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Disharmony Personified · #**221** (**permalink**) 07-03-2009

"Oh crap" Shadow said, quickly putting away the sword after he was told what he was practicing on. He stared at the statue for a bit before following Dante. He had never seen the Teacher before and he knew practically nothing about him. His guardian hadn't given him many details. Instead he had worked and practiced using his powers to perfection. It was a small price to pay for such a big advantage in battle.

He remained silent until Dante was finished as they climbed up the tower. "No offense but I have the biggest advantage of all." He said As the neared the top of what seemed like a prison room. "I've seen you light the torches in the waterway. I know that you can create and control fire. With Kya, I stood on top of water. I know that she can manipulate water. And well, with Kadaeux, I've felt his power along with seeing it. But none of you know hardly a thing about me or my abilities. I'm assuming you know that I disappear in the shadows since you were tracking and following me. However, you nor anyone else knows anything more. The title Shadow elemental only gives away so much."

Shadow paused as Dante opened the door revealing the room. He took a step forward taking it all in. It was far greater than anything he had ever experienced back before going back in time. He was very much so taken away by the room. However, due to his dark nature, He showed no emotion."Wow it's cool. Thanks." He said sincerely but blankly. "As far as helping you tomorrow, Sure. What ever we need to do. The others aren't going to show any mercy. And Kya is going to come after you.You know what they say. There's nothing more powerful than a woman scorned."

braioch8201 · #**222** (**permalink**) 07-03-2009

Dante cocked his head, "Hell hath no fury...but it doesn't matter, she needs to be careful with rage. It's a passion, and passion falls under Fire, so that's my arena. Nonetheless, bare in mind that you as well know little else of our powers, mine may be pretty simplistic to figure at first, but bare in mind that I'm the powerhouse of the group as well, least control, but powerful nonetheless. And I have my own weaknesses and tricks. Kadaeux may be strong, but only in quick powerful bursts, like a storm, he may make a nice show, but he needs to be quick before he's too tired. Kya....well I'd think it's obvious."

He shrugged, "anyways, this tower bares little light, and can easily be changed to no sunlight if you desire, to fit your Element, since I'm sure light can be bothersome for you. Mine is in the tower directly above the blacksmiths furnace in the dungeon, much warmer location there."

He turned to leave, "oh, and a servant will be up in the next hour or two, just let them know whether you'll be joining us at dinner, or eat alone. For this one, I would recommend eating with everyone, to at least show yourself to the Teacher. The servant will bring you clothing, fancy and all that."

He gave a roll of his eyes and waved his goodbye, and descended down the stairs. His thoughts were calm but still running over the plans that he was slowly concocting, there was a lot of work to be done. He turned and strode up the spiralling stairs to his own tower. As he'd said before to Shadow, as he walked farther up the stairs, the air around him began to grow warmer and warmer. When he reached the door he pushed it open. The red and gold of the room met his eyes, plush couches and a four poster bed at the back.

In the center, a cylinder, resembling a pedestal, with a large fire in the middle of it, the smoke being pulled up and out through the ceiling. Sighing he began to undress, having already called for a bath to be drawn and brought up for him. He sighed as he submerged himself into the tub, after he was done he would get up get dressed in his fineries and join the rest for dinner. A few servants walked in, and began gathering his armor, setting the pieces on the mannequin in the back. He sighed and slid back as one servant took over for washing him.

His eyes cast up to the woman above him, and raised an eyebrow...well maybe after a little fun and a bath, he'd get dressed.

Disharmony Personified · #**223** (**permalink**) 07-03-2009

Shadow began thinking about what Dante had said about Passion, as he laid on the rather grand bed. He wondered what Darkness was under. The only two things that came to mind were Fear and Hate. Common people were frightened in the dark. The fear of the unknown. Then again Hate was a dark emotion. Hate had lead Shadow to kill everyone in the Orphanage he was in. He figured that Kya hated Dante with a passion. This was very fortunate for them. She fell right under both their categories. However If Kya came alone to settle with Dante, he wasn't going to get involved. That is unless she was coming for him too. He had mouthed off to her and even switched sides but hadn't betrayed her and left her too die. Soon he had dozed of due to the comfortableness of the bed.

