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MattVortex
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Post subject:  Posted: August 29th, 2007, 11:45 am |
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Joined: December 3rd, 2005, 8:59 pm
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Location: ORGANS!!!!
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Omfg end. Well... epilogue. 
Twenty years later
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No-one ever believed the Mastery would ever successfully work ever again. It was finished 20 years ago. Everyone still had their amulets, mind. Da Devil, Kas'haran and the others were crafted new ones, all just in case Code 98 ever had to be executed again, but the Mastery was officially ended. Perhaps they would start it up at some point to teach the finest about Majiya. Perhaps the Mastery would remain just a memory, and they would just go out and teach alone.
There was a certain peace in not having to lead a fight to save the world. Of course, there had been attempts on the stability of the worlds and planes of existence. One mage even got close to opening a rift from the Upper plane to the Lower, which would have been rather catastrophic, although once Arasa found out about it, said mage found his spell stopped rather quickly by a rather large and powerful bolt of lightning. Another bolt also found said mage, and the bells found his soul.
Maeteru and Arasa had dedicated the rest of their lives to studying Magic. Yes, Magic, not Majiya. It turned out that while a fair bit of magic, like that in most rune stones, was a form of pre-set Majiya, there was another kind of Magic. More fundamental. Existing alongside Majiya. It was as if the magic itself was actually controlling the Majiya, not the user controlling the Majiya directly. It turned out that it was this very kind of Magic that had allowed Maeteru to make his Wanderers' runes without any knowledge of Majiya, and with this kind of Magic, many new things were discovered.
Of course, Maeteru and Arasa had to have a house. They expanded Alex's SWC island, and around a courtyard at the top of which was the chapel, a few more houses were made, as well as a small farmland for food and various other conveniences. Alex demanded another Island be made for Maeteru and Arasa to do their more intensive magical research after a small incident in which Maeteru had to move a powerful magical stone very quickly to stop it destroying the whole of the island. In the end, it vaporised a cubic mile of ocean some twenty miles from their location, but Alex didn't want to take any more chances.
Oh, and they all got their bodies back. Five years ago, Maeteru and Da Devil found the spell which restored their bodies. Being an elemental did have its downsides at times, and they all used the spell pretty much straight away. All the previous things Maeteru had bound to his soul 35 years previously all now had a physical form, including - surprisingly to them - their Abyssal amulets. Arasa, Maeteru, Tom and Da Devil took advantage of this newly-discovered spell, all getting their bodies back, all to much relief from them - especially Da Devil, who kept forgetting to cast his solid-skin spell in his air form.
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It was the time of the year again. Every year, without fail, they all met up again, at the SWC. It was basically a party, always looked forward to and remembered.
Maeteru and Arasa had helped set it up for the last few years since the expansion of the Island, and instead of holding it in the chapel, they now held it out in the courtyard, in the open summer sun.
'Do you want me to go and grab some bananas from Karamja, Gia?'
'That is an excellent idea, Maeteru, if you could that would be great.' he said, throwing Maeteru a small bag of money. Maeteru flinched into his elemental form, and shot off in the direction of Karamja. A few years ago he developed a spell that made grass impervious to fire, and Alex was most grateful for it. The char marks Maeteru left on the ground when he shot off were getting annoying.
Arasa was putting a few stone candleholders on the table. They weren't used at candleholders, merely support points for her rather mesmerising lightning balls. Some plates came shooting out of the SWC and onto the table of all different sizes. The main course was normally rather large, and everyone enjoyed Gia's cooking.
To the north, there was what looked distinctly like a Void Knight Lander coming towards them. Karl and Valence stepped off, Karl still in his crystal body - no-one ever could find how to get his old one back, but Karl was happy being crystal. After all, it meant that should he ever want another pair of arms, all he had to do was sing.
'Karl and Valence! Nice to see you!' Alex said cheerily, greeting them. Maeteru appeared in a little puff of flame next to them, with a rather large number of bananas, which he put down on the table. They were gathered up by Gia, who quickly greeted Karl and Valence and got back to the cooking.
'Do tell me about your year, Karl. How are things going at the outpost?'
'Yeah, everything is going great. The old commander was unfortunately killed by a rather large mob of Ravagers - we got considerably more come through the portal than usual. I was promoted to commander.'
'I am sure you shall lead the Void Knights better than ever before, Karl.' said Maeteru, as a few goblets whizzed past his face. In the last 20 years, both Maeteru and Arasa's elemental abilities had improved by a huge degree - Arasa now having power over magnetic fields as well as electricity, and Maeteru over all heat, not just fire.
