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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Jun 27, 2005 20:01:29 GMT -5
"You want the short version or the long version?" I asked teh newly appeared Rogue. It felt good to actually have her on our side, even if it was just for now. Until we get to the one hiding at the centre of this fortress, anyway.
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Post by "Rogue" Annie Amina Cross on Jun 27, 2005 20:02:27 GMT -5
"The short version if you would," Rogue replied, now looking at Doc.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Jun 27, 2005 20:05:33 GMT -5
"You're in the future, you've been turned evil, we have a way to get you back, but you're not being very co-operative. You've turned you're crypt into a puzzle box. So i figured the best way to beat it..."
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Post by "Rogue" Annie Amina Cross on Jun 27, 2005 20:07:07 GMT -5
"Well you guessed right. Alexander would have been a good second choice," Rogue replied.
"You three ready or shall I give you a moment?"
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Jun 27, 2005 20:09:16 GMT -5
"Well?" i asked my companions. "Shall we see if playing all those video games actually helps?"
"I do not understand you're inane prattle sometimes," Illyria remarked.
"You're the one that wants to offer me a job."
"Good point."
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Post by "Rogue" Annie Amina Cross on Jun 27, 2005 20:47:56 GMT -5
"Ready," Rogue replied.
"Time for round one," the Rogue in control replied as the room changed from the entry way into a framiliar shipping yard in Austraila. "Have fun."
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Jun 27, 2005 20:56:14 GMT -5
"Oh shit," I muttered. "I know this place, i don't want to be here, i don't want to be here..."
"What is teh matter with him?" Illyria asked.
"At guess, that," Rogue answered poiunting at a ten year old boy dragging a five year old girl behind him. "That's Doc. But he's ten. that means the girl's...oh God. Tash."
"who?"
"My sister," I whispered. "This is the day I thought she died, when Long Dow trapped her soul in his amulet," I fell to my knees. "the day i failed."
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Post by "Rogue" Annie Amina Cross on Jun 27, 2005 21:28:01 GMT -5
"Doc, you can't shut your eyes and make this go away," Rogue said squatting down next to him. "Try and remember what good has happened. Think about Zoe, Maya, Jessy. You need to accept this."
"I can't," Doc replied, totally lost.
"Doc, you can, you have to," Rogue replied, hating that this was happening but she knew she had no control inside the puzzle.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Jun 27, 2005 21:38:06 GMT -5
"Here's where it all changes," I whispered as Tash shoved the younger me into the container and closed teh door. suddenly, that's where we were. In the container, with the younger me banging on the door. "This is where my life went down this path, what led me here," a dry chuckle escaped my mouth, followed by a hearty laugh.
"he has lost his mind," Illyria commented.
"Nice try," I said myrthlessly. "But not good enough. I had to face this moment in time when i was turned ten again. You remember that? I was so afraid of what might happened, but you talked me around," I turned to look at Rogue, my Rogue, with a smile. "Just like now. "Thanks."
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Post by "Rogue" Annie Amina Cross on Jun 27, 2005 21:43:09 GMT -5
"Anytime," Rogue smiled back. After a moment the Rogue in control replied, "Time for round two."
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Jun 27, 2005 21:45:27 GMT -5
I clenched my fists as teh scene faded. "Do you're worst," I said as a new place shimmered into being.
"A...cherry blossom?" I whispered, looking at the trees. this looked like... "Oh no. Jasmine," I took off down a familiar path, just in time to hear a familiar scream and see the thirteen year old me rush past. "Oh hell."
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Post by "Rogue" Annie Amina Cross on Jun 27, 2005 21:47:18 GMT -5
Rogue took off after Doc and stopped when they reached the scene. "Damn."
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Jun 27, 2005 21:54:18 GMT -5
Jasmine was pinned to hte far wall, the symbol of the dojo destroy, on the floor. She was pinned to the wall, her ribs spread, her organs exposed, dying slowly...
"By the Black Pit," Illyria gasped. "What did this?"
"Her grandfather," I said hoarsly. "Turned by a vampire, but it's not over yet."
"Jasmine, hold on," my younger self said in Japanese as he tried to get her down. It wouldn't help. she was dying, in pain.
"There is...nothing...you can...do," Jasmine whispered. I closed my eyes, i didn't need to watch this. I knew what would happen.
"Just hang on," I whispered, as my duplicate said the same thing. "I can get you to the city, hospital, they can help..."
"No..." Jasmine whispered. My eyes were burning, tears flowing freely. My first love. "There is only...one thing...that...can be done..."
"Jasmine now," my duplicate sobbed.
"Please..." she whispered. "Take...care of...Mal..."
"I will," he whispered, I whispered. "I love you."
"I..." there were no more words as the small dagger slipped into ther heart.
"The end of my innocence," I said as teh duplicat stalked out, hling the dojo's katana, a weapon past down through generations. "I went on to hunt down Sensei adn destroy him, buried Jasmine in the the cherry blossom grove. Her favourite spot..."
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Post by "Rogue" Annie Amina Cross on Jun 27, 2005 21:59:38 GMT -5
"Doc," Rogue whispered, putting a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. "There was nothing you could have done."
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Post by Jessy Jackson on Jun 28, 2005 0:11:06 GMT -5
(((Kayley)))
I sat outside, trying to summon it, but it wuldn't come to me. It hovered behind the line, the line that seperated me from her. I couldn't risk it. Right, well, I'd just have to make to with the bar.
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