| Orders: - Locate the ruins - Retrieve the Puzzlebox - Return the item to Lord Barldwin Lorenso |
 Stop. Calm yourself. You're an idiot. |
| Aurelius Lazard Lazard had arrived at the location described at the missions counter. Of course it was only a very vague information, something along the lines of: "The ruins are somewhere to the north Hohenheim. Go to the rendezvous-point and meet up with you partner." "What very reliable information. It resembles finding a snowflake amongst many others at the top of a mountain, while receiving help from an unknown spirit." Lazard just loved saying things like that. They were part of his personality. Still, he needed to wait for his partner to arrive. Given the location he is at, his partner should be able to spot him immediately, as Lazard was now standing before a vast desert... "Of course, old ruins just had to be in deserts. It is like their natural home." Chanting an spell, Lazard proceeded to at least fend off this unimaginable heat. "Coryza Velarium." Upon saying this, Lazard was slowly being enveloped in a blue aura, giving off a slight chill. "This is better. Now I just need to wait for my partner, before venturing off into this grueling desert." |
| Aurelius Lazard It was not long after he had arrived here, someone spoke to him. Turning back, Lazard saw that it was the fox-girl from before, although since his "Conspectum Magicis" was not casted on him, she looked just like very young girl. "Partners? And who might you be little girl? You certainly look to young to be a mercernary, but given that you are the only one to arrive here, I assume we are." After a brief pause Lazard continued speaking. "May I introduce myself. My name is Lazard Aurelius and it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance." As usual, Lazard gave his polite introduction and rounded it off with a smile, awaiting the response of the young girl. |
| Aurelius Lazard "Lazzy-chan? You seem to have quite an unique sense for naming people. As for what I can do... well just see for yourself..." Lazard spoke with a smile. He would show the locations of the ruins to her... After all, before she came here, Lazard had been pondering in thought why a desert was here. Instead there could have been some old castle or something like that, but that was not the case or was it? He knew there was something behind this. And after he had casted his "Conspectum Magicis", he had already realized there was something wrong... "A very interesting safety measure indeed... We are currently not in a desert, but merely an illlusion probably to keep strangers from entering the ruins. They are right in front of us." Upon releasing his magical sight and his "Coryza Velarium", Lazard prepared to draw a large magic circle on the ground. Aligning it to the element of water, the circle gained a blue colour while Lazard infused it with some of his energy. "Dispell" was the magick he was trying to cast. It would only temporary dissolve the desert illusion, but it would last long enough. Right after he had finished the circle, it began to glow and produced fast magical waves reaching across the barren wasteland, revealing an interesting location... and only one moment later, the ruins were standing before him.  Truly they were just as beautiful as Lazard had hoped them to be and would the girl think the same way? "Welcome to the ruins Youko. A marvelous revelation intended to satisfy the living being by its utmost beauty... Now that we have found it, shall we go in?" |
RozenluxisDec 8, 2011 10:56 AM
| Aurelius Lazard "Haha. No need to be in such a rush. We can take this slow." The girl's energetic self made Lazard laugh. She seemed just like a child and it piqued his interest, why she would be a mercenary. Well, it would not be very long until he will see her capabilities... Following the girl at his own pace, Lazard took his time to look at these beautiful ruins. There ought to be a hidden library there with many unknown books that are yet to be discovered. This would surely be an interesting adventure... |
| Aurelius Lazard Lazard had followed the girl all the way to the ruins and both of them had entered together. As expected, the place was overrun by several monsters, particularely the undead. Although, they were only living skeletons, Lazard had plenty of experience with magic, so dealing with them would be no problem for him. However, the girl rushed in first and began to immediately start the assault. He wondered how she could be so careless and just rush in, but since these foes were weak, he did not need to worry. What followed was quite an unique display of skills. The girl locked herself in skillful close combat and also casted magic with her fan. After a while she cheerfully called out to him, although some undead were still left. "I am glad that you have fun, but let us give them their final rest. It is surely not easy for them too..." Lazard spoke with a hint of melancholy. To him the dead should not be disturbed and especially not be abused as weapons. After all their suffering in life, why can't they rest even in death? Losing his smile, Lazard assumed a more serious expression. He did not want to see them struggling any longer. Taking out one of his books, he began to chant a spell... "Light that shines through the darkest of nights. Vanquisher of shadows, hear my prayer... Lux Inlustre! While chanting his incantation, Lazard stretched out his arm, his palm creating a large white rotating magic circle. Glowing brighter with each moment, the circle fired of a enourmous light beam, engulfing all the undead and obliterating them in the process... After that, the circle vanished and Lazard let out a sigh. Immediately assuming his usual expression afterwards, he smiled and turned to Youko while speaking: "Now, shall we continue?" |
RozenluxisDec 9, 2011 12:47 PM
| Aurelius Lazard The girl was willing if not eager to continue on. Despite her young appearance she was quite the ambitious one... As Lazard and Youko ventured further into the cave, the source of light gradually began to diminish. During these situations it was very practical to he his magical sight on. Closing his eyes, Lazard casted "Conspectum Magicis" on himself. It was a spell that did not require any form of incantion, only pure concentration was needed to activate it. His partner used a different way to deal with the darkness. She had created some floating blue fire balls which where illuminating a rather small area. After that she had suggested staying quiet in order not to attract any monsters. Lazard nodded with a friendly expression, after all he would do anything to avoid having to fight... As they got deeper into the ruins, Lazard could see a faint light to his left. To describe it more precisely, he could see a room being illuminated by light, although everything was blue to him, he could at least distinguish between light and dark. Deactivating his magical sight, Lazard could see it very clearly as he went further into the ruins.  There was a single gate before him with a picture of a tree. He knew that there were two options what would be behind it: The puzzle box or... a library. Especially the latter was very interesting for him. Maybe it was time to finally get a new book he had not read before, but how would one open this door? |
| Aurelius Lazard Lazard approached the sealed door, but the girl had turned to him and said that this place was scary. Bearing his usual smile, Lazard would not let her down and try to make her feel a little better. "Don't worry. If anything happens, I will keep you out of harm." He spoke in his soothing and calm voice. After all, he was the older one out of them and thus it was his duty to ensure her safety, or so he thought... After having calmed the girl down, Lazard turned to the door again. The tree reminded him of something. Maybe he could use his "Conspectum Magicis" to see what could open it. The spell was easily casted and it revealed an unique revelation to him... "Sephiroth..." Indeed, this tree was a picture of the ten sephiroth of the tree of life. As he looked closer at the image he could see it. At the bottom there was Malkuth. Then there was Jesod. To the left was Hod, Geburah and Binah. To the right was Nezach, Chesed and Chokmah Lastly there was Kether. Lazard repeated them as if he were entranced. "Malkuth...Jesod...Hod...Geburah...Binah...Nezach...Chesed...Chokmah... Kether." Repeating these words Lazard fell into deep thought. Something was missing... Suddenly his eyes opened, his iris glowing blue from his "Conspectum Magicis". There were only 9 of them! All in all, no matter how much he counted, only nine sephiroth were written on the tree. The last sephiroth, "Tiphereth", was not here instead there was a depression visible in the place where Tiphereth should have been. It was round and it seemed like one had to put an orb there or something. "Little girl! Have you seen an orb on anywhere? An orb with "Tiphereth" written on it? |
| Aurelius Lazard As soon as Lazard had asked her the question, the girl began to think that it was a game and happily jumped around the room. Her childish energtic behaviour made him smile. Still, an valuable orb would not be easy to find and he again fell into deep thought, muttering words to help hims olve the puzzle. "Tiphereth... the beautiful sun..." Just as he pronounced these words, his gaze fell to the spot where the sunlight was shining down. At the exact same location there was a large symbol of a sun as big as the circle the light created, however, only the circle of the sun matched the light with its pointed-looking sunrays being in the dark. He was sure that if looking from bird-eye view it would look like this.  Looking back at what the girl was doing, it seemed that she was inspecting the pillars for clues. As the girl went from the left side of the room to the right side, Lazard looked at the pillar she had been looking at before. It read "Tiphereth". A symbol in the middle of the room and pillars with the sephiroth written on them. All these had to be connected in some way or another... Upon closer inspection, Lazard found an a small mirror looking thin in the column, although it would not really look like a mirror if he hadn't actived his magical sight. The mirror and the sun symbol probably would not have been seen on first glance unless one had inspected it in great detail or if one used other means to reveal them. Of course, as Lazard touched the mirror hidden in the column nothing happpened. He had probably found the answer to solving this puzzle, but not the means on how to do it. According to his theory, the mirror needed to reflect light in such a special way that it would illuminate the pointed sunrays. The mirror was already directed in the right way, but how would one reflect only pointed sunrays? Lazard decided to leave the mirror for a while and went to see how the girl was doing. She was standing in front of another column, but this time Lazard was surprised at what she had found. An orb with the writing "Tiphereth" on it, but sadly, it was not the orb he had seeked. Furthermore it also had the same sun symbol as the ground yet without the circle and only with the sunrays. At this moment, it had struck him and Lazard began to smile. "What a marvelous revelation. The secret hidden away in the sun's face, being illuminated by bright light and creating such a unique riddle, can now be solved." As Lazard went and proceeded to touch the orb... nothing happened. "How can this be? I am sure it was supposed to glow and create the solution." Lazard was puzzled. Originally, if the orb would have activated, the sunrays on the orb would have shone to the mirror. The mirror would have directly reflected it to the symbol, illuminating the sunrays in the process and thus he was sure the true orb would have been revealed. However, just as he wanted to inspect the rest of the room, shadows jumped out of the orb and gathered together, creating a very unholy creature... It was a grim reaper. One of the most malevolent forces in existence. Even Lazard had to admit that he was a fearsome foe... However, given Lazard's nature he was not one who would run away if confronted with obstacles as his desire to read arcane texts was stronger than his fear of death. "So, even death itself has come to greet us. Well, I am quite honored to make your acquaintance as well, Mr. Reaper. Youko. If you don't want to confront death, then I suggest you get out of here now." |
RozenluxisDec 10, 2011 1:39 PM
| Aurelius Lazard Lazard was taken aback by the serious voice of his partner. Indeed a reaper was very dangerous and upon encountering a hostile one, the chances of surviving were extremely slim. His partner tried to negotiate with the unholy being. Lazard however, had his own suspections. Why would a reaper appear in this place? Why would it come out of an orb? There may be a possibility in which the threat before him might not be what it seemed to be and Lazard would have taken the chance to confront it. Youko however, had stopped him. Indeed, it might have been foolish to blindly take the chance, but that was his nature. The thought of acquiring new texts was simply too grand. If it weren't for his partner, his obsession might have been the end of his rope. Originally, if the monster that the orb spawned had been defeated, he was sure that the puzzle would be solved. In this situation even Lazard himself was at loss what to do. If confronting him was not an option, what else would there be? Not once had he heard of negotiating with a reaper, but there was also a slight chance for things to turn out in a way differently than he had expected... The reaper himself did not seem hostile and upon hearing what the fox-girl had said he only raised his arm with his finger pointed at the door with the tree. As if he were inteding to convey a message he then pointed at Lazard. Particularly, at the books he was carrying around. Lazard took a defensive pose and his face showed a rare expression on his side. Seriousness. He had a feeling what the reaper intended to tell him. "Do not take the books inside" Of course this was only his own assumption and there might be something more. After the reaper finished, he released the light of the orb and what followed was exactly the sequence of actions Lazard had expected. The symbol on the ground revealed the orb and again the reaper pointed at it as if he would grant the trespassers access to what lies beyond the door. Following the reaper's request, Lazard took the orb and put it into the depression of the door. Slowly the door began to open and it revealed a huge and ancient library surrounding the puzzle box on a podium. Lazard could not help but be fascinated by the revelation. His urge to read one of them was great but the reaper was constantly watching. "Reaper. I do believe that it is forbidden to take one of these books?" Only nodding in an attempt to answer Lazard's question, the reaper then pointed a Youko and then to the library as if he were commanding her to go inside and take the puzzle box and then leave immediately which is why he pointed his finger to the exit afterwards. |
RozenluxisDec 13, 2011 7:13 AM
| Aurelius Lazard Reluctantely, Lazard complied to Youko's request. He was very eager to at least look at one of these books, but he was not allowed to. If it weren't for the reaper Lazard would have done so. "Alright...Let us leave this place..." |
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