Jay009

THE WAR FOR MYTHERIA - Isekai Adventure

OMG I'm gone for ONE day and Kass and Zell are throwing eachother around the room :O

@Zool

I definately went overboard on throwing Zell at the wall, Lol.

@AvaPI love the setup for your powers, it was very well done to picture the scene on the Thieves Guild yard with Allison and Kerensa.

@Zapdos@TeyaoLoving the interaction posts between you guys. Also thanks for setting up my inclusion on the Baphomet storyline Teyao.

@LoksfjoerLoving the build up of Fenna and the wellspring interaction, I can't wait to see whats going to happen.

@Dark Cloud@Zool@SaiyanGreat making the fight scene with you all, even the small contributions made the scene great.

To everyone, great posts, This is the best roleplay I have been apart of. All the writers and characters make it what it is.

I will do a post tomorrow by the way.

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The moment had taken him aback and put him in two minds. He knew he had gone too far and been disrespectful by storming in like this, but he also knew who he was dealing with. Damn you Baphomet. As he was sent into the door, slamming it shut, he knew by the look in Zell’s eyes that he was seeing red. I am going to have to fight back. The first two hooks landed, and then came forth the explosion of pain. He never realised how strong Zell was.

He weaved the third strike, a hook meant for the face, then locked Zell’s arm with his own, dragging the fighter into a vicious headbutt. He then proceeded to pick Zell up and fling him across the room. No part of Zell’s body touched the floor until he smashed into the opposite wall and came crashing down onto the chest of drawers, knocking the lamp off and bringing both Zell and the furniture tumbling over into the ground.

Barracker marched over, hoping the fight was done. But when he got close, Zell sprang up and wrapped his arms around the Paladin’s waist and lifted him off the ground. Barracker managed to punch him a few times before he was plummeting to the floor. Lucky though, they both hit the edge of the bed to absorb some fall damage and then bounced onto the floor.

The two friends rolled around on the ground, hitting eachother and trying to get the top position…

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The two of them were sitting on the floor, backs against opposite walls, facing each other. Their breathing was a bit erratic. Barracker could tell that the hate had disappeared from Zell’s eyes, the fighter seemed back to himself. Baphomet is gone, for now, the Paladin thought, as he touched his own face, checking for any injuries. It was hard to tell but he guessed that he might have suffered a broken nose and fractured cheekbone.

“You hit like the very giants that created the Sibliconians,” he said as a straight faced joke.

It took him a few moments to order his thoughts of what he wanted to say, on a serious note. “I am not mad at you, only Baphomet. Only he deserves the blame for this mess.” his breathing levelled out, “You are cursed Zell, just like a hundred men before you. You do see it, don’t you?” The two men went back and forth for a bit. Barracker was glad that the two were on the same page, that things were ok between them. Just a couple of guys hashing things out, albeit in the most primitive way. I think with my muscles way too much. Odis would be disappointed, but would probably laugh.

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Once back at The Mended Drum, Barracker said hi to whoever was down on the ground floor and gave a nod to Federick. He spoke to MacKensie about the utmost urgency, to speak to Zell and his whereabouts while she was eating. He explained it was an important conversation, needed as soon as possible, just to comb through a few important details to the fighter. A few truths he needed to hear, but he explained, he would not impose the details on her and interrupt her good meal. She informed him that Zell was out and so he bid her a goodnight, he was mentally exhausted with his day at the library. His eyes were sore from the long reading session. MacKensie did say something that intrigued him, she wanted to introduce someone to Second Chance, he did not think much on who it could be. Too much thoughts about Zells problem with Baphomet stuck in his head.

Where are you Zell?

Barracker tried to sleep, his mind and body not given into sleep, his brain wired as if he had taken the ‘purple fungus’, a mushroom given to enhance the state duration of being awake and to fend off any residue of tiredness in the body. He needed the sleep, more to pass the time rather than to recuperate his exceptional vampiric endurance. Speaking of which, he would need a blood vial soon. But this could wait until just before the battle, he had thought, the cravings making itself known. He ended up getting one of the books he’d borrowed from the library and reading more from it.

