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"Hear me, my peace-drunk brethren! You are being led astray by your weak and frail leader Queenchief Nuria. She colludes with the ponies to declaw you, to dull your fangs! Long ago the Kirin struck fear into any country touching the sea! We were rulers of bloodied coin and had respect! but now, now the ponies, the weak cowardly ponies try to take away your culture! They deny us our heritage! Join me! join me and I'll show you the true path to power! Through blood! Carnage and gold! I defeated your 'queen' in single battle... She has failed you and grown soft with her 'peace.' a lapdog for her Equestrian masters! It is time for the Kirin to return to the forefront, through fire and blood!"- The Warlord Ashwrath gave this recuitment speech in the kirin city of Aeros with a retinue of strange uniform looking kirin. Many are worried of the violence to come and are already petitioning Equestria to intervene.
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Your next task is...; /Lolk, Myalo
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Topic Started: Sep 1 2016, 09:58 PM (384 Views)
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Sep 1 2016, 09:58 PM
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Cora watched attentively at the underground lake, images of the surrounding worlds swirling around in the water, revealing all to her eyes. These other realms... They would do nicely, but first, she needed to complete more work here, in the ever raining Tenebris.
She sent a summons to her vassel and her... Curious friend. Another hand to grasp at the mortal realm and cause havoc and chaos. "We have much to do~." She says to herself, looking over the images flickering in the water.
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Sep 1 2016, 10:03 PM
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Lolk Villanelle jerks slightly as she feels the call of her goddess. Her Device hums as Aquamarine magic circles surround her and Myalo. "We are needed." she says softly, as the teleport quickly reaches full power. "We must answer the summons."
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Sep 2 2016, 06:23 PM
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Cora felt Lolk's presence, yet continued to watch the images playing on the water. "Welcome back, my dear." She says, now turning away while the images continue to move and shift, as if multiple movies were playing at once. "I was surprised the rebel so readily accepted your aide. This will make things easier."
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Sep 3 2016, 12:53 AM
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Myalo was still asleep when Lolk teleported him and managed to stay asleep in front of Cora. He stirred a bit, his eyes opening slightly and glancing over to Cora and then to Lolk, grunting a bit. "Mmmm....Next, you're going to say: 'Myalo, show some respect. You're in the presence of a god.' Ech." He did a simple set of stretches after standing up, almost primed to dodge in case he got shot at.
"Eh. Rebels are stupid normally. Especially some of the ones I've seen around here. They're too easily trusting and swayed to whoever supports them in the short run. Rebellions should be about the long run, especially if one plans to actually build a functioning government." And there Myalo was, doing that thing again where he shows how much free time he had in Lux to read a hell of a lot of books.
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Sep 3 2016, 11:27 AM
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"Myalo sh- grrrrrrrrr..." She snarls, biting back the words. "Bastard." she mumbles, chains offering to pull his carcass of a body off the floor. She shuffles to the side, keeping both her goddess and Myalo within her field of vision. "I imagine that as long as they serve our purpose, we'll be fine. I can hopefully keep them from collapsing, or at least salvage a working society from the ruins. Ideally it will go off without a hitch, but..." she trails off, not seeing any reason to point out the slim chance of a revolution going perfectly.
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Sep 3 2016, 10:21 PM
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Cora smiles and approaches Lolk, giving her a seemingly comforting stroke of her cheek. "Worry not, my faithful servant. All will go exactly as designed." She says, putting her hoof down and circling around both of her visitors to walk into the temple. It would appear lit much better than the last time the Autarch was here. Maybe she could actually see the etched design on the walls now. "But you are correct. The thestral rebellion will never last. Very soon, they will be snuffed out entirely~. Won't that be exciting to watch?"
She walks over to the altar that Lolk had seen her on before, draped in colorful cloth and tapestries. She climbs up onto it and lays herself down, one of her golden tattoos slithering off of her body and shifting into the shadows. "After all of these eons, to allow themselves to last this way is admirable. But, sadly, it is time to see them go into the deep dark."
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Sep 11 2016, 01:58 AM
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Myalo sighed. "So you wasted my time to prolong your little game. Good. Great. I'm not upset at all. I'm very upset in fact." He looked around, frowning at the tasteless decorations that he was very tempted to burn. "I'm sure that Lolk had informed you of my dislike of time wasting. In fact, I've done something to make this interesting. I'll give you seven to one odds on the thestrals lasting long enough to overturn half of Tenebris." He looked serious about this. "So, is it a bet?"