He woke up after about an hour though and decided he was going to go ahead and customize his Room considering he didn't. Dante obviously had done a little to the room already by making it dark and the colors were perfect. Black and Dark Purple. After a couple of minutes he had made it completely dark all except a beaming circle of light, direct center in the room. Soon as he was finished, there was a knock at the door almost as if it had been planned out.

Shadow opened door as a young woman walked it holding fancy clothes. She laid them on the bed and said "My lord wishes your presence at dinner tonight. Shall I tell him you will be joining?"

Shadow didn't answer for a moment. He was transfixed on the girl in front of him. She was so different from the Modern girls. She had a dress and long blond hair. It all seemed so natural. After a couple a of seconds he semi-embarrassedly answered "umm, Yea. I will eat with everyone else"

"Okay, I will wait outside your door until you are dressed. When you are ready I will lead you to the dining hall, My Lord"

braioch8201 · #**224** (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

After several giggling and other sound filled moments, Dante emerged from his room. A smirk and a faint red tint to his cheeks, decked in his red and gold fineries, the velvet shoes fitting comfortably on his feet. He turned and walked down the stairs, following the spiraling path. Reaching the bottom he turned into the dining hall. He gave a wave to follow the hail of greetings that badgered him.

Pulling out the seat to the right of the Teacher, giving a nod first, and settling down. He held up his golden goblet to accept the wine poured into it. He smiled and glanced at the soup before him, sniffing it gingerly. He tasted it and it seemed fine enough. He gave the others around him a grin, and began chatting away happily with them.

{OOC: XD Good call, I was just working on my post for it when I wrote this one up real quick, guess it showed, lol}

Disharmony Personified · #**225** (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

Shadow watched as the girl turned to leave. Then he looked at the clothes laid on the bed. They were to uppity for his taste. Nothing as modern as he was used to but regardless he could tell they were high class for their Time. He debated for a moment then decided against wearing them. Dressing up for someone was a sign of respect. Shadow had no respect for anyone. He was not disrespectful, but did not deem anyone worthy enough to go out his way to please.

In the corner of the room was a small bowl of water. Shadow walked over to it and stuck his hands in the water to wash up. As soon as his skin touched water however, he was instantly reminded of Kya. He wondered where the others were. Obviously, not with the luxuries he had. {Get your mind off them, Shadow.} He told himself as he rinsed off his face. {They are your enemies now. You are going to have to kill them eventually. Thats why you are being treated like a king.}

Drying his hands off on a piece of cloth, specifically for that purpose, he walked out the door and followed the servant girl. As he entered the dining room the laughter and chatting turned into a hushed tone. Despite the silence, Shadow kept walking and sat down to the seat left of the teacher, and across from Dante."

OOC:No worries, I used to do that ALOT. Especially this one time when I was in three RP's with the names Nathaniel, Nathan, And Nate.

braioch8201 · #**226** (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

Dante's eyebrow quirked as Shadow entered, in the same clothes as before. He shook his head and stood up, he gave Shadow a nod. He sat back down and began talking to the woman next to him, he whispered in her ear, causing her to blush and giggle while covering her mouth politely.

The Teacher regarded Dante with faint amusement for a moment, "I think enough of that has gone on today, don't you Dante?"

Dante gave a glance to one of the servants, who blushed and busied herself with cleaning, he gave the Teacher a grin, "ah well, you know, perks of the job and all that."

"Indeed," his attention was turned on Shadow, "nearest ally, what is it that brought you to us? Personal, or more," his eyes set on Dante's smirk, "practical reasons?"

The rest of the table continued to talk, but it was obvious that their attention was aimed at the Teacher and the Elementals. Dante only smirked, leaning back with his goblet of wine.

Disharmony Personified · #**227** (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

Shadow didn't answer at first. Instead he raised his Chalice to his lips and took a long swig of wine. "All of the above." He replied as he sat the goblet down." It's kind of personal. My life before now was screwed. This world never treated me right. Why should I risk my life to save it. All they will do is write my name in a book somewhere, Write a folk song about me and a couple decades later everybody will have forgotten I ever existed. I would much rather see Lyria run my wa.....I mean your way."

