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| Topic Started: Nov 17 2012, 01:05 PM (195 Views) | |
| Strega | Nov 17 2012, 01:05 PM Post #1 |
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Will of Iron Difficulty: Medium Description: Ja'vei challenges you to a battle of the telekinetic arts. You've heard rumors of his prowress around the Temple, but readily acceptet. He sits back and relaxes and uses his masterful telekinetic powers to create golems of rock and steel, which he uses like puppets to fight you. Get past the golems and land a single hit on Ja'vei to win. Reward: +500 zeni, +5 DP, +40 all stats, +5 Rp Credits Bonus: +25 all stats Requirement: Must be of Good alignment. Requires a Saljuk Sash to take this quest. Must know the special ability Telekinesis. Must have completed the quest Will of Stone. |
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| Strega | Nov 17 2012, 01:06 PM Post #2 |
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Strega sat at the barren, worn, wooden table looking towards the coffin of stone he had just rebuilt. He couldn't help but smile when he thought about the fact that it had been his prison only a few hours prior. The additional idea that he had passed his first test only broadened his smile. As he sat Strega decided that he might leave the coffin for his master discover and make a hasty exit. Perhaps at first the master might think he had yet to succeed but once he saw that Strega was gone would find that his newest disciple had passed with flying colors. He stood from the table, taking one last look over the room. After deciding that there was nothing else he needed he decided to take his leave of the room. He stepped over to the old wooden door and pushed it aside with a creak. Strega stepped out into the hall and did his best to try and follow it out. It was not long before he realize he was hopelessly lost. Ja'vei had led him down such a twisted winding path that he had no idea which way was out. He looke around but it seemed as if every intersection looked just like the last ad he was not entirely sure that he wasn't just walking in circles. He calmed himself and felt outwards with his mind, eventually sensing the presence of other people. He followed his sense towards the people and eventually started to hear them talking. They were all students, he could decipher that much. Whenever he finally found his way to an open hammer he saw that like him they were telekinetics. They were playing a game that the room seemed to be designed for. The playing field was a fifty foot square of four foot high pillars. Each was only large enough to put a foot on. At opposite ends there were three tall goal posts each one topped with a hoop smaller than the last. Two younger Kanassans stood in front of the goals while two more ran back a forth apparently fighting for control of a sphere. The premise of the game appeared to veto get that spree to the other teams side and get it through one of the spheres to get a point. It was a strange thing to watch. No one used their hands or any other part of their body. It was played entirely using telekinesis. A group of students stood on the side cheering their friends on. Soon they noticed the newcomer and the game stopped. "Hello, who are you?" They asked. "Greetings, I am Strega. I am a student here." He responded. "We'll Strega. Would you like to play a round?" "I'd be delighted. But I don't know the rules." "It's simple enough. The point is to steal the ball from the other team and get it through one of the goals. The largest is worth one point, te middle is five, and the smallest is ten points." They explained. "Fair enough. I suppose I'll play." "Good. You can be on Ja'su's team." One of them said with a laugh. Strega looked toward the boy they were talking about. A diminutive, shy looking Kanassan. Strega nodded in agreement. "Alright, I'll do it." Ja'su looked surprised that he had agreed. As they made their way to the playing field the boy sidle up to him. "Excuse me, I uh...just figured I'd let you know. I'm not very g...g...good." He said. "That's alright. I'm not sure I'm any good at this either." He replied. The two of them took their places on the field. Ja'su played goalie and Strega was the scorer. He looked across at the two they were facing, both of which seemed to be in a fit of snickering. Strega readied himself for the game to start. At the call to begin the other team quickly rushed past him taking advantage of his lack of experience. Before he knew it they were ten points behind. Strega was ready now. He rushed toward the opposing scorer, his feet catching every third pillar. He jumped and focused on the ball, but before he knew it he fel himself get thrown to the side. He barely managed to catch himself on the edge I the field. "Be careful! If you are knocked out of bounds you automatically lose!" Ja'su yelled. Strega pulled himself back up. He was starting on understand this game now. He looked towards his opponents who had managed to score several more goals by this point. They were gloating at the fact that they were now so far ahead. Their attention was grabbed again when Strega manes to get the ball through the smaller goal. "Hey! Game's not over!" He yelled. The Kanassans seemed to be angered by this. They suddenly came at him again. He could feel their mental pulses on his body but he held still. The ball came hurtling towards him and immediately stopped when it hit a wall of his energy. "I believe it's my turn." He said as he got into a ready stance. As he said the words the pillars began to lift from the ground, creating a set of floating stairs. The other team stopped short, trying to maintain balance. Strega ran up the stairs and towards the other goal. He could feel the two Kanassans trying to pull it from his grip but they might as well have been flies trying to storm a castle. He charged the goals and set the ball through the smallest hole, there it started to make an orbit around and through over and over. When Strega finally looked around he noticed that he had ousted the other team from the field and they had beaten them in every aspect of the game. Strega smiled and focused to set the pillars back in place. The game was over and they had won. He looked around at the look of awe on everyone's face. --------------- WC: 1004 TWC: 1004/3700 |