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Sep 11 2016, 02:14 AM
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Villanelle looks between her Goddess and her partner, then sighs. Her device had helpfully translated the cryptic speak, so she at least understood all sides of the conversation. The inevitable friction between the two personalities would probably come to a head at the worst possible moment though. She was not cut out for playing peace-maker... 'You have my support your Majesty!' 'Thank you ziel.' "Patience Myalo. M'Lady, is there anything you'd have us do in the meantime? I am aware some things must happen on their own in due time, but I cannot see any reason to acquire new allies- no offense Myalo -this early on if you would have no need o them till later."
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Sep 14 2016, 10:18 PM
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Cora looks at Myalo, her smile never wavering. In fact, it may have gotten wider as he continued to speak. She acknowledged her faithful acolyte never breaking her gaze from Myalo as she started to walk towards him. "Because, my dear Villanelle. Allies are more valuable when you have known them for a fortnight, rather than a day. A friendship marinated in time makes the bond that much harder for the weak to break."
She stops at Myalo's side, her sly grin telling of her intention. Or was it? "You wish to play a game of lottery with me? How exciting! I haven't had a good game of chance in an eon. Very well. If I win, I will give you that which it is you desire most." As she finishes her last statement, the room would change, brightening up and revealing walls upon walls of texts, magic tools, reasearch items, artifacts. All of more worth than could be counted. If Myalo were to reach out for one of the tomes, he would be able to pick it up, touch it, feel it with, no resistance and read the contents within.
Lolk, on the other hand, would see non of this. Only Cora speaking to Myalo. "All of this, yours... But... If you should happen to lose..." The floor around Myalo would break away and the room would go dark again. Much darker than before. The shelves and walls and tools disappeared, and in their place, two Autarchs. His dearest loved ones. And he would make Myalo watch as they were subjected to atrocities beyond recounting. Screams and wails would fill his ears, his eyes burned with the image of the worst possible things he could imagine. He could try to run to them, but they would only get further away before Cora would dissipate all of these images, bringing Myalo back to the present place they were standing in.
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Sep 27 2016, 09:09 AM
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Myalo continued to keep his eyes locked on Cora, never wavering as she moved towards him, stopping at his side to say something. He, of course, had adjusted to keep his eyes on her at all times. "Cora, your nature is a part of your title. My work for you a means to an end. I have my own plans and ambitions, I merely decided to take time out of my day to give some...aid to the thestrals." He looked at all the texts, frowning as he quickly deciphered a page from one right before Cora switched to the next part.
Lolk would see Myalo's dull coloration vanish, replaced by his natural glow again. His eyes went from their standard 'pony' coloration to that of an Autarch, and the natural glow across his body went from normal to bright red as his horn lit up, and they would both feel that Myalo was casting magic from the Sin subsphere of magic. "CORA! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK EVEN CONSIDERING TO TOUCH MY WIFE AND CHILD IS REMOTELY GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH AND THE LONGEVITY OF YOUR PLANS? LEAVE THEM OUT OF THIS OR I SHALL CAST DOWN YOU AND ALL WHO DARE BELIEVE YOUR GOSPEL!" Myalo's booming voice almost shook the temple, and he looked straight into Cora's eyes. There was a very powerful magic there, and Cora would definitely feel that if she were a lesser pony that Myalo had figured out a way to make looks kill.
And then all of that vanished. Myalo was back to normal as if nothing had ever happened. He wasn't even glowing anymore, nor was that very powerful magic there either. He almost smiled at Cora. "So, if the thestral revolution is ultimately pointless to your plan, then what is your plan? I don't think you've ever told us your plan at all. And do remember that I make a better ally than I do an enemy." Not that you'd tell us, as you are certainly a lying based entity. So I have no idea how far your weird and frankly infinite rabbit hole of lies goes. Is she even a goddess of lies? Or is she actually a god and lying about her gend-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGH Myalo had then thought about Cora too hard, and Lolk would feel a definite smack of mental anguish and cognitive dissonance through the mental link, most likely Myalo trying to figure out how deep Cora's lies went.
