originally posted in:The New Dojo
[b][u]Arsonist's Lullaby | Dojoville[/u][/b]
[i]When I was a child, I heard voices
Some would sing and some would scream
You'll soon find you have few choices
I learned the voices died with me[/i]
The being walked through the carnage, and with it came fire. A devouring swathe of cobalt flames ravaged the earth it walked upon with scorching embers, reducing all it touched to ash. Grass was fossilized in cinder, earth was razed by fire; it was a walking apocalypse.
No civilian was harmed by the devouring inferno - but on each side, both defending and attacking the Dojo, flames struck up their body and reduced them to pure ash that added to the firestorm following the figure.
[i]When I was a child I'd sit for hours
Staring into open flames
Something in it had a power
Could barely tear my eyes away[/i]
It was tall, about 6'11. A being clad in pure armour, an old VINC exosuit with each armoured plate engraved with symbols that told the same story in a thousand tongues. Each symbol burnt brightly as if written in magma, coursing like a demon's lifeblood throughout each of the walking pyromaniac's armour plates
A set of massive burning wings stretched from its back, each ashen feather burning intensely and adding more gales of flame to the storm. Two large arms extended from the figure's lower middle back - amalgamations of other arms, burnt to a black crisp but mashed together to create massive limbs.
[i]All you have is your fire
And the place you need to reach[/i]
The walking manifestation of destruction held a blade in its hand. It was etched with the same symbols as its armour, each one glowing with a fiery blue hue. The spine was not of the same material as the blade - it was made of a polished human spine, broken in several places but part of the blade nonetheless. It was as if a self-contained inferno burned along its edge.
In its other hand it held a grenade launcher with its stock removed, making it a more mobile weapon. Smoke and ash curled from the barrel as if it was a hungry dragon, waiting to be fed.
On its shoulder was an M134 minigun that shot at any surviving warriors that his flames did not consume immediately. A quick roar of the barrels was the herald of their demise.
[i]Don't you ever tame your demons[/i]
It finally looked up. For those who were near, they would be able to hear a single voice from within begging the walking armour to stop. From each tongue of flame, they would hear the scornful whispers of everything the fires have devoured.
Its helmet has a single, blue optical at the centre of it like a twisted Cyclops, the bottom part of the armoured mask being that of a gas mask's. Within the circular visor-piece burned a single flame that reflected every ember that surrounded the figure.
[i]But always keep them on a leash[/i]
A flame that was the manifestation of exile, resentment, and the greatest love turned into the deepest of aberration.
A flame full of hatred.
[spoiler]Open to any side, attacker or defender. For those who remain. [/spoiler]
English
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He sighed, and continued to be frozen in place. "So what now, you just gonna leave me here?"
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[i]"Killing you would be a waste. But know this: the true Dojo is dead. The only way it can truly live now is within us, the last of the honourable warriors. Family or not, take care in remembering that. Remember honour so you do not turn into the hatred-filled being I am."[/i] The fire around the two men begins to dissipate, as well as Phoenix's fire wings and extra arms. [i]"You now know that the greatest enemy is the one lurking within ourselves."[/i]
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He accepts luis's words, burning them into his mind. "You uh, gotta remove these arrows or not?
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The arrows disappear along with the numbness, leaving prickling points of sharp pain all over Zane.
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He winces as he picks up his blade, sheathing it and walking up to Luis. "I take it your gonna leave again huh."
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[i]"I am no longer a son of this Dojo. I am a spirit of the dead, days past long ago. Yet I shall life through this vessel of mine. Goodbye, Zane."[/i] The armour burns away, revealing the burnt corpse of a man different from Phoenix. His skin begins regrowing as he groans in pain, whispering one word. "Alister..."
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More and more questions race through his mind, but he puts them aside for now. He winces as he picks up the burnt man, and carried him to the infirmary. After doing so, he returned home and spent the rest of the day with his wife, silent. [spoiler]End[/spoiler] [spoiler]Master of mind fûckery[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Why thank you [/spoiler]
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(this person better show up during the zombie thing.)
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(He's here during the entire battle)
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(kewl. i wanna reply but i'd have to over exert my character)
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(Oh yeah fair warning... This is the product of my main character, the one I've used from January 2015 when the Dojo started. He's gotten rather powerful, even after death)
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(Yeah, im gonna give Q a break. He's had enough action for today)
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(Fair enough)