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| Strega | Nov 17 2012, 01:07 PM Post #3 |
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He drifted down to the floor, doing a front flip before setting down on the balls of his feet. Everyone remained motionless around him, each was staring at him as if he were a new breed of alien. "How? How did you do that?" One of them spoke up. Strega looked back at the playing field again. "What that? It was nothing. I just needed to get the ball in the other net. Did I break the rules?" he asked. Each of them just stared at him in awe. It was Ja'su who spoke up first. "Break the rules? No way! It's just, the way you moved everything. That was amazing! Who did you say you were training with again?" he managed to stammer out. Strega smiled at the young Kanassan. "Well, I didn't honestly but I'm training under Master Ja'vei." If they were all shocked before than Strega had no idea what to call their faces then. Each of them seemed to react in their own way. Some of them stared, some jaws dropped, some stepped back in fear. He heard some of them start to whisper in hushed tones. "Ja'vei? No way. Not him. He's lying. Right?" Strega looked around and wondered what everyone was so shocked about. He eventually turned to Ja'su with a quizzical look. "You want to explain to me what is going on here?" Ja'su took a moment before he snapped out of his own state of shock. "Y...yeah. You mean. You don't know? I mean I thought everyone knew. Ja'vei, he's. He's like. He's a legend. There are stories upon stories about him. They say that no one can match his skill. No one knows anything about him aside from the fact that he's the best of the best, and only the most elite of the order have ever been lucky enough to train with him, and then only for a few hours. No one can last through his regimens." Strega smiled for a minute. "I'm sure that you are just over exaggerating." "No!" Another student stepped up. "They say that if you look directly into his eyes he eats your soul. You end up a mindless zombie just walking around with a blank stare." "Yeah!" Yet another interjected. "And they say that he once used his powers to crash an entire fleet of ships into each other." "I heard that he's part spirit!" "They say he doesn't eat anything other than spirit energy!" Soon enough the whole room erupted with outrageous claims about the master. Some feat he had accomplished, what he ate, how dangerous he was, how many people he had killed using only a pebble. He had to laugh after a few minutes of it. "Hold on a second! You guy's don't actually believe all that do you?" He looked around and saw that indeed they did. "Look, Master Ja'vei is a person just like you or me. Yes he is a powerful telekinetic but all of these accusations are ridiculous." None of them seemed to be quite convinced of his point so he decided to take his leave. "Just wait, you'll see." Someone said. "I give him a day before he comes screaming back to us." "I'm betting he'll be dead by morning." Strega shrugged off the others and started to make his way back up the corridor. They were all insane. He would prove them wrong, there was nothing to fear about master Ja'vei. They were all just stories he was sure. He could sense that Ja'vei was a kind person and a good master. He wanted Strega to succeed in his training. Now that he thought about it his first test had involved him being trapped inside of a stone coffin with the potential of death. Luckily he had managed to pass the test and figure his way out. But surely Ja'vei had some measure in place to protect any student that would fail right? Either way Strega knew that soon enough he would face the next trial and then there was only one more trial in the way of him attaining Ja'vei's secret techniques. He would attain the level of master in the ways of the mind and he would never again have to submit to the will of darkness again. Strega soon found himself in yet another chamber. This one was filled with mural upon mural. Each showed the feats of some unknown hero from a long gone time. There were creatures that he recognized and some that he did not. They ranged in size and shape and each was unique. He couldn't help but wonder if some of these creatures were the kind that would have roamed the planet back in the time of the lost. The lost were quite a species. They were such a mystery. On almost every planet you could find some trace of them, yet no one was entirely sure who or what they were. They had traveled the universe, leaving behind traces of their great culture. He wondered if they had been capable of the feats that he sought. Something told him that they did. He was unsure why or how he knew but something about the temple told him that they had passed down these abilities to the younger species, in a time that no one remembered. Strega smiled at the thought of visiting all of the known universe, looking for traces of the lost and perhaps solving the mystery of their culture. It was strange that a species that was so advanced and so wide spread would suddenly up and disappear. Was it war? Was it famine? Disease? Perhaps they just grew bored and withdrew from the known universe to places well beyond their current reach. Whatever the reasoning or the place that they went to Strega was filled with wonder. Not only was there wonder but also excitement about what the answers might be and what they might mean for modern society. Perhaps they would return one day and put an end to all the war and the hate in the universe. They would unite all peoples within their scope. ----------------------------------- WC: 1002 TWC: 2006/3700 |
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| Strega | Nov 17 2012, 01:08 PM Post #4 |
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As he stood there Strega felt something touch his mind. It was powerful and wise, easily able to overpower his mind. But, instead it requested permission to speak with him. Strega lowered his defenses that had been far less than the new entity. As soon as he did a familiar voice invaded his mind. "Congratulations, I see you have passed they first test. I am proud to say that I may accept you as my full student. Whenever you are able please return to your room. We have much to cover in a short time." Strega thought for a moment that he didn't know how to get back to his room but thanks to Ja'vei he was given the memory of how to get back. Now thy he thought if it he knew every nook and cranny of the temple. Every in and out, every secret hiding space. He took one last look at the murals before turning away and heading back into the corridor. He realized that he had not wandered all that far away from his original position. He looked in all the directions before heading down the proper hallway. In a few minutes he found himself standing before the familiar wooden door again. He started to open it but then thought better of it. He projected himself forward, searching his room for danger. He was able to tell the Ja'vei was in the room again and he was eating to spring a trap. He prepared himself and pushed in on the door, causing it to creak as it opened. As soon as he stepped foot in the room he felt a great gust of power push against him. He ought it to no sail and was soon pinned against the walk again. The coffin he had rebuilt quickly shifted and headed in his direction. The blocks threatened to entomb him once more. He steeled himself and focused on the blocks. Just as it seemed the would trap him they stopped in a sphere around him. He smiled and pushed out, sending the blocks hurtling in all directions. One block headed directly for the masters head but pulverized before it touched him. The master smiled. "Good, you are already learning. Fighting with and against things such as telepathy and telekinesis is like a game of chess. Yes you can use pure rite force to power through, but the most dangerous adversaries are the ones that are able to slip in unnoticed. They put forth a decoy, like a pawn. Meanwhile they are finding a back door or a weakness in their opponents defense, like goading them into exposing their King. The strongest I not always the victor but the one who thinks fastest and is more clever." As the Master spoke Strega could feel his powers constricting on him. He realized that this too was a test of wit. He immediately began to probe the bonds that held him, but they were like an iron vice. Instead he decided that he should focus on the mind that created them. It took him a minute but he found where the defenses were weakest and pressed. He felt the bonds loosen and he was able to force his way free, blowing away the invisible shackles. "Very good! I'm glad to see that you can pick up on things do quickly. That's good. As I was saying its all about who is more clever. Right now I am stronger on the area of telekinesis, but that does not mean you automatically lose. By placing pressure on the correct places at the correct time you can overcome even the strongest of opponents." The Master stood from his spot at the table with his hands apart and palms up. "I know that you have the basic understandings of the art." As he spoke a few pebbles drifted up off the floor and into his hand where they started to orbit each other. "But what I intend to teach you, is how master it." The pebbles suddenly came together, forming a small person made of stone that started to dance and spin about. It was a perfect representation and moved with such grace and agility that it seemed to be alive. "That's amazing!" Strega couldn't hold back. "Indeed." The master crushed the small person, turning it back to pebbles and allowing it to fall the the ground. "Come Strega. This room is far too small for your next lesson." Strega wondered what it might be that the master had to show him that would require more room. Perhaps he was lifting larger objects. He was sure that must be the case and followed his master from the room. -------------- WC: 777 TWC:2783/3700 |
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| Strega | Nov 17 2012, 01:09 PM Post #5 |
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Strega followed the master down another maze of corridors, although this time he was aware of where they were still thanks to the knowledge that had been shared with him through their mental link. They were heading deeper into the temple, far underground. The section of the temple in question was believed to have once housed some great treasure or massive creature. Some believed that they were merely halls meant to accommodate a great host of people. Whatever the reason, all of the rooms were massive. Strega still only had information on it and had not seen for himself how large. His assumption was correct it seemed since the master finally came to a double door cut into the stone. Each slab had to have weighed thousands of pounds each. Ja'vei placed a hand on one door and lightly pushed. The door moved without any sign of resistance, as if they were floating on air. Strega's jaw dropped when he finally caught a glimpse of the room. Rumor of their size was vastly incorrect, they were much bigger. The room he stepped into had to have been at least half a mile in length and a quarter mile in width. The ceilings were so high that the light cast from the wall torches did not reach it. Instead it appeared as if they were outside under a black sky. The room was silent and although it was so massive and dark it was filled with a strange warmth. Strega thought that with such a room it surely should have felt like a cave but instead it felt like a heated vault. Somehow the ancients had devised their temple so that they would not have to worry about the cold. Ja'vei looked toward him with a smile as if reading his mind. "Its the planets core. Not far underneath us and in these walls, magma flows. That's why this room is so warm. But that's not the point. Strega, this is your second trial. If you succeed there will only be one final test to face. Your task today though is this." The master held up a small pebble for Strega to see. "A stone master?" Strega asked in confusion. "Indeed. Your task is simple. Hit me with this stone, just once, and you pass the test." Ja'vei tossed him the pebble and started to walk to the far end of the chamber. "Oh, and one more thing. Aside from your use of the stone, my rule about not using your hands is lifted. Good luck." Strega watched as the Kanassan walked all the way to the other end of the room and made himself a chair out of loose stone. "Begin!" he shouted out. As soon as the word was out of the masters mouth Strega focused on his target. He intended to throw the stone the whole distance so that the test would be over quickly. Before he could do anything though the ground to his right exploded. As he looked around there were more and more places exploding in a shower of dirt and stone. Where each explosion took place a figure emerged. They were identical to the one that Ja'vei had created in his hand earlier, although they were all as tall as he was. Strega now understood the release from his previous vow to not use his hands. The golems came at him with amazing speed. Their fluid movements just gave more credence to the power of his master. They all moved like a real person and when they attacked him he was forced to react accordingly. He ducked underneath the first ones punch and delivered a ki infused punch to its chest, causing it to explode in a cloud of dirt. The next one was there as soon as he had finished with the first. It threw a right cross straight for his face. He quickly leaned left and used a fna block to guide the arm away from him. He brought up a knee to its gut, forcing it into two pieces that toppled into rubble again. He continued to advance as they came at him. The third tried to grab him and he spun around, bringing his left heel down and vaporizing yet another. Two more were coming from the right. Two quick blasts of ki brought them down quickly, returning them to dust. He was only a quarter of the way through the chamber and yet he noticed he was being held back. As each one of the golems was destroyed another two rose to replace them. Before long he managed a moment to gather his bearings. He was standing in the center of a circle of approximately twenty of them. He looked over their heads and towards the master. He sat idly with a smile on his face. Suddenly the crowd shifted and came in at him. He dodged, and blocked, and countered each of them. He felled foe after foe and still they came. Eventually he grew tired of it. He forced his ki up and out, devastating the group with a nuclear shockwave. He put on speed and rushed towards his target. Halfway through the room a rumble caused him to stop. He looked around for the danger and he saw the whole floor lift up at once. It formed into a massive hulk of a creature. It was impossibly large, its head at least fifty feet up. It batted Strega out of the sky with ease. He hit the ground hard. He was forced to roll out of the way as its massive fist came plummeting towards him. It left a crater where he had been laying a moment before. Another punch came forward to crush him and he had no time to dodge. He did it without thinking, the rubble around him formed a wall, stopping the golem's fist short. Strega looked at what he had done with a smile. It gave him an idea. As soon as the things hand was withdrawn he dropped the wall and took to the air. The pile that had once been soldiers came to life again, although this time they were about half the size. They rushed the beast, climbing up its legs and clinging on all over. It swatted and batted at them but they merely reformed. Strega waited until the beast was fully covered in the things and watched as it pulverized more and more of them. At the right time he forced them all to dive into him. They found chinks in his armor and the ones that had been pulverized reformed within causing the chinks to open even more. Soon enough he had infiltrated every part of the puppet. It stopped abruptly and Strega knew his plan had worked. He had control of the thing. It had a look of worry on its face for a moment before it crumbled into a million pieces. One of these pieces shot out from the rest and fell on top of Ja'vei's head. The master merely laughed and started to slowly clap. "You truly do have a lot of potential. Congratulations. You have passed your second trial." ------------------------ WC: 1182 TWC: 3965/3700 QUEST COMPLETE! |
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