Black Fortress

[flaredragon]

"So...this is the fabled Fortress I have heard so much about." Scythe said as he walked up the hill to the dark building. "Well, it's about time to see if they can live up to the rumors." He then took a deep breath. "HEY, IS ANYONE THERE!?"

Nothing but slience answered the Absol or, at least, nothing right at the moment....

[Clif]

An umbreon could be seen walking out of the human complex of buildings, having run to the gates, he decided to take it slowly when checking out what had actually yelled loudly. Alone due to the fact that only few could hear the absol's shout when they were fighting within the Fortress. Somewhat amused, the umbreon was a little disappointed when he saw just one pokemon before the Fortress gates. Smirking a little, he replied with his own shout, not nearly as loud as the absol, but of considerable volume, "What the hell are you doing shouting at the damn top of your lungs out here?!"

[flaredragon]

Scythe sighed and was about to walk away from the massive building when he heard someone actually answer his call. The Absol looked up to see an umbreon looking down at him. The Disaster Pokemon smirk at the Eevee evolution.

"I am here to ask of you to let me join your ranks." Scythe called up. "I have heard much about you and your group and I would like to par-take in it. Now, I realized that you won't let any old Pokemon who comes crawling here in. So I ask that, if you need one, you give me a test to prove myself to you and to who ever your rulars are!"

[Clif]

The umbreon mimic showed interest in the absol, slowly making progress towards him, "First, your name. Second, do you have a purpose of joining us or are you just in for the hell of it, and why do you choose to abandon the Light and join us Shadowed?" his tone was staccato, short and no wasted breath, his countenance slowly morphed from a smirk to a straight face as he questioned the newcomer.

Even though he didn't have much of a sense of distrust toward the absol, Miran couldn't exactly just embrace the canine with an open mind, too many of the Light knew of the Horde, its demonic aura and treatment of their comrades. The umbreon mimic sat down a reasonable distance away from the absol, awaiting answers to his questions.

[flaredragon]

"My name is Scythe," the Absol began to answer. "I want to join because I want to satisfy my taste for blood and pain and I have never belonged to the light and I never shall. I have always lived in the dark, I am giving up nothing if you let me join you. Rest assure, you shall not regret it!"

Scythe looked coolly at the Umbreon. It seemed to be keeping a fair distance between them. No matter. He didn't really expect them to be very trusting. To think that would be pure stupidity. Indeed, it would be very stupid to trust him. Not even Scythe trusted himself.

[Clif]

The copy umbreon laughed to himself, questioning why this pokemon hadn't found the Horde earlier in hopes to join. "Well, then, there's no reason to turn you down now since you seem to be very loyal and committed to joining us!" Miran exclaimed, standing up to begin the minuscule trek back to the Fortress gates, expecting for Scythe to follow without any gestures or signals that would command said action.

Inwardly, Miran questioned the intellect of the absol, had he made enemies before arriving here? Would he just bring more problems than help to the Horde? Disregarding inner thoughts for now, the mimic pokemon spoke up "Scythe, since you're a newcomer, you'll be most likely treated like shit by the higher-ups around here. Luckily, for you, you're stuck with me. I'm not the most aggressive being in the Fortress, but you want to refrain from pissing me off. Got that?" Miran stated calmly.

[flaredragon]

"Believe it not, but I am not a gulible idiot like nearly all Pokemon who have choosen to live in the Light." Scythe said as he followed the Umbreon, taking it as that he was diffenately in. "I realize that I will have to show my domanance to anyone who dares challenge me and that I am, as of now, the lowest ranking Pokemon in the place. I will do all that I can to climb up the latter and to gain a high ranking." The Absol smirked at the Umbreon's last comment. "I'll make sure to keep that in mind. Who know, maybe if you treat me half decently, when I get to higher ranking I just might give you a few premotions or such." He chuckled darkly. "Though that may take a while."

[Clif]

The umbreon laughed wholeheartedly, the slight pain it was causing forced him to stop walking in order to regain his mental composure, "Ah, my friend I like the way you think, but you might want to just focus upon yourself when it comes to rising through the ranks." He gave a smirk to Scythe, already beginning to like the greenie than the last one he had been with, at least this one could hold up a decent conversation and talk his mind.

"Now, to your first comment; you should never underestimate the Light, even though most are those who lack competence, they do make it up in number. I see that even though you are familiar with the Horde, I am not certain you know who our leader is, nor what a 'shadowed' pokemon is. Do you?" Miran looked back at the absol wondering how much this fellow canine knew about the Horde other than just the basics.

