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Post by theprophet on May 14, 2006 13:45:11 GMT
Cody begins to clamber up the mountain's path. He looks down at his heavy plate mail and thinks to himself(This is just not going to work). He finds a small cave and stashes his armour but continues to wield his great-hammer and continues to climb just wearing his thin cotton clothes underneath. He has heard from his people that in the mountains of the Golden Lands there is a object of great importance. One with healing ablities that could help the Golden Lands in a time of war. Cody hoping to get on the King's good side and avoid any assaisains from Thern and Rael has begun his journey in the mountains to look for the object, while at the same time the journey is threaputic for his troubled mind. He begins up the mountain path the incline getting steeper by the minute.
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Post by Father Luca on May 14, 2006 13:49:19 GMT
At the peek of the mountain sits Father Luca. The Priest was in prayer, his rosary in hand, a bit dead to the world, he felt the sun's warmth, the chill from the wind, smelled the slight moisture in the air, he liked to pray in solitude outside to be at one with nature.
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Post by theprophet on May 14, 2006 13:53:33 GMT
As Cody rounds the top of the path he notices a priest sitting and obvisouly in prayer. "I am sorry father, I mean not to interrupt you." Cody's cold blue eyes rest on the beads in the priests hands. The clouds are darkening and thunder is heard in the distance. "A storm is coming father." Cody's white hair blows in the wind, he can feel it the dark wind. They are here. They have found him.
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Post by Father Luca on May 14, 2006 13:57:07 GMT
The Priest opens his eyes calmly and stands up hanging his rosary by his side. "It is alright my brother," said the Priest calmly, "You are of no disturbance, I was just about finished." he concluded, "My name is Father Luca Chiaro, good to meet you." he told Cody, "A storm you say, splendid," said the Priest suprisingly he always did like the rain, "We better find shelter then."
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Post by theprophet on May 14, 2006 14:03:33 GMT
Cody smiles he always liked priests they were always so gentle spirited. He pulls the great-hammer of his back. His eyes dart over the mountain tops and up and down and everywhere. He looks paniced. He can feel them. "Father why don't you lead the way?"
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Post by Father Luca on May 14, 2006 14:07:27 GMT
"I believe I saw a cave a bit down that way." he pointed behind him and began to walk in that direction. "Ah, here it is," he said as he found the cave as soon as some rain was beginning to fall. "He sat down on the floor and watched as the rain began to fall, "We made it just in time." he commented
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Post by theprophet on May 14, 2006 14:19:35 GMT
Cody stands by the front of the cave wielding his great-hammer, his body. "Yes we did indeed. I am sorry father, it is a pleasure to meet you," He doens't take his eyes off the front of the cave as lightening flashes in the distance. His body is giving a steady glow through his light cotton clothes. "My name is Cody Evans, Last Son of the Colussos. So father what are you doing out in the mountains?"
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Post by Father Luca on May 14, 2006 19:09:30 GMT
"Nice to meet you Cody," began the Priest, "I came to the mountains to pray, I prefer to be alone with nature, it is the path I have chosen to try and live harmoniously with nature." he told him. "Please, sit down let us rest for a bit as we wait out the storm," more thunder clapped in the distance, "We can get to know eachother. Last of you family, my heart goes out to you."
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Post by theprophet on May 14, 2006 19:17:17 GMT
Cody smiles as he sits down, but his eyes never leave the cave entrance. "Father I am not just the last of of my family but of my kind. I am sorry I don't mean to correct you. I understand wanting to one with nature. I am up looking for a lost treasure my people used to speak of it. But Father have you seen anyone else on the mountain?" Cody's eyes look intensly at Father Luca.
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Post by Father Luca on May 14, 2006 19:22:42 GMT
"I'm sorry, but I am really not sure, as I walked up here I did not see a soul, but from that time until you saw me, I was in prayer, and rather dead to the world." he told him regretfully. "Do not fear my brother, you may be the last of your kind as you said, but we are all brothers and sisters of creation, we are all one kind, and through this unity life goes on."
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Post by theprophet on May 14, 2006 19:25:35 GMT
Cody nods his head listening intently, lightening flashes near the cave entrance the light bursting into the back of the cave. Something is reavealed in the dark. Cody's eyes widen. "Father something is back." Cody gets to his feet, holding his huge great-hammer with one hand. Then his eyes dart back to the front of the cave entrance. "Father we must hurry, I believe I was followed up here. Do you have anything we light a torch with?"
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Post by Father Luca on May 14, 2006 19:34:19 GMT
At the sound of Cody's warning the Priest jumped to his feet and positioned himself in fighting stance, fluidly moving his hands as he stood, as he learned in China. "I'm sorry but I don't have anything on me at the moment, any stick we find will be too wet."
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Post by theprophet on May 14, 2006 19:40:44 GMT
Cody looks at the fighting stance of Father Luca, interesting he hasn't ever seen such a distinct fighting stance. "I was just asking, but I believe this cave is warm enough for me to..." Cody closes his eyes and removes his glove hands, a brillant blue light fills the cave. Cody's eyes opened letting his hands glow casting shadows across the cave and into the back of the cave. "I don't mean to decieve you Father, I just don't like to remove my gloves often."
Suddenly over the thunderclaps, men can be heard and not ones that sound like they are from the Golden Lands, they have Thern and Rael accents. The sound travels and reaches the ears of Cody. He brushes the white hair out of his eyes. He grips his great-hammer. "Father quickly into the back of the cave."
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Post by Father Luca on May 14, 2006 19:43:24 GMT
"It's alright my friend we'll talk later," he answered as he ran towards the back, "Now any information you could give me as to why we're in this situation would be great." said the Priest as he maintained his stance
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Post by theprophet on May 14, 2006 19:49:39 GMT
Cody raises his hand against the stone slab of the back of the cave their is some kind of writing on it. "Thren and Rael have viewed my people as astrocities, they committed themselves to the extrimention of my people. I am the last of my kind. If I marry and have children my children will carry my blood. Thren and Rael will do anything to stop that. They hate our people as we opposed them encroaching on homeland. I am different from them, they think I am are evil. Because I am not entirely human." Cody turns his head back to the entrance, as he heard some rocks tumble down the mountain side.
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Post by Father Luca on May 14, 2006 19:52:02 GMT
Father Luca nodded in response, they would have a lot to talk about if they survived this ordeal, Cody's past, and The Priest's experienced life. Father Luca maintained open hands as they fluidly moved, the voices grew louder, "Are they human," he asked, "Do they have power like you?"
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Post by theprophet on May 14, 2006 20:01:54 GMT
Cody's eyes trained on the writing on the stone slab. "This is it! It has to be here Father! The Staff of Healing is here somewhere..." Cody is excited his glowing hands running over the wet rock. "No Father, they don't have ablities like mine, unless their leader is with them. Thern and Rael employs a group assasians to hunt me down, its how I got this." Cody winks his left eye signling the scar down his left cheek. "They are called The Circle, they continuesly hunt me. I didn't think they would have found me so fast. Their Leader is barely human if barely is the right word." Cody speaks fast as he brings his fist back and smashes it into the rock wall punching right through.
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Post by Father Luca on May 14, 2006 20:06:00 GMT
"Alright then," he said, "You do what you have to for that staff, I barely know you but I doubt you will use it for evil," he continued, "If they reach us before you get it, I'll hold them off asbest I can."
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Post by theprophet on May 14, 2006 20:09:55 GMT
Cody smiles, he likes the Father. He continues to crush the rock but smashing it with his fist is just takes to long, he then blasts it with his great-hammer. It makes a hole large enough for them to fit through, as his hands lite up the darkness a small thin tunnel leads down with a crude rock hewn staircase. "Father, my intentions are to get a hold of the Staff of Healing and give it to the King, unless you think you might know someone else who needs it more."
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Post by Father Luca on May 14, 2006 20:16:08 GMT
Two of the men reached them and others were not far behind, with fluid motion the Priest blocked the attacks from both and threw one at the other and returned to his fighting stance. They rushed at him where he stepped to the side made a circle with his left hand and followed with an open hand strike with his right that knocked one into the other, their exhaustion and the strikes from the Priest made it so they were unconscious but the others were fast approaching. "We can discuss it later, I trust you," he replied after getting to where Cody was, "Well in here is safer than out there." he said lightheartedly, sarcasm was in his nature and made him quite a funny Priest.
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