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Sep 27 2016, 09:34 PM
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Lolk Villanelle watches the proceedings with bemusement. Given Myalo’s expression and the way Cora was moving and talking, Lolk suspected some sort of vision of temptation was going on. It would fit, considering their deity’s balwick. She does note the wild swings in the visual qualities of Myalo’s fur with some interest, Ziel recording it for later. Knowledge is power and such. Her weapon hoof twitches at Myalo’s tantrum, the only sign of her restraining the urge to confront Myalo. Her reasoning was twofold: firstly, Cora was currently all talk, and the Goddess of Lies. As much as Lolk craved purpose beyond (nearly) all else, she wasn’t stupid, nor was she blind to the irony of going to a veritable trickster deity for Ultimate Truth. Had Cora made her offer three years earlier, things would be a tad different. Regardless, Cora would have to earn borderline suicidal devotion, which brought Lolk neatly to her second point: she did not want to tangle with Myalo while he was boosted up with Sin. Mainly because he clearly had better control over his Sin magic than she did her, or at least was far more willing to use it. ’It could be argued that amounts to the same thing, Your Majesty.’ She was fairly sure if she abandoned all regard for collateral damage and used all her magical knowledge to the fullest, she could catch up to him fairly quickly, but… She wasn’t ready to do that until she was sure, or until she had no other choice. A silly hangup, but such things often were. She may have been a little homesick, and glad Myalo was there is a bizarre way. Either way, she was staying out of this one, and Myalo subsided quickly anyways. He then asked her about her plan. She tried not to smirk. She had read enough mythology to gues- ’AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGH’- ah yes, there it was. She had resolved not to go in too deeply for a very good reason. ’Focus on what you need to do, and how to make sure it doesn’t come back to bite you later, Your Majesty.’ Wise words from a sentient halberd. Villanelle leans on the aforementioned polearm while she watches the verbal sparring between a goddess and a madman. “He does bring up a good point M’Lady. While i imagine trying to actually understand your ultimate plan and its reasoning will leave us frothing senselessly on the ground, I would hope you could tell us what we are to do next and what we need to watch out for without shattering our oh so fragile psyches.” The last bit is said with a tad bit of sarcasm Cora probably deserved. “If you can’t give us the information we need to act independently yet in your interests, then perhaps we would be better served rounding up a few construct-makers for you to play with.” She pauses in thought, actually considering what she just said. “I… kind of want to do that now, actually. It could be handy.” She could also maybe grab a few books while she was out. She’d maybe need to pick Myalo’s brain as well, see if he had any tips to share. Knowledge is power.
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Sep 27 2016, 11:15 PM
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Cora had already walked away from Myalo by the time he started throwing his little Autarch hissy fit. It was cute, in a mortal sort of way. But there was hardly time to be testing the tolerances of her followers. She needed to make her next move soon. "My dear, beloved Villanelle. You should know better than to doubt. All of this has been foreseen and preordained. You know as much as you need to. Fate will do the rest."
She places a hoof tenderly beneath Lolk's chin for a moment before she walks to the water and views the moving images once more. A particular face appears in the reflections. Neither Myalo or Lolk would recognize the unicorn depicted. "Interesting that you mention construc-makers... You, Lolk, will find this one. He resides in Terra."
"Myalo. It is time to prove to me your worth. I hope your magic is as threatening as you believe it is."
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Oct 2 2016, 01:59 AM
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Myalo had forced the cognitive dissonance away by willpower alone and was back to perfectly normal. He stretched as Cora moved away from him, letting out another yawn and brushed his mane back a bit, as it had gotten a tad messy while he had been channeling his anger through Sin magic.
When Cora finally decided to tell them of their next task Or potentially lie to us abou-STOP LOOKING TOO DEEPLY INTO THIS, MYALO he would take a moment to do another stretch. "Well, it's certainly much better when I have my armor on." His horn lit up, and his specialized Aerorealite armor appeared on his body. "What would you have me do?"
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Oct 2 2016, 09:52 AM
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Lolk shivers as Cora gets quite close to her. "I.." she murmurs, trying to get a sentence out and failing miserably. 'Stay focused your Majesty.' 'Right, sorry.' Villanelle looks away, willing the reddish tinge on her cheeks to go away as Cora saunters off. She is fortunately able to quickly regain her composure once the image of a target appears, prompting her to walk over to be part of the briefing. "Yes m'Lady." she says, her own armor sliding over her form. She nods politely to Myalo, who appears to be skirting the edge of the liar's rabbit hole. Bad luck for him.
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Oct 3 2016, 09:10 PM
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Cora walks towards the temple and beckons Myalo and Lolk to follow. "You and I, Myalo, will be going to Tenebrosi. And we will be... Commondeering their World Gate." She says slyly, taking her place on the altar once again. How she could stand to lay on the cold stone was anyone's guess. "I will ensure your safety during this task, but be warned, I will not be able to protect you completely."
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