[flaredragon]

"Of course, one must take care of himself above all others. It is the only way to live. I was merely thinking after but even then." Scythe said, returning the smirk the Umbreon gave him. Well, it seems as though this Eevee evolution liked him quite a bit. That was good. He didn't know what ranking this Pokemon was, but having an ally here and there may help him with his goal. He just had to make not to turn his back fully on anyone.

The pure white Absol gave another dark chuckle when the Umbreon asked of what he knew of the Horde.

"I'm afraid you have me there. Though I do know a bit about them, it is very little. For the most part I know that you slaughter whole villages with no mercy what so ever, my kind of style, and usually take prisoner anyone who dares to enter this place and not join. As for 'Shadowed' I have a fairly good idea of what it means but I don't not know fully of what it is. Mind sprinkling some water on this green sprout here?" Absol said with another smirk.

[Clif]

May 17, 2008 21:48:37 GMT -5 flaredragon said:

"Of course, one must take care of himself above all others. It is the only way to live. I was merely thinking after but even then." Scythe said, returning the smirk the Umbreon gave him. Well, it seems as though this Eevee evolution liked him quite a bit. That was good. He didn't know what ranking this Pokemon was, but having an ally here and there may help him with his goal. He just had to make not to turn his back fully on anyone.

The pure white Absol gave another dark chuckle when the Umbreon asked of what he knew of the Horde.

"I'm afraid you have me there. Though I do know a bit about them, it is very little. For the most part I know that you slaughter whole villages with no mercy what so ever, my kind of style, and usually take prisoner anyone who dares to enter this place and not join. As for 'Shadowed' I have a fairly good idea of what it means but I don't not know fully of what it is. Mind sprinkling some water on this green sprout here?" Absol said with another smirk.

"Ah, so that's all you know, good to hear that general knowledge of our inner workings is low. At least I'm assuming that's what most have a grasp of," the umbreon replied, taking a moment to choose his next words in order to describe the 'underground' information of the Horde.

Miran realized he hadn't introduced himself. He turned towards Scythe, sat down, and quickly rushed his introduction, "By the way, I'm Miran..." he paused and began with his explanation. "Alright, you, Scythe, as of this moment are a being belonging to the Light, whether you like it or not. No matter how much you try to change that, even being of dark type doesn't help your alignment; it helps, but you still belong to the Light. Got me so far?" the mimic umbreon looked at the Absol once again after he let his gaze wander while he was talking.

[flaredragon]

"Nice to meet your acquaintance, Miran." Scythe greeted, then sighed at what the Umbreon said next. "I figured as much but it still saddens me to hear that I am part of the Light. Well, I do get it. Now, do you mind telling me how I could not be one of the light any more and joined you in the Shadowed?"

[Clif]

The umbreon couldn't help but laugh a little at the disappointment that showed through the Absol's voice, "Don't worry my friend, you won't remain of the Light for long. If you haven't noticed already, there's a dark aura surrounding this ancient complex, you might feel a little worn down at this moment due to your body adapting to the Shadow Lord's aura, which gives quite a nice boost in combat if utilized properly. Eventually after being exposed to the aura for some time--since you already of dark type, it should be quick for you--your body will have adapted to the shadowing power," the umbreon looked in the direction he had come from earlier, he had just left the Shadow Lord's side not too long ago.

"There's no way to force your body to become shadow, but as long as you're accepting of the demonic shroud, you shall be fine and become a fully shadowed pokemon in less than a season. Most of those who resist go through a painful and harsh time down in the dungeons, due to the constant beatings they receive and the constant resistance to the shroud they must put up each and every day," Miran gave a nod to Scythe as signal that he ended his speech.

"Anything else you want to know about?"

[flaredragon]

"Just one other thing I would like to know." Scythe said, looking up at the building's walls, for once fully realizing the aura that surrounded the place and even felt a bit tired. "If you pardon my curiosity, I wouldn't mind knowing a bit more about this Shadow Lord of yours. Now, I will more then understand if you refrain this information form me for one reason or another. I understand that this may only be for advanced members or those who gain his trust."

Though Scythe guessed that he would more then likely not get the information, he still wanted to try. This Umbreon seemed to like him so, if nothing else, he may not get punished for asking such a question.