He took another swig of wine before continuing. " Practical reasons too. I don't know where the other elementals are but I am pretty sure they are not living in a luxurious castle with everything they could ever want. Even if not for money, power, and sex. There is a whole army against the other elementals. It's only smart to join the side with the most power."

"And finally 'more'. I guess it's just my element. I Naturally go to the evil side. I don't know, I guess it's my dark nature."

braioch8201 · #**228** (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

Dante's eye glittered at the slight catch that Shadow made, but gave no other signal that he'd caught it. He only continued drinking the wine, and occasionally taking some of his food and chewing it slowly as he listened.

The Teacher sat back, "Evil? Well that is a matter of perspective I suppose. Though nonetheless it is good to see that you have a vested interest in all of this, whether or not it is because you believe in what we stand for," his dark gaze fell on Dante, "and what of you Dante?"

Dante drained the cup, motioning for a refill, and waited till it was full to reply, "me? Eh, good and evil are poor word choices, coming from people who don't have the spine to realize there is those who have power and those who don't, so they stamp a pathetic moral code on it. I'm in this for all of the perks, it's the winning side obviously, plenty of comforts, food, bed, sex of any variety that I happen to crave, not too mention I get my own personal armada. I get to influence the future of my choosing, and well basically that's enough for me. I placed my bets on a team that has a far higher rate of success, I'm set."

The Teacher nodded, "self serving reasons than?"

Dante tipped his cup, enjoying the wine and grinned, "always have, always will."

The Teacher only shook his head and turned back to Shadow, "on that note, I trust everything has been to your liking? I hope so, because Dante hasn't introduced you to everything quite yet."

Dante grinned, "yeah, you get your own armada, plus a position of leadership, as well as a personal pick of a harem if you want it. There's a few other things too, but you know, details and all that."

Disharmony Personified · #**229** (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

Shadow listened contently to Dante. An Armada sounded nice, but Shadow wasn't much for sailing. Especially while Kya was out there. Being on a boat in the middle of the ocean with an angry water elemental still out there was not his idea of fun. He really didn't care about leadership. Shadow considered himself and Dante, the teachers most valuable asset. Armies were great but not very effective against two people who could drown them all pretty easily. If Shadow was working with the Teacher, he better be second in command along with Dante. As for a harem, Shadow didn't even want one. He was not sex crazy and preferred to have a girl he really had emotions for then just random females.

"You speak of what you stand for" Shadow said hesitantly. "No offense, but I didn't know you stood for anything. I just thought you were the typical villain type who wanted control and power, and therefore are trying to take over Lyria."

OOC:sorry it took so long but I typed it once and it didn't post it. Argg.lol. BTW where is everyone else?

braioch8201 · #**230** (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

{OOC: Dot's at work and IDK about Kadaeux, and when I said armada, I guess i should have said platoon or something, like your own personal squadron, my bad on the wording}

Dante's brow quirked, but he just gave a glance down at his goblet, frowning when he realized it was quite empty again. He turned his frown towards to the nearby servant, waving his goblet at him.

The Teacher's attention on the other hand was directly on Shadow, "I fail to see how wanting control and power makes one evil. Yes I took control of this city by force, and usurped the previous leaders. They were weak and couldn't control it for long, just look at how easy a few speeches from me and strong words turned their citizens against me. I strive for a strong city unlike any others, prosperous and unopposed, a world united under one rule."

Dante's eyes were glazing, a bit of a permanent smile on his face, Abbaddon perched on his chair, looking down at Dante with obvious amusement. Dante sat back and fumbled with his pockets until he pulled out his pack of cigarettes. Pulling one out he pressed a finger against it, lighting it instantly. He leaned back and took a deep drag off of it, blowing the smoke outwards.

The duchess next to him stared quizzically at the cigarette, "whatever is that?"

Dante looked at her, "this? Ah it's a cigarette."

"A cigarette?"

Dante nodded, "yeah, it's.....you know tobacco?"

She nodded, "yes..."

Dante pointed, "well in my time you just buy it from packs like this, it's packed into these paper holders and smoked through them, a lot more convenient than buying and smoking it like you do now."

Her eyes only misted as she nodded, "...ooh...."

Dante only grinned and continued smoking, draining his cup again, asking for more.

Life was good that was for sure.

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