Megil turned as the he heard the door slam to the bar, he saw konrad storming off to the corner and sitting down, his face void of any emotion.

Curious Megil glancded out the door, and saw the remains of the mug and a puddle of brandy around it, seeping into the earth. he also saw konrad's sheath, thinking the boy had forgotten it Megil knelt down and picked it up, then came back inside.

"Ah" Otik added another couple septums to the bar, "Could I get two flin? thanks."Otik downded one and picked up the other and went outthe door, passing Megil with Konrad's stuff "Hey Megil, where'd you get that stuff?"

"just out here, seems konrad accidently dropped the suff in his drunken stupor."

he glanced back at Otik,

"Where are you going?"

"I don't know. I just got tired of the bar." Otik took a drink might go and see the reminants of other towns" He paused "No then I wouldn't be able to get back. any ideas?" Otik shrugged.

"You could always sit on a rooftop, and look at the embering remains of this town, and also the armies fighting outside the walls" megil suggested.

"assessing the other towns can be done after this is over."

"ah hey what are those vits of glass doing over there?" Otik walked over "also looks like fragments of something silver." Otik held up the peices " say, wan't Konrad's sword silver?"

"yes it was, but I don't see why he would destroy his only weapon." Megil said kneeling down and examining some of the broken shards.

The battle ranged on inside Falx's mind..

"Give up! You'll never win!" Alton yelled, the colours of Falx's mind were swaying from shade to shade, occasionally mimicking that of the world around them.

"It'll be a cold day in oblivion before that!" Falx lunged through past Altons claymore, almost in a dead hit for the stomach, "And you said darkness could control me.."

Alton barely dodged the blow but stay alofted on his feet, "In time... In time it will come back. Then you will need me and Arcyakt! Ha! Look your friend Jonacin will die out there by himself. Give up and spare him"

"I have faith that he will last.. And you will die!" Falx retorted before swinging his sword wildly at Altons head. Falx readied another blow but was caught off guard when Alton kicked him in his unprotected stomach.

Blood trickled down from his mouth as Falx clutched his stomach, moving backwards as fast as possible. Alton spoke up, "Well, I suppose I don't even need you, I can... replace you" The evil entity said with a grin, "Yes, then I won't have to worry about you troublesome antics! Take this!" Alton threw a massive strike at Falx's chest.

When the sword hit, it shattered most of the ribs in his body and left a gash many inches wide, Falx spit up some more blood, and fell to the ground clutching his open shest cavity.

"Well well, it was fun." Alton turned around and walked off a few steps and then spun on his heel to face Falx, "I win, and you die..." Alton plunged the sword towards Falx's heart.


(OOC: *GASP*)

The end was near, the sword approached. Falx knew that if he ceased to exist here, Alton would have full control of his body. He would be a slave to the darkness forever, untill it consumed every last part of him. In those last seconds thoughts and memory's sped into Falx's mind at an in an enourmous(SP) rate.

Maybe this is what it is like on the verge of death

Then a thought trickled in. Alton doesn't control your mind yet. Falx's mind was still part of him, he controlled what happened here. The boundaries of the real world had no part in here.

In a instant Falx's wound sealed up, then time stopped. Falx slowly crawled up, felt over his chest and realized how wonderful he felt. Alton stood there, motionless, in the middle of the swing that would of ended the existance of Falx Albarnias forever.

Time went back to normal, and the power that Alton threw into the swing knocked him of balance and sent him tumbling to the ground.
"What the..." Alton stood up and attacked with a gross ferocity, "DIE!"

Falx frozed Alton in place, "Now who is weaker?"
"But.. it can't be!" Alton stammered, motionless.
"This is my battleground, I control it. You failed in that understanding."
Alton looked desperate, like a hound trapped in a corner, and cried, "Arcyakt!! Help me!"
Not wanting the presence of the Mage in his mind Falx threw his sword in the center of Alton's throat, silencing him forever.

-==-

Falx opened his eyes, numorous constructs surrounded him and the duel but none engauged. Jonacin was still locked in the duel with Arcyakt.

"I'm back! Arcyakt, prepare to die.."

"I don't know Megil. Whada you say we question Konrad about this." Otik shrugged and waited for MEgil to make the first move.

Osano sat slumped over in is chair. His drink was tastless, the bread was dry and empty. I need to get out of here. Since Falx has returned to himself after Arcyak is defeated I will be the only general left. They'll soon realize that and kill me. He stood up and walked out the door.

Osano stopped, "I'll save you some trouble. Balmora is ashes floating down the Odai. Caldera is still intact besides a rather large crater in the ground. Vivec's probably in pieces and the Telvanni towns have been wiped out," he said walking towards the gate. The battle was still too concentrated to leave so Osano had to watch from the wall until the battle died down.

OOC: serene can here those thoughts and anyone can engage in conversation with osano......please. i'm bored.

"hey what the!?" Otik blinked a few times "Hey! Hey? what? You are one of the generals, I could have killed you earlier." Otik cursed under his breath, "You do know that your leader is practically dead and you no longer have any special boost. right? So why are you going back out there?"

"I'm not going back out there. The constructs are trying to get in and we are trying to push them out. It's a giant deadlock at the entrance to this town," Osano smiled, "Wait, you're the one who shot me aren't you? That was pretty brave of you, you know."

OOC: otik did shoot osano right?

This post has been edited by ShogunSniper: Aug 28 2005, 12:13 AM

ooc: pretty sure I'm the one that killed York, right?


"Yeah I am, did it out of sheer terror and opertunity if I remember corectially" Otik shifted his weith to his other leg and twitched his fingers not knowing what to do next. "Wait, you said we aren't you the one attacking? What are you up to?" Otik narrowed his eyes.

"I'm going to earn your trust then kill all of you, Osano replied coldly to Otik...He then let out a hearty laugh, "I'm just kidding. I quit working for Arcyakt. Enough people have died by my hands for three lifetimes; I'm done killing."

"geez whats with this all of the baddies are gone arn't they? thats one that quit evil and one that I almost killed. I would have to if I was left alone long enough." Otik sighed "Well now that you are good couldn't you make your centurians turn on the others?"

(ooc: oh well if this is wrong sorry)

This post has been edited by Soulseeker3.0: Aug 28 2005, 12:49 AM

(OOC: No one knows I was a baddy but Osano... and York died before he could become good.. So theres only one baddy going soft that you know of

Oh and I made my centurians attack each other long ago...)

This post has been edited by Channler: Aug 28 2005, 12:47 AM

"First of all, I'm -not- good," Osano said threateningly, "I fight for my own purpose, my own conscience. And secondly, Arcyakt has control of all the constructs, so no."

"So then What are you going to do?" Otik thought of reching to his bow again but thought better of it, instead he thought

Hey Serene! a General's out here. he said he isn't affiliated with the mage but just in case could you bring a couple people out here?*



*not to important but oh well*

"I'm getting out of here. Hell once this is all over everyone will start rebuilding and then controversy will spark and that will escalate to a few skirmishes and then maybe an all out war," Osano said to Otik looking out over the battle.


This post has been edited by ShogunSniper: Aug 28 2005, 01:02 AM