[Clif]

Miran nodded, "Meh, there's nothing really confidential that I know of so I might as well share what I know..." he began his gaze averted, seeing a random Horde member dash by. "The Shadow Lord is the embodiment of the shadowing aura that I just told you about, no one really knows how it gets passed on to another being, but strangely enough in this past year or so we've had three different Shadow Lords."

The umbreon mimic made a small pause before continuing, "Our first Shadow Lord never revealed himself to any pokemon of the Horde or Light, he remained within the depths of the Fortress, giving commands from within the darkness but no one ever saw his true form; supposedly he had been in control of the Horde for much longer than any of us alive today can remember. It wasn't a very long time ago that one of the Guardians of Erymire--an Arseus named Alcatraz--infiltrated the Fortress and swiftly killed our first Shadow Lord."

He continued, looking upwards towards the dimming summer sky, "The second was a brief rule by a Darkrai named..." he struggled to remember the name for a moment, "...Amira I think it was. She vanished without a trace one day and we haven't heard from her since. Lastly, our current Shadow Lord is a charmeleon named Chancol, unfortunately ever since he achieved power, the Horde has been doing through some conflicts; at this moment we are fighting a rebellion, luckily we are winning..." Miran trailed off, trying to think of anything he missed.

[flaredragon]

"Hmm...I see..very interesting." Scythe said, muling over what Miran said to him. So the newer Shadow Lord was just a Charmeleon, was he? In a strange way the Absol felt a bit disappointed but he knew that there must be more to this Pokemon then what little the Umbreon had told him. He sighed and shook his head, getting rid of such thoughts.

"Anyways, you mentioned a rebellion? What kind of rebellion is it? Are the members of the Horde fighting against one another or is it memebers of the Light?" Scythe asked.

[Clif]

Miran sighed, "Unfortunately its the former, we've had the Light already attack us, which was close to when our second Shadow Lord disappeared. We don't mind killing the rebels, but this fight is getting costly since we're burning precious time to progress our strength against the Light." The umbreon slowly swung his head in the direction of the eastern section of the Fortress, "Most of the fighting is now occurring over there, the Shadow Lord gave quite the assistance to the western front. Now, would you like to either take part in crushing the resistance or do you want me to try to place you under the command of a General so you can take part in a mission?"

[flaredragon]

Scythe looked over to where the Umbreon's gaze was and turned to look at him. "If you don't mind, I think I should probably go on a couple missions first. Though I know I am strong, I don't want to test myself just yet against more trained members who have already been Shadowed. I'd be at a major disadvantage." The Absol said and smiled slightly. "Perhaps after I gain some experience, or if you really need some help, I shall join you in your fight."

[Clif]

The mimic umbreon looked somewhat surprised at the fact that the absol was willing to take a lesser challenge instead of automatically attempting to force himself into a dangerous situation, "You seem to be amongst the few smarter greenies that we've gotten, we need more that think like you. I must ask though, do you have anyone personal on your hit list or pack that you wish to be seen torn to shreds? You're lucky, we've recently had a prison-break and betrayal, so we have a group ready to head out in a few moments to hunt them down..." Miran smirked, "Are you up for it?"

[flaredragon]

Scythe smirked at the compliment and chuckled darkly. "Thanks, it's nice hearing someone with a brain of their own as well. I'm afraid that I don't have any one person or pack that I want to kill though. But I'm sure that these runaways will give me quite a bit of a good time, eh?" The Absol chuckled again and a savage grin spread across his face. "So, just wondering, how would you like me to take care of these prisoners? Do you want me to kill them right away, bring them with little harm or make them pay as much as possible before dragging them back?"

[Clif]

"That's up to you...do whatever the hell you want, but you won't be going alone, if you wish for me to I'll accompany you; like I said before, we already have a search party ready to go. The higher rankings will fill you in on the destination or objective, I'll tag along if there isn't anything for me to do around here," Miran chuckled a little as he was asked about torture methods, but he quickly stood up and began to progress towards the rally point of said group.

"C'mon, we should meet up with them soon enough; they're going to be leaving soon enough..."

~
Arriving at the set rally point, Miran rolled his eyes as he saw that they were gone, but he looked up to see the group in the distance, marching away, "I guess I'll be going whether I like it or not..." he sighed, preferring choice over having to, "Alright, remember what I've told you about earlier, and lets get our asses moving to catch up with them!" the umbreon took off towards the mission group, hoping to catch up in short time.

*Contued in Demonic Dreams (Redo)* erymire.proboards55.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=fortress&thread=849&page=3#15133