'How is your research going, Maeteru?' Valence asked, as they all sat down on some of the short marble plinths that surrounded the courtyard.
Before he could answer, Gia had poked his head out of the chapel and called to them. 'Maeteru! Karl! Valence! Beef or mutton this year?'
'Mutton?' Maeteru asked them both, to which there was nodding. 'Mutton, Gia! Thanks!' he called, as Gia disappeared again. 'Where was I - ah yes. Well we haven't made that many discoveries yet this year, being honest, although Arasa did make a very interesting stone a month or so ago,' he said, vanishing for a second before reappearing with a stone in his hand 'It possesses some very interesting magical properties.' he said, turning the stone over in his fingers. 'Take a look at this.'
Maeteru turned to face the sea, held the stone in front of his face, and blew on it. A huge gust of wind blasted out into the sea at a million times the power.
'We found it works with anything. Any elemental move of any kind, just pump it in one side and it comes out a million times more powerful on the other. We think it might have some kind of connection with the other world - of Majiya.'
Maeteru vanished again and reappeared without the stone, sitting back down.
'Ah, look, here are Tom and Da Devil.' Alex said, pointing towards the sea. There were two waterspouts whipping across the sea towards them. At the last minute, they collapsed and out popped a blob of water and another of air, which both flinched, and the forms of Tom and Da Devil appeared.
Tom walked towards Alex to shake his hand, but almost fell over backwards as two heads appeared out of the ground beneath his feet.
'Michael and Elise!' Alex said, surprised.
'Sorry about that, Tom.' said Elise. She had certainly grown from when they had first met 20 years ago, now with long, flowing hair and a brilliant smile. She was known to many as 'the beautiful warrior'.
Just as Alex was shaking all their hands, Skyrate and Timrak appeared with a distinctive loud crack of teleportation. Momsrascal and Dark Rascal also appeared.
They sat around on the plinths talking as the remaining few of them arrived. Zharok arrived on an especially magnificent ship - clearly he had got a new one after crashing his old one into the island last year. Kas'haran also appeared in an exceptionally spectacular way, shooting unseen into the glass star at the top of the SWC, where he remained for a few seconds, the star being illuminated fantastically brightly, sending a beautiful dance of light around the island. Cratous simply flew.
'You're almost late, boy.' Maeteru said, in the most parent-like voice he could muster, as Kas'haran landed and flinched out of his elemental form. Everyone laughed.
Gia and Arasa came out of the chapel, Gia wearing a chef's hat, Arasa suspending a large steel platter of the most fantastic salad starter course (some air runes on the side for Cratous), which she placed onto the long marble table. Everyone sat down, and the salad was passed around, most people grabbing some with various levitation spells. Jugs of wine, water, grape and apple juice were also placed around the table.
They ate, discussing their past year with the others, their triumphs and successes, discoveries and achievements. As the sun began to set, Gia and Arasa brought out more food - soul runes for Cratous, brilliant salads and some incredibly nice roast mutton. They all tucked in gladly, eating their way through vegetables and meat, different sauces and fruits.
Finally, Gia came out of the castle with a large bowl of rather horrible looking yellow, liquidy goo. There was a faint whiff of banana about it.
The others were surprised. Normally Gia's meals were excellent tasting, as well as excellent looking.
'Maeteru, Tom, if you would.'
Tom flicked his fingers a bit, and frosted ice cubes shot out of the ocean, surrounding the metal bowl. Maeteru pressed his hand against it, and the goo cooled into a strange, semi-solid, cold paste.
'I call it Iced Cream.'
He served it out into bowls, and handed them round, before pouring some sauce on the top of each one. Cratous was served a few Wanderer's runes, courtesy of Maeteru.
They ate. It was simply delicious - a sweet, banana flavoured dessert which melted deliciously in the mouth. The sauce atop it made it even better.
'You truly are a culinary genius, Gia.' Zharok said, to nods of approval. Gia smiled.
Once finished, Alex stood and raised his Goblet.
'We have lost many friends. But we have gained so many more. All of us have progressed and discovered, achieved and accomplished so much. Still, we remain the very best, from Maeteru, Arasa, Da Devil and Tom's amazing magic, to Zharok and Valences incredible achievements in creating various martial arts and combat techniques. Karl takes the Void Knights from strength to strength and the rest of you have been doing fantastic work in your fields as well.'
He raised his goblet.
'To the Mastery Of The White Dragon.'
Everyone else raised their own. 'The Mastery Of The White Dragon.'
And I look forward to the next RR!
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