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The morning came and the Paladin went down for Federicks breakfast.

No Zell.

Then he went to the Military Centre, this was to speak to his second in command of the Bats, Sergeant Warren Burns. After a while, watching captains, sergeants and soldiers flowing in, the vampire got frustrated.

No Zell!

It was getting close to lunchtime and Barracker wanted to get his talk with Zell out of the way before meeting the new person, Alison, so he went back to the Mended Drum to go upstairs and bang on the fighter’s bedroom door.

“Zell! Open the door!” Barracker said loudly.

As soon as the door opened a little, he barged his way inside the room. “You fool, damn you. You lied to me, you lied to your so-called friends and you are defiantly lying to yourself.” The vampire could hear his own heart and breathing. The built up tension in his body finally spilling out. His stare was ice, “There is no person who can control the deadly whispers of the Oblivion Prince of Might, ‘I can make you strong’. ‘Your friends are holding you back.’ Sound familiar?…” He shoved the book into Zell’s chest roughly. “...Baphomet!”.

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@Dark Cloud Welcome back Dark Cloud, great post back for your return.

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‘A comprehensive analysis of the princes of the oblivion plane’.

‘The rise and fall of Michealangelo Young’.

‘Baphomet, the voidling prince of might’.

These three books stood out profoundly in Barrackers mind, these three were deciphered and rummaged through thrice over. Carefully dissected each page, pages flickering back and forth through. Other literature rinsed over, but eventually placed in a pile of books to be forgotten about as they would hold too much knowledge about things that were not relevant. Based on the information James had given the Paladin, the pale man had taken upon himself to help with the task of dispelling Zell’s curse. They had both been in quite a predicament, a dilemma consisting of high level stress thrown their way and Barracker suspecting that the two must have felt as if they were losing part of themselves in the process. This was worrying and he would like to be of help to James, the captain of Second Chance always being around to take on everyone’s feelings and bring balance to the group with his skilled management. But he was also in trouble, the very least he could do was help cut the list of problems down on what his party members had to struggle with. Not being from this world and pushed into a line of fighting for Mytheria, this was enough to deal with.

He slapped a hand to his head, his chin tucked in, shaking his head a little. Focus, stay focused on the goal. This can work. Everything is here in these three books.

‘A comprehensive analysis of the princes of the oblivion plane’- Book I, a collection of quotes and sources that provided a full breakdown on the motives and personalities of the six most powerful entities of the Void.

‘The rise and fall of Michelangelo Young’-Book II, a breakdown of one of the more notable cases, and ruination of the notorious nephew of the Empress at the time, during the mythic age, Ileandra Young. Someone so made of steel and divine blood was consumed by hatred. No, no. Not just hatred, something else. Paranoia, tricks, anxiety, leading into bad actions that could then bring on guilt, depression and insanity too. Some say before Baphomet got to him, he could not be beaten or out witted. He was remarkable and he was righteous.

And lastly there was, ‘Baphomet, the voidling prince of might’. Book III was about the devil himself. There were six devils in all, of different aspects of power. Baphomet was of 'Might.' This book mainly referred to the time that Baphomet managed to gain so much influence that his cult used a Wellspring to tear a rift in reality that was big enough to allow him to set foot in the mortal realm. This era of the Mythic Age was dreadful and full of suffering, but after several defeats, the first special ‘Raid Group’ of the strongest, fully ascended adventurer parties eventually managed to defeat and banish him back to the oblivion plane. Those adventuring parties formed ‘The Council of Heroes’ who became an institution within the Churches branch of Government.

He truly feared for Zell but also knew his captain needed someone to be there for him too, but did not know how to approach James’ unique problem just yet, other than give him some words of encouragement and support. Zell however needed confronting quickly and harshly, a big reality check for the man who was falling like all the others that fell before. The ritual had failed because of Zell, which meant he was already going down the dark path, step by step. James had shown remarkable resilience and Barracker judged him to be steady enough to handle his own issues with resolve for hopefully long enough to deal with Zell first, but he would not ignore his captain.

His eyes remained engulfed in the books as if they were flames of a fire flickering away. His eyes were sore from the constant squinting, his neck began to sore, his posture was all bent for way too long, The vampire had thought maybe it was in the early evening but the time had passed on and on. So much reading went on until Neebs had taken himself to Barracker and told him how long he had actually been here and had told him the time, which proved to be even later than he had thought. The Academy was already closed but Barracker had used his ‘Piety Rank’ to gain access, but now it was so late that even he had to go.

“That late? I didn’t realise.” He looked back at the book as he closed it. “It is remarkable how much I have learned. Is this your area of expertise?” The vampire had thought maybe, someone more knowledgeable on the topic of dark domain could be of help. To hear something extra that wasn't at the forefront of his mind, or didn’t have the right level of importance surrounding it, he might have missed.

“Dark domain you say? Aw shucks, my specialization is in the Water Domain. Not even close to Dark, I’m afraid. Sorry about that.”

A water mage, huh? The vampire paused a moment, stroking his chin as he considered how he'd awakened to his Domain finally, back in the fight against Zigmund. Perhaps a second try at the tutoring might be successful this time. But it was not nearly important right now, so the thought was gone as quickly as it came.

“May I take these three books, I will return them tomorrow as soon as I am done.”

“Yeah sure, why not. Bring them to the front.”

Barracker gave his thanks. Don’t worry. James, Zell, I have you covered.

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Neebs was sorting the bookcases out, from polishing to sorting the books out in alphabetical order. His job was fairly high ranked, he did a bit of everything but he enjoyed working in the libraries. While on the task, his attention was drawn onto the doors flinging open, the man, no, a vampire, seemed to be in distress. He had noticed that the vampire appeared to be wearing a Paladins tower shield. He asked in a friendly manner how he could be of assistance.

“I am looking for the history section, more in-depth of curses and contracts from princes of the oblivion plane,” the man said before introducing himself as Barracker Kassel of Second Chance.

“Well adventurer, right this way.” Barracker followed the mage up a set of stairs and round a corner. “High level curses ay?” He said in passing. But Barracker did not elaborate, so Neebs changed the subject. “Second Chance, that name has been popping up a lot around here lately. Mr Sirius has been working with the tech division, I’ve not had the pleasure of meeting him.”

Barracker responded politely but his tension was noticeable, clearly not receptive for any small talk right now.

“Well friend, I will leave you to it, any questions or help required. Just give us a holler.”

“You have my thanks,” the Paladin said absently, already fingering through the literature.

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Alright, first IC post made! Apologies for any rough grammar. Been awhile since I have been back in the game. Let me know if I need to change anything as I get back into the swing of things.

@AvaP

Hi AvaP, wow that was an amazing intro. Loving the character and post, I look forward to writing with you, welcome to the group.

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It had been a long day spent among his loved ones at the Temple of the Quinity, but next was an extraordinary sight to behold. Something that Barracker had never realised a druid could be capable of, something that must have taken an immense power to conjure, this was a climbing area, used by kids and made from wood. Such creativity in all the angles and shapes of the various ways the wood curves and grows from the ground. This he thought was beyond the climbing frame which was placed at the orphanage and had even more stuff to climb onto, the two worlds collided of the love of climbing trees and being high up off the ground with a playful nature of an obstacle course element attached. “Thank you Adam, for this I cannot thank you enough,” Barracker patted Adam on the shoulder and smiled along with everyone witnessing this creation and it was all for the kids to play until their heart's content. Adam had drawn the respect from all the kids and the workers, even mother Anne had showered him with praise, it was a wonderful sight to see and Barracker felt a sense of pride to be friends with the likes of Adam, Fenna and the rest of Second Chance. Adam and Fenna had made themselves so familiar with the kids and imprinted long lasting good impressions which they will always remember.

Barracker and Adam said their goodbyes to Mother Anne and the vampire called for the kids attention and told them that himself and Adam needed to take their leave as they Barracker had things to attend to and so the kids one by one gave their biggest hug for Adam, leaving no room to grab onto Adam as each kid saying their goodbyes did not release. Isabella was the first to say goodbye, looking up from the hug and never releasing the flower she had been given. Eren went for a hug and a handshake. “I’ll never forget you mister.” Tyrion gave a warrior’s embrace and as usual so did the rest of the older kids join in. They gave him their thanks and knew this would be of help during hard times. Mother Anne popped a peck on Adam’s cheek and patted his hand.

“Each one of you, I have met from the notorious Second Chance have been such a delight,” Mother Anne lowered her voice before continuing. “I feel now, you have done a kind deed. More than ever while his friends and loved one are away, he has no one and your group has treated him like family. He has told me all about his party members, I will not forget you either, it was a pleasure Adam”. Before giving a hug to Barracker, she croaked a goodbye, “Make sure you bring the rest of your friends here, I loved meeting the two, I am looking forward to meeting more of your friends. Make sure to tell Fenna that I, Isabella and some of the others have asked after her.”

Mother Anne had done the exact same thing as she did to Adam, she patted Barrackers hand and bid them both a good day. Barracker was happy with the visit and had also learned a load of knowledge about the type of place Adam grew up in and other special things that people in his world had crafted, alongside the skateboard. Cars he thought, what an exciting world, his mind trailed off. Vampires are a thing of fiction, kids on skateboards, people driving horseless carriages.

“Your world sounds remarkable,” he said on the way outside.

When it was time to part ways at a crossroads in the street, "Oh, and in case I don't make it through the battle, keep an extra eye on Eren. Don't ask me how I know, but he's going to be a Druid some day." The tone seemed serious and Barracker felt that Adam needed to be corrected and refuted with his own.

“We will share the same fate, you and I, of this I am certain. There is too much of a fighting spirit we share that we are done, this is not our last breath, this battle we will drink after we are made victorious.” Barracker spoke as if he was certain, as if he knew the result beforehand. “See you later.”

As Barracker cut through the marketplace, his mind on Adam’s words about Eren being a Druid, he spotted someone in the alleyway that stopped his thoughts. It was a familiar voice, and it sounded as if they were muttering a prayer.

“James,” Barracker spoke a bit cautiously, he went over to his captain, and gave him a quick check for any injuries. “Are you okay?”

It was pretty clear that he was far from okay, he seemed distressed. Barracker waited for an answer before helping him up to his feet. He suggested to his leader to come with him and the two went to a cafe in the marketplace. As the two sat down, Barracker mentioned it was a nice place and ordered some tea, waiting for it to be delivered before speaking, so they wouldn’t be disturbed.

“What’s on your mind Captain? You can talk to me.”

The Paladin was in great concern for his friend as he had only seen him calm and composed, even in the face of death. So he knew this must have been serious.

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“Trouble makers, huh,” Barracker smiled at the druid's words. “I have one of those, back home. My brother Eric is one of the smartest guys I know, but that doesn't mean he didn't do his fair share of stupid things.”

“Have we not all,” Barracker smiled fondly remembering the antics that he, Krillen and Katrina got into. Even the pious and well behaved Evelyne was dragged into their craziness sometimes. “Kids will be kids”.

“So, do you have any siblings yourself?” The druid asked.

“Well, none by blood but I do consider the people at the orphanage to be my family. You see, I was raised an orphan, too young to remember my parents. The mischievous twins Katrina and Krillen, I would consider my dearest siblings. We were roughly the same age, spent almost everyday together along with Evelyne, my childhood sweetheart but she is not from the orphanage.”

While walking in the streets of Valhiem, Barracker was thinking about what was said in the tavern, he was happy to hear his friend mention that if anything troubled him, he would be another set of ears to listen. He was very appreciative of this and also that Adam was coming to meet part of his family, who he explained were all living at the Temple of the Quinity. “The orphanage is in the north east of the city so High Septum Areleth has been kind enough to move everyone closer to the bottom of the Citadel mountain.”

Circling back to the previous conversation, Barracker asked about Adam’s relationship with Eric. “Are you both close? You must miss him.”

On arrival at the temple, Barracker introduced Adam to the workers of the orphanage as he took him around the temple. Some were cleaning, some were washing clothes, but Barracker and Adam would find Mother Anne outside in the garden with the kids.

After laying his eyes on the kids, they did not notice him nor Adam, for a moment, he forgot to introduce Mother Anne to Adam as he was seeing something for the first time.“Mother, this is Adam, a friend of mine and part of Second Chance” he said, giving Anne a kiss on the head, all the while his eyes fixed on the kids fighting over the mysterious new contraption. After the introduction, Barracker went over to calm the situation between the kids, taking the weird device from them. “Enough kids, calm down everyone can use this?” He examined the device, which must have been a toy. It was a wooden plank with wheels.

“Tyrion and Eren made it, they won’t let me on it. Tell them” Isabella cried out upset.

The older kids came over with Tyrion. “It’s a skateboard. Remember, it was the thing that Fenna mentioned to Eren, about what her son played on, back in her world. It was when we were at the archery range.” Tyrion responded, trying to rejig his memory. The lightbulb switched on and Barracker nodded.

“Ahh yes, I remember,” he thought sadly, forgetting to ask Fenna more about her family at that moment.“She would be glad to see that you are all having so much fun with it.”

Mother Anne chimed in, “is that what you call that thing!” She shouted over with what power she had in her lungs. “It seems awfully dangerous.” she spoke to Adam a bit wheezy. She bent down slowly looking for her seat, and put her hand out for Adam’s assistance. After she was seated, she thanked him and gave him a smile of gratitude. Her missing teeth made her smile no less beautiful in Barracker’s eyes.

Barracker gave Isabella his cracked helmet and waited for her to put it on before giving her the skateboard. The Paladin returned to his friend, apologizing for not introducing him to the kids. “The orphanage is funded by the church but the Temple itself is not really built to have them all here.. There is just grass, nothing to play with. All their toys are at the orphanage so they get quite bored,” the Paladin explained to adam.

Eren, Tyrion, Isabella and the other kids got waved over. Tyrion came first, with his usual Barracker imitation of a formal salute, a fist to the chest, to introduce himself. The older kids followed suit. Isabella was toying with the hem of her flowery dress a bit shyly. Peeking just under the helmet halfway off her head, hand up to say hi.

Eren jumped into a hand out gesture to shake Adam’s hand. “It's nice to meet a friend of Barrackers.” Eren and Tyrion spoke synchronized. “What's it like in your world?” Then as Adam finished, Eren went big eyed, “Wait, you’re Adam, right?! You’re the one who can transform into a bear!” he grinned so big, “What's that like?”

After talking for a long time, Mother Anne got talking to Adam about her love for the children who grew up at the orphanage, she spoke as if she was their mother and spoke little tales about herself, which Barracker never knew. And days where Barracker was a bit more mischievous, along on his adventures that he and his friends and his sweetheart used to get up to.

“As you can see she is more than a worker, she is like our mother, and that is why we call her our mother.” the paladin put a hand on her shoulder. “She was there for us in our best and worst moments. Had enough love for us all.”

After the strong statement of affection, he was shooed away. “Go away with yourself,” she smiled, looking like she was tearful but over the moon, whilst slapping a hand onto his. “You will make an old girl blush,” then she turned to Adam. “Don’t you forget Areleth. I’ve dedicated my life to kids who have no one else. Two and half centuries and I don’t regret a day.”

They stopped for tea and Barracker made a mental note to not spend too long before he would politely drag the druid away and say his goodbyes. He did not want to take up Adam's whole day and also had things to do like check in with Warren and ‘The Bats’.

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@Loksfjoer Enjoy your time away