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(Underworld) Nokturnus continued to peer through the urn, noting any signs of activity. he saw the bloody mass that was on the ground. "So..........Rhapthorne is dead, my plans snuffed out once again." Nokturnus balled his fists. "It seems as if I can't send anyone to do anything right, i MUST do it MYSELF!" Nokturnus proceeded to walk to the Crystal Room (Underworld - Crystal Room) Zoma gradually sealed the cracks that Nokturnus left in the crystal. The crystal glowed and hummed vibrantly, turning various shades of Blood-Red, Electric Blue, and Poisonous Green. Zoma continued to work as the crystal spoke to him, goading him. Zoma ignored the crystals calling. Nokturnus entered the room. "Status report?" nokturnus demanded Zoma was startled, but turned to Nokturnus and said, "The cracks are dissipating. a voice was calling out from the crystal, persuading me, although it didnt sound like our new recruit." Nokturnus gazed upon the crystal, studied it, then turned his back on it. "i think its time to bring him home. Summon him here with the crystal. before you do, we need to make sure that the place i see doesnt exist anymore." Nokturnus smiled darkly, as Zoma bowed. Nokturnus left the room as Zoma proceeded to caress the crystal....................... (Underworld - Summoning Room) Nokturnus arrived in the room, should previous summons fail. On one side of the room were barrels of snake venom, the other side has shelves full of dried frogs, ranging from every breed of frog you could think of. In the middle of the room was the Book of Summoning, with a silver goblet. nokturnus grabbed the goblet, filled it with venom, proceeded to grab one of the more potent frogs and set them on the pedestal next to the book. Nokturnus opened the book, scanned paragraphs with his index finger and tapped the book where he found the paragraph. Nokturnus closed his eyes, thought-speaking the Words of Summoning, picturing his required destination................................. (Dharma Temple) Black Clouds started to form over the temple, as it rained feverently. lightning crackled in the clouds, which proceeded to turn red................................................

(Dharma Temple) Rhapthorne's eyes got extremely large, as he felt excruciating pain. he felt his heart pop like bubble wrap. Choking on purple blood, he said, "Heh. Lord Nokturnus will wonder where I've gone..........." Rhapthorne fell to the ground below, dead before he hit the ground. when he hit the ground, his stomach exploded, showering anything within range with purple blood and entrails. The Sceptre glowed with a faint purple light, before disappearing into nothingness. (Underworld) Nokturnus was moving swiftly, avoiding being hit by magic from the wight kings and dodging thrusts from the bloody horsemens lances and slashes from the Night Knights, performing stunning acrobatic moves, butterfly kicks, reverse roundhouses to disarm his opponents, and unleashing a yell that was mighty enough to knock his Elite back. Nokturnus landed in the middle of the arena, his last horsemen falling to the ground off his horse. His Elite proceeded to fix themselves, reattaching limbs and casting healing spells as Nokturnus sensed something to the NorthEast. He narrowed his eyes, scowled, and focused on the activity coming from a location he knows all too well. Feeling the area out, he proceeded to walk to his urn, which materialized into the place where he used to reside. deep underground, beyond twisted dimensions and room of other worlds. he then focused on the outside, where he saw figures and a dead being, which was nothing more than a puddle of mush.........................................

(Dharma Temple, Outside) The Beings words lashed out at Rhapthorne, like fire licking at paper. Rhapthorne was now face to face with the being, inches away from his face. "At least DOGS are loyal to their masters and know where they lay down their true allegiance" Rhapthorne said darkly. "If you must know, Lord Nokturnus sent me here to deposit some summoning materials. So explain this to me. Why would he send you here if he planned to destroy this Temple Himself?" Rhapthorne eyed him suspiciously, sighed, then said "If its Lord Nokturnus' will, then His Will must be done. I must report back to Lord Nokturnus." Rhapthorne turned his back on the Being and held up his fingers, but before he snapped................................................................. (Underworld) Nokturnus turned away from the urn and called upon a Juggular. "Bring me the strongest guards i got. its time for some training." the Juggular nodded, bowed, and sent for Nokturnus' Elite guard. Nokturnus folded his arms and stood, looking at the door with pupilless eyes. he then walked to the centre of the arena and watched as His Elite guard stood at attention, awaiting orders. His Elite consisted of various undead creatures, such as Wight Kings, Night Knights, and undead Horsemen with red armor, like blood. Nokturnus looked at his Elite. Purple energy from his hand materialized into his signature sword. he then stood in his intimidation pose. "BEGIN!" Nokturnus commanded............................................................................................

(Dharma Temple, Outside) Rhapthorne sensed great power from this one, enough to possibly surpass his own. he must bluff to scare this one off from his duty "So.......you DO know Lord Nokturnus..........." Rhapthorne seemed disappointed. "This was supposed to be HIS job. To be summoned and destroy this blasted Temple." He looked down at the partially destroyed temple. Partially destroyed, yet stable. He then glared at the being in front of him. "Why must you know? He set me free by default. Freedom is what he gave me! And what of you? You look pathetic! A mutated human!" Rhapthorne pointed at his bubbled skin that still miraculously held its shape. "So.........if you know these humans, you must be one of them! but theres a conflict of interest, as you mentioned Lord Nokturnus." Rhapthorne turned his back on the being. He then pointed at the Being dead in the face with a black clawed finger and asked, "Whats your true alliegance? Think hard, as either answer will brand you a TRAITOR!" Rhapthorne shouted the last word for all to hear............................................

(Dharma Temple) Rhapthorne floated to the door and squeezed himself through it, breaking the frame in the process. he took the sceptre out of his mouth and looked around for the voice that called out to him. Rhapthorne felt the power from overhead, looked up, and saw the figure. "Lord Nokturnus must have sent this reinforcement" Rhapthorne thought to himself. something seemed off about the being, as if his skin had melted and held its shape in some mysterious way. Rhapthorne floated up to the figure. he eyed him with suspicion and asked "Did Lord Nokturnus send you?".......................................

(Underworld) Nokturnus opened his eyes suddenly and felt something towards the northeast. nokturnus stood up sharply and looked in the urn, trying to focus on the source of energy.......... (Dharma Temple) Rhapthorne heard the shouts of another being. Rhapthorne brought his left hand up to his mouth and continued to laugh. in a loud, guttural voice, he shouted, "TIME TO END THIS NOW!" he put the sceptre in his mouth, put his hands together with fingers extended and turned his hands sideways, so his palms were facing upward and downward. Purple and black energy developed in between his hands and as he separated his hands, the energy turned sphere-like. he thrust out his palms to send the sphere like energy to the ground, creating a violent explosion (Kazammle). Rhapthorne looked pleased, then turned his attention to the open door, where he heard a Demon Lord's calling.......................

(Dharma Temple) Rhapthorne continued to smile darkly "You Fools!" Rhapthornes skin turned from a pale to dark purple, his horns protruding from his head turned black. his eyes turned red and he grew massive in size. "You should have left the materials alone!" Rhaphorne towered over everyone. he lifted his hand towards his mouth and laughed. he then made to orb float like magic and hit everyone in the temple. "BLAZEMOST!" Rhapthorne shouted.................................... (Underworld) Nokturnus calmed himself. He was supposed to be summoned to destroy the temple itself. "no matter" Nokturnus thought. "there will be another day to make my mark on the overworld." Nokturnus walked to his throne, sat down, and started to meditate..............................................

(Dharma Temple) Rhapthorne saw the materials fly off from the altar, the dried frog was burnt to ashes and the venom spilt all over the neat rug. the letter he wrote also was burnt to ashes. Rhapthorne now turned his attention to the guards, smiled, then frowned and shrugged. He proceeded to read the book, not caring about who stood before him. "Mere parasites, doing everything they can to get 'stronger', but not realizing what true strength is", Rhapthorne thought to himself. "These pathetic life forms...........they are like a disease........i feel...........saturated by it........." Rhapthorne then proceeded to set the book down, grab his sceptre and stood to attention, a dark smile with jagged teeth, like a shark, protruded from his mouth..................... (Underworld) Nokturnus stood with arms folded and tapping his foot impatiently. "What is taking that fool so long?!" Nokturnus thought. "I should have been summoned by now!" Nokturnus then crouched down (Like someone about to power up), balled his fists, and proceeded to show some of his power. Nokturnus started to yell in anger, a purple and black aura surrounding him, radiating like heat, which proceeded to turn red and black. An earthquake started to occur and, with each passing second, started to quake more violently.......................................................

(Dharma Temple) (You finally know what the materials are in this section and what the plan is for the materials) Rhapthorne in his human disguise looked around. everything seemed so...................clean. he retched in disgust. Rhapthorne saw different party members, bustling around, trying out their new classes and weapons. Rhapthorne saw someone take a group of party members to a back room. the party looked familiar. Rhapthorne shrugged and walked to the pedestal and set the 2 materials on the pedestal. he then took a book, ripped a page out from it and, with his own blood, wrote a note: "SPEAK THE WORDS OF SUMMONING" and placed it in front of the materials. The materials consisted of a green dried frog, with orange spots. the liquid was greenish brown cobra venom. Rhapthorne looked at the neat setup, which has now been defiled with venom, a frog, and Rhapthornes blood. he walked over to the massive stacks of books, proceeded to read one, and watched for any activity regarding the materials. He leaned on a stacks of books as he was reading.................. (Underworld) Nokturnus straightened his gauntlets, still smiling darkly. "I must leave my mark on the overworld. my past attempts have been foiled" nokturnus thought. He also wondered why his new minion hadn't returned yet........................

(Underworld) Nokturnus sat in his throne with closed eyes, as if concentrating. he saw a dark void, and visions of a giant head with 2 hands, and yet again the golden tower with mirrors. He opened his eyes and smiled darkly. the time has almost come. he stood up and folded his arms and waited.................. (Overworld) Rhapthorne could see the Temple of Dharma straight ahead. he carefully cuddled the materials and held his sceptre. He approached the doors, shifted the materials to his sceptre hand, careful not to spill them, and opened the door..................................

(Underworld) Rhapthorne had just finished his story with, "...................and the so called hero had the giant godbird with them and with help from some sages, i disappeared in an explosion of light." Rhapthorne munched loudly. He swallowed then told Nokturnus, "i saw some humans with a horse carriage on my way here not too long ago. a mermaid and a few fair-fitted fighters. one is a cripple, it seems. another is a young boy, and another person had a shadowy like creature with him." Nokturnus listened. he then narrowed his eyes at the mention of a being with a shadowy like creature. he then laughed evilly and told Rhapthorne, "The fool with the shadowy creature works for me now! Him, his pet, and another being who i trust Kazuma and chad to contain. the fool. he gave up his body for a worthless cause, all to serve me............." Nokturnus sipped at a goblet. He then waved his hand and the urn floated to rhapthorne. "Can you track the party's movements?" nokturnus asked. "i know where they are heading." rhapthorne replied. "Dharma temple. Apparently they want to change classes." "Good." Nokturnus stood up and grabbed 2 things from the table. He then handed them to Rhapthorne and told him, "Go there and drop these 2 items off. im sure someone will know what to do with the materials." Nokturnus smiled darkly "Whats in it for me?" Rhapthorne asked "FOOL! I SET U FREE AND U ASK WHAT'S IN IT FOR U!?" Nokturnus bellowed. Rhapthorne looked at Nokturnus angrily, then lowered his head. Nokturnus was right. he owed him. Rhapthorne nodded his head and disappeared through the castle wall, to the overworld, towards the temple. Nokturnus went to the urn and looked in it, the image of dharma temple left behind by Rhapthorne. (10 miles outside Dharma Temple) Rhapthorne landed outside of the temple and disguised himself as a bald, heavyset man with nubs on his forehead and a jet black goatee, he proceeded to walk towards the temple in the distance, with his sceptre in one hand and the materials in the other hand............................................

(Nokturnus indeed knew about rhapthorne, but the final formed, heavyset one. nokturnus had never seen Rhap1. hes seen rhap2 and the sceptre) (Underworld) Nokturnus heard the name. "Thats why the sceptre looked familiar!" Nokturnus thought. "But the last time i saw Rhap, he was massive in size. hes pitiful looking now." Nokturnus straightened up from his intimidating stance and his sword disappeared with a purple flash. He strode down the stairs and shook Rhapthorne's tiny hand, as if welcoming back an old friend. "Rhapthorne!" Nokturnus exclaimed. "Its been ages, old friend. Please, Come over to the table, you must be hungry" Nokturnus and Rhapthorne went over to the table. Nokturnus sat down, while Rhapthorne floated, eyes growing extremely wide, as he looked at the massive amounts of food on the table. Nokturnus grabbed a Drackal tail and proceeded to eat. As Nokturnus was chewing, he thought.............. Finally, Nokturnus asked, "Last time I saw you, you were immense in size. Care to share your story?" Nokturnus was always polite with his guests, especially after many years of meeting one another. Rhapthorne proceeded to shovel food into his mouth, ranging from Prism Peacock legs to Drackal Tails, and such seafood as Fried kalamari tentacles, shell slimes and king krabs. As Rhapthorne was engorging himself, he explained his story.......................................................................

(Underworld) Nokturnus paced back and forth, trying to devise a plan, then he sensed it. something that somehow made it through the castle walls. He looked at the doorway with pupilless eyes and noticed something floating in the archway. he was a purple demon with a yellow electric abdomen and carrying a sceptre. Nokturnus recognized the sceptre immediately, but was surprised, as he didnt know what the being holding the staff was. Nokturnus folded his arms and stood, looking at the being. The being shrieked and flew straight at nokturnus, waving his sceptre wildly. