earth Magic


[New: Higher Earth Damage]


Grave -> Ground Dasher


[Current] Rise various jagged rocks from the ground, skewing enemies, and potentially their defenses. Earth Magic. May decrease defense.


[New: -> Higher Earth Damage, Hits 3 Random Enemy Targets]


Patra -> Me Patra


[Current] Cures Panic and Distress. Mantra Magic


[New: -> Cures Stun, Fear, Charm, Enrage, Shock. All Allies]


Add Arcane Arte (2 Virus Cores)


StoneSkin (1 Turn Cost) - Adds a second skin of armor of earth and minerals. Decrease damage of all party members by 25%. (Lasts 5 turns)


Awakening (1 Turn Cost) - Vash's True Form. Greatly Increase Physical Offense/Physical Defense/Accuracy, Auto Flight, Auto Heal 40% (Lasts 3 Turns) Increases Exhaustion Level after over.


Add Mystic Arte (3 Virus Cores)


StoneSkin II (2 Turn Cost, Mind Charge) - Adds a second skin of earth and metals. Decrease damage of all party members by 40%, increase status resistance by +20, can not be dispelled by most cleansing effects.





Vize.exe Options


Biology - Altar physical appearance
Standard and Advanced info about how to change virtually everything about the body.


Class - Change Battle Role and skills
Sky Reaver (Default); Offensive and status inflicting abilities (Wind Affinity)


Road Runner; Offensive, Evasion, Earth based abilities (Earth Affinity)


Hell Raven; Disabling and crippling dark based support abilities(Dark Affinity)


Race - Change innate abilities
Harpy (Default); Increased Speed. Increased Accuracy. Blind Immunity. Weak to Thunder. Flight. Not affected by Break.


Garuda; Increased Speed. Increased Physical Offense. Weak to Wind, Resist Earth. Not Affected by Break


Cockatrice; Increased Status Resistance. Increased Status infliction chance. Weak to Ice. Not Affected by Break


Skills - Upgrade current skills (1 VC), or add a new Arcane(2 VC)/Mystic Arte(3 VC) (Virus Cores required)
Aerial Ace -> Extreme Speed


[Current]Dash around at a high speed to attack. Can be Empowered. Never misses. Higher Crit Chance (+10)


[New: Ignores 'Perfect Dodge' ability]


Feather Vulcan -> Feather Rain


[Current] Shoot Feathers as a Weapon. Can be Empowered. Can hit multiple targets for lesser damage. Physical.


[New: Buffets Enemies for several turns for damage. Less damage]


Aero Burst -> Aero Zone


[Current] Fires a large feather powered by wind energy to burst upon a target, releasing a torrent of sapping wind. May increased fatigue levels of target.


[New: No damage, Increases target fatigue greatly while effect. Channeled Skill]


Steel Wings -> Vorpal Wings


[Current] Turn Wings as hard as Steel for increased offense and defense. Removes other wing enhancements.


[New: Increases Offense higher, No Defensive bonus]


Flame Wings -> Draco Wings


[Current] Imbues Wings with a Burn Effect Chance on Physical Wing Attacks. Removes other wing enhancements


[New: Effects also apply to Wind Magic]


Paralysis Wings -> Viral Wings


[Current] Imbues Wings with a Paralysis Effect Chance on Physical Wing Attacks. Removes other wing enhancements


[New: Effects also apply to Wind Magic]


Venom Wings -> Rancor Wings


[Current] Imbues Wings with a Poison Effect Chance on Physical Attacks. Removes other Wing enhancements


[New: Effects also apply to Wind Magic]


Narcotic Wings -> Spore Wings


[Current] Imbues Wings with a Sleep Effect Chance on physical attack. Removes other wing enhancements.


[New: Effects also apply to Wind Magic]


Swallow Waltz -> Fleeting Ramba


[Current] Dance around the enemy, striking them with wings several times. Evade chance +10 while in use. Physical.


[New: Increase Evasion Chances of all allies. No damage]


Garu -> Garula


[Current] Weak Mantra Wind Magic


[New: Higher Damage]


Wind Sickles -> Painful Trade Winds


[Current] Blow Heavy Slicing Wind that can hit multiple foes. Wind Magic


[New: Weather Effect, multiple turns in effect]


Air Blade -> Wind Spear


[Current] A Harsh, Big, Piercing Wind Laser that cannot be physically blocked. May cause Topple on Multiple foes. Wind Magic. Piercing


[New: Single Target, Binds a target to surfaces if possible. Dazes


Tailwind -> Tornado


[Current] Creates a massive aero-zone of boosting wind that helps drive ally actions and reaction. Increases accuracy. Weather Skill


[New: Randomly Redirects Projectile Attacks, Gale Aura Synergy


Add Arcane Artes: (2 Virus Cores)


Twister (1 Turn Cost, High Tension) Creates a massive blowing energy that sucks up hostiles and removes them from battle. Auto Ends battle if successful, no Exp Gain, Affected Enemies remain undefeated.


Sky Drop (1 Turn Cost) Steal a target up into the sky with you, removing user and target from battle. Return next turn dealing damage to target. Cancels synergy effects while in air.


Add Mystic Arte (3 Virus Cores)


None Available...





Mel.exe Options


Biology - Altar physical appearance
Standard and Advanced info about how to change virtually everything about the body.


Class - Change Battle Role and skills
Necron (Default); Offensive and Support Dark based abilities (Dark Affinity)


Wave Master; Defensive, and Healing Water based abilities (Water Affinity)


Frost Witch; Offensive and debuff Ice based abilities(Ice Affinity)


Race - Change innate abilities
Human (Default); Immune to Expel. Resist Tension Down. Ability Not affected by Break.


Demon; Increased Physical Attributes. Weak to Light, Weak to Expel. Not Affected by Break


Yuki Onna; Resist Dark. Immune to Instant Death. Immune to Death. Weak to Expel. Weak to Holy.


Skills - Upgrade current skills (1 VC), or add a new Arcane(2 VC)/Mystic Arte(3 VC) (Virus Cores required)
Ap Corv -> Sharpness


[Current] Empower's a target with magical energy to increase physical offense.


[New: All allies, Weaker Buff, Mantra]


Ap Corva - Acuteness


[Current] Empower's a target with magical energy to increase magical offense.


[New: All allies, Weaker Buff, Mantra]


Ap Vorv - Keenness


[Current] Empower's a target with magical energy to increase physical defense.


[New: All allies, Weaker Buff, Mantra]


Ap Anid - Darkness


[Current] Empower's a weapon with Dark Energy that Bursts itself on Physical Contact For additional Dark Elemental Magic Damage. Causes Break.


[New: May also cause stun or blind]


Miu Lei - Marin Karin


[Current] High chance to charm females, and forces the target to act under your control. Fails on non-female targets (+15 on roll)


[New: All targets, Less Chance, Mantra]


Ani Zot - Dark Theft


[Current] Conjures a Dark Weapon for use or Launch. Requires Weapon Type ID's to conjure.


[New: May steal target's weapon, Mantra]


MeAni Zot - Dark Soak


[Current] Muddle's the ground with a caustic darkness. Dark Magic.


[New: Attracts Acid from all around. Effective Armor damage. Mantra]


PhyAni Zot - Dark Blaster


[Current] Summons a Dark Orb that Fires a Barrage of Dark Magic.


[New: Creates a persistent Dark Orb, lasting until destroyed. Can be destroyed. Less Damage. Mantra]


DiAni Zot - Dark Drain


[Current] Drain's a Target's Life Energy to Heal the User. Dark Mantra Magic.


[New: Siphon Health and Mana. May cause Mana Recovery on Target. Weak Heal.]


Hell Pyre - Hell Plume


[Current] Create a sweeping gale of Fire along the ground. May Cause Topple. Fire/Wind Magic.


[New: May Burn a target. Multiple Targets. No longer Topples.]


Bufula -> Bufudyne


[Current] Moderately powerful Mantra Ice Magic. Low Chance to inflict freeze. (-15) to status roll


[New: Higher Ice Damage]


Mabufula -> Mabufudyne


[Current] Slightly less Moderately powerful Mantra Ice Magic that hits all foes. Low Chance to inflict freeze (-25) to status roll


[New: Higher Ice Damage]


Mudo -> Mudoon


[Current] Creates a curse that is launched at the enemy. Weak Attempt to invoke Death. 25% Chance


[New: Higher Chances]


Mudoon X Already Maxed


[Current] Creates a potent curse that is launched at the enemy. Attempt to invoke Death. 40% Chance


(40% Weak, 10% Resist). Mantra Magic.


Gehenna Gate -> Spirit Gate


[Current] Create a void portal out of magic which launches a strange force that targets the enemy's defense increase of magical defense


[New: Holy Damage, Light Damage, Not Dark Element]


Add Arcane Artes: (2 Virus Cores)


Mortal Draw (1 Turn Cost) Skewer an enemy with dark magic and physical strikes. Causes Instant Death on targets under 10% HP. Effective against armor/clothing.


Sanguine Sustenance (1 Turn Cost) Wound yourself, causing Bleed, and use your life force to enhance your allies. Increases Max HP of Allies, except user. Heals slightly all allies except user. [bonus Max HP = Damage self inflicted * 2]. Increases stats of Demonic Races/Dark Affinity. Buff slowly fades if user is incapacitated/dying/dead. Inflicts Bleed on user.


Add Mystic Arte (3 Virus Cores)


Die for Me! (3 Turn Cost) Ultimate Mudo Skill. Inflicts Death on all targets. (100% chance on weak. 50% Chance. 0% Chance on Resist)





Rose.exe Options


Biology - Altar physical appearance
There are errors and graphical glitches everywhere... Even the interface is messed up... After a few seconds, the system takes you out of this menu. Looks like Rose's body and appearance can't be altered, and is still stuck with purple hair.


Class - Change Battle Role and skills
War Shaman (Default); Healing and Light Based abilities (Light Affinity)


Sharpshooter; Offensive, Buff and Wind/Earth based abilities (Wind Affinity)


Night Blade; Status and debuff Dark/Light based abilities (Dark Affinity)


Race - Change innate abilities
Elf (Default); Increased Accuracy, Increased Speed. Resistant to Earth. Weak to Fire. Not Affected by Break


Fairy; Increased Evasion. Immune to Expel. Immune to Death. Variable Size. Flight. Not Affected by Break


Dark Elf; Increased Offense. Resist Dark. Weak to Holy. Not Affected by Break


Skills - Upgrade current skills (1 VC), or add a new Arcane(2 VC)/Mystic Arte(3 VC) (Virus Cores required)
Dia -> Diarama


[Current] Heals a Target Slightly. Mantra Magic


[New:


Media -> Mediarama


[Current] Heals Everyone Slightly. Mantra Magic


[New:


Diarama X Maxed


[Current] Heals a Target Moderately. Mantra Magic


[New: None]


Repth -> OI Repth


[Current] Heals a bit


[New: Heals a Target Moderately.]


Rip Duk - Rip Teyn


[Current] Cures Poison


[New: Also Cures Paralysis, Time Slowed, and Time Stop]


Hama -> Hamaon


[Current] Create an exorcism charm to be sent at the enemy. Weak Attempt to Expel a Target. 25% Chance. (40% Weak, 10% Resist) Mantra Magic.


[New: Higher Chances]


Mahama -> Mahamaon


[Current] Creates multiple exorcism charms to be sent at enemies. Weaker Attempt to Expel a Group of Targets. 20% Chance (30% Weak, 5% Resist) Mantra Magic.


[New: Higher Chances]


Hamaon X Maxed


[Current] Create an exorcism charm to be sent at the enemy. Attempt to Expel a Target. 40% Chance. (55% Weak, 25% Resist) Mantra Magic.


[New: None]


Aether Spray -> Land's Calm


[Current] Fills the land with a powerful light energy, altering it to Light, boosting Light and Holy Skills, Light Affinity characters, and weakening Dark affinities and skills.


[New: Set's the Land Power to Null, Preventing Affinity Match bonuses. Removes Light Land Power Setting.]


Photon -> Photon Spray


[Current] Surround a Target in a Crushing Mystic Light, May Cause Daze on those Suffering Topple. Hits twice. Light Magic


[New: Attacks 10 random targets. Weak Damage. Weak Topple Chance.]


Prism Stars -> Starlight


[Current] Spray a Target from hand in a torrent of Scatter Streamed Stars. Light Magic.


[New: Heals a target and grants them Regenerate Status]


Holy Lance -> Ray


[Current] Erect 5 Lances around a target that Skewer on through the Target. Holy Magic. Piercing


[New: Random Targets Everyone, including allies. Allies are healed, Enemies are damaged. Consecutive hits increases potency. 8 Hits.


Aqua Laser -> Aqua Jet


[Current] A Harsh, Big, Piercing Wave Laser that cannot be physically blocked. Water Magic. Piercing


[New: Mixed Damage, Semi-Flying/Levitation]


Scald Wave -> Freezer Burn


[Current] Fire a beam of boiling water that can burn foes with its heated force. Water/Fire Magic. May inflict Burn.


[New: May also inflict Freeze, Water/Ice Magic. No longer Fire]


Silver Cascade -> Air Lock


[Current] Create waves of light that will continually buffet the enemy over time. Weather Magic.


[New: Removes current weather affect]


Data Drain -> $@#^!$ )!@#$%@


[Current] Error...


[New: Affect Non-Aberrant Targets. May also yield Virus Cores. Increases Corruption More than Data Drain. $!@#%) )#!%*!@)#%* )%&Y%@(&@ !@#!.]


Add Arcane Artes: (2 Virus Cores)


Resurrection (1 Turn Cost) Restore a incapacitated/dying/dead person's consciousness, and restore their wounds. Brings back at 60% HP.


Revive (1 Turn Cost) Bless and reinforce a target with a second wind upon defeat. Restore a target to 100% HP. Maintain active buffs/debuffs. Mana Depletion on target upon activation, preventing skills for 1 turn.


Holy Song (1 Turn Cost, High Tension) Unleash a positive energy wave that increases all allies' Stats. 4 Turns.


Add Mystic Artes: (3 Virus Cores)


Revitalize (2 Turn Cost) Heals all allies for 80% HP. Removes Physical and Mental status inflections.





Inventory.exe Options


Design - Change Weapon/Armor Appearance
Basic and Advanced info on how to customize gear to the way you find it looks the best, in your opinion at least


Weapons - Upgrade Weapons (1 VC) (Virus Cores Required)
Mantra Bow -> Mantra Bow+


[New Skills]


Explode Shot - May cause Break.


Binding Bolt - May cause Pinned




Jack Claws -> Jack Claws+


[New Skill]


Woven Reaper - Effective armor/clothing damage


[New Ability]


Blade Fist - Physical Attacks and skills may also cause bleed




Vorpal Spear -> Vorpal Spear+


[New Skill]


Electricutioner - Zaps the user, causing all physical 'direct' attack attacks against the user to also zap enemies. Lightning Damage.


[New Ability]


Lightning Rod - Redirects lightning based attacks at weapon owner. Immune to lightning damage while on the ground




Bewitched Scepter -> Bewitched Scepter+


[New Skills]


Mind Charge - Charges up target to empower the next magic attack to deal 2.5 times damage if it hits. Can send charge to allies.


Element - Fire/Water/Wind/Earth/Lightning/Ice/Light/Dark Magic damage in one attack. If the amount of weaknesses is greater than a targets Resistances/Immunities, Ignore Immunities. Damaged multiplied based on how many weaknesses/resistances hit.




Vigor Raiper -> Vigor Raiper+


[New Skill]


Shatter - Strike a target, destroying all protective barriers in the process. Effective against most barriers. Effective Weapon Damage.


[New Ability]


Critical Eye - Increases Crit Chance Threshold (+10)




Madred's Wrath -> Madred's Wrath+


[New Skills]


Siphon - Silences a target, preventing magic skills


Soul Reave - Physical attack, reduced by magic defense instead of physical defense.


Drain Wave - Attack all targets with a wave of slicing energy, and absorb it to heal. Dark




Prototype Tonfas -> Prototype Tonfas+


Blockade - Reduces damage taken by 80%. Stance. Can not evade


Wall - Grants Protect and Shell, Doubling the Defense and Magic Defense of user. Lasts 3 Turns.




Spell Card: Vajra -> Spell Card: Vajra+


[New Skills]


Serpent Seal - Attack an enemy close up with the cards, blasting the enemy's sense's with an invisible force. May decrease evasion chance


Guardian Seal - Surround yourself in a barrier of cards. Immune to magic damage 1 turn. Can not be used back to back




Power Gauntlets -> Power Gauntlets+


[New Skill]


Power Charge - Charges up target to empower the next physical attack to deal 2.5 times damage if it hits. Can send charge to allies.


[New Ability]


Assault and Battery - Effective armor/clothing damage with physical attacks


Armor - Upgrade Armor (1 VC) (Virus Cores Required)
Rose's Clothing -> Rose's Clothing+


[New Abilities]


Null Charm - Immune to Charm


Modesty+ - Decreases effects of lust, and chance of charm (-25%), Clothing becomes Tattered Shreds upon 'armor break' occurring instead of simply losing anything to wear, and remain visually 'decent'. Armor/Clothing can not be stolen/striped by hostiles while conscious.




Mel's Clothing -> Mel's Clothing+


[New Abilities]


Survival - Auto Endure a fatal hit once.


Modesty+ - Decreases effects of lust, and chance of charm (-25%), Clothing becomes Tattered Shreds upon 'armor break' occurring instead of simply losing anything to wear, and remain visually 'decent'. Armor/Clothing can not be stolen/striped by hostiles while conscious.




Vize's Clothing -> Vize's Clothing+


[New Abilities]


Perfect Dodge - This allows the user to dodge never miss abilities, only increasing a target's accuracy against Havoc by half of the total chance Havoc can dodge normally.


Modesty+ - Decreases effects of lust, and chance of charm (-25%), Clothing becomes Tattered Shreds upon 'armor break' occurring instead of simply losing anything to wear, and remain visually 'decent'. Armor/Clothing can not be stolen/striped by hostiles while conscious.




Vash's Clothing -> Vash's Clothing+


Fighting Spirit - Start battles with High Tension


Modesty+ - Decreases effects of lust, and chance of charm (-25%), Clothing becomes Tattered Shreds upon 'armor break' occurring instead of simply losing anything to wear, and remain visually 'decent'. Armor/Clothing can not be stolen/striped by hostiles while conscious.




Tetra Guard -> Tetra Guard+


[New Abilities]


Modesty -> Modesty+ - Decreases effects of lust, and chance of charm (-25%), Clothing becomes Tattered Shreds upon 'armor break' occurring instead of simply losing anything to wear, and remain visually 'decent'. Armor/Clothing can not be stolen/striped by hostiles while conscious.


Survival - Auto Endure a fatal hit once


Infinite Pockets - Carry around an unreasonable tools or weapons without penalty. 1 Free item without turn use per turn. No equipment switching turn use.




SoulSilver Armor -> SoulSilver Armor+


[New Skill]


Imperil -> Blasts a target with a radiant energy, decreasing status resistance (-20)


[New Ability]


Modesty+ - Decreases effects of lust, and chance of charm (-25%), Clothing becomes Tattered Shreds upon 'armor break' occurring instead of simply losing anything to wear, and remain visually 'decent'. Armor/Clothing can not be stolen/striped by hostiles while conscious.


 
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Mel

Things went fairly smoothly. Vash gained the "StoneSkin" Arcane Arte. Vize had her "Feather Vulcan" and "Paralysis Wings" skills upgraded to "Feather Rain" and "Viral Wings" respectively. For Mel, the Tetra Guard was upgraded, as was "Gehanna Gate". Her class was changed to "Wave Master". And Rose upgraded "Data Drain" and "Holy Lance".


Afterwards, the group headed over to the Dark area door, deciding to take Milia with them.


"Okay, before we go, you two should bond," Mel said, motioning toward Milia and Rose. "Then once we get in, can you cast 'Spectrum Disruption' to nullify dark?"


Waiting for them to do what they needed, Mel made sure to check up on everyone else. Their weapons and such. Vash seemed fine, though a bit hungry. Then again when was he not? He had his Power Gauntlets. She had the spell card. And Vize, the claws. Everything seemed fine but she was still unsure if they were ready to do this. She thought back to the writing on the monolith. If Vash died one more time, he'd . . .


She placed a hand on the boy's shoulder. "Vash. If you're really hurt, I want to you to run, step back, whatever. You don't always need to be up in the front okay?"


The boy looked at her funny before laughing. "You're funny, Mel. Don't worry so much. This is just a game you know."
 
[media]
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The group headed back into Tartarus with Milia... to... an unusual sight... from what Mel could sense, it was the Aberrant that fled from the Space Station. It came here it seemed... and it is attacking the barrier on the ceiling that Mel has been going to all of the areas simply to break on through. It keeps getting repelled down onto the ground with every attempt.


"Jihad"


Someone extremely powerful is using Mystic Artes. violent bolts of lightning struck the Aberrant over and over again the thunder strikes blistering everywhere, threatening to harm the group, but were spared. The Aberrant took a total of !)!*@$^!)$@^*!$)^*@)#*%@#)$*@#!$*) damage, and collapsed.


"Return"


A darkly portal appeared under the Aberrant, dark energy sickles bursting out and hooking onto it, dragging it down...


You notice other Aura Knights in Tartarus. Saber, Wayne, and Havoc appear to be here, scattered about. You could tell that Saber and Wayne came here to fend off the Aberrant... but failed. Havoc is off in the corner of the room unconscious... and is a girl again for some reason... He's likely had been here before this Aberrant arrived, considering he doesn't feel harmed in the way Saber and Wayne were.


"Ugh... what the hell... Why does it keep coming here?"


"... It'll be fine Wayne..."


"At least Azure can get rid of it every time it comes back..."


Milia turned to Mel with delight hearing what she had to say.


"Ah, that's clever Mel. I get to **** block that guy personally. With you guys backing me up, I'm sure I'll be able to pay that ******* back for earlier."


Milia came around to Rose, to her side and put an arm on her shoulder.


"Looks like Mel gave me her blessing Rose. Don't worry though... I'll be gentle..."


Milia laughed a bit at what she said


"Heh, alright now"


Milia went behind Rose and hugged her from behind, wrapping her arms around her. After a few seconds, Milia hands sunk into Rose. Rose felt warm and pleasant inside, in her inner workings of her being... or soul perhaps. Milia glowed a little as she seemed to get a little taller, proportionately. Milia's and Rose's Height Equalized.


Rose gained the Arcane Arte: Hallowed Aura.


"I'll let ya be now Rose."





Milia got off Rose to stretch herself in her adjusted body.


The others seemed to have noticed Mel and the others. Wayne summoned his Gale Aura, and flew up about 7 feet off the ground, and... kicked back and relaxed on the thin air, as if he was laying down in a hammock, with his head resting on his arms and he floated there. His Gale Aura faded away until you could almost not even see it... looks comfortable...


Saber approached Mel, looks like Havoc fixed her Head Gear so that she could see...


"..... uh..."


Saber took out the clothing Mel lent her, that being hers, and gave it back to Mel...


"Thank you Mel... I really... appreciated what you did for me..."


Saber looks a little embarrassed, but happy. She looks like she wants to say something... but is having a hard time...


"You're going to where Zahan is... aren't you..."


Saber looked away for a bit, with concern...


"Please... come back safe... if something goes wrong... I'll go in after you and rescue you... and Vash... I promise..."


You get the feeling that this wasn't what Saber wanted to talk about. She also seems to understand that you don't intend on bringing her with.


"Geez, come on Saber, nothing's gonna happen. With Mel's Strat, most of what Zahan can do AIN'T NUTHIN. You've been acting really weird lately you know? You feeling alright?"


"..."


"Go on then Milia, be cocky, see what happens when he uses that Aberrant of his to drink up our levels he's been taking from us. You remember what happened last time we fought an Aberrant? It was a train wreck without Mel there in person."


"Don't you have a village to be watching over or something? Why don't you go back to the farm life country boy."


"Arrgg... Shut the **** up!"


Milia and Wayne seem to be having fun without Morgana around to mediate and babysit the situation... particularly Milia. Milia's Tension increased.


When Vash said what he had said... you noticed that all of the Aura Knights... besides an unconscious Havoc... were all staring at Vash... with a surprised look of concern... you could feel the mood change drastically...


Milia's Tension fell back to normal...


"Ya..."


"..."


"Er..."





After a bit... it felt as though everyone tried to ignore what Vash just said... and the mood returned to how it was... sorta...


You remember that Zorne asked you to ask Havoc why he was lying earlier... about the Reeza issue... Considering who Havoc is... there's no doubt in your mind that he'll wake up for you... No one else seems to concerned for him...
 
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Mel

Mel watched the Aberrant get dragged down in silence. Given what she'd seen at the space stqation and what she'd read on the monolith, she was suspicious of that thing though it was only a sneaking suspicion. For now, it was gone so it was no use dwelling on it.


Saber then came to her, giving Mel back her jacket which she took. "Don't worry. If the ******* who made this thing think they can keep me in here, they obviously have no idea what I'm capable of. I'll be fine." There was something about Saber's behavior that put Mel on edge though. She wasn't still charmed, was she? **** if she was, they'd have to fix that.


When Vash spoke, the mood of the room seemed to fall. Of course, the boy had no idea what he was saying but Mel did, or at least she thought she did. These were real people, trapped here in a contraption meant to kill them. And using her ******* image to do it. Her hands balled into fists as she stepped forward.


"You guys worry too much," she said to the others. "We're going to kick Zahan's *** so hard, he'll taste the leather of our shoes for months. And when we're done, we'll drag him back here so you guys can take turns kicking him or whatever."


After that, she made her way over to Havoc. He seemed unconscious but unharmed. Odd. Did he just fall asleep here? If so, then why is he a girl? Nevertheless, she had questions and for some reason, he had the answers. So she kicked him softly in the side. "Sleeping Beauty, can you wake up or are you waiting for a kiss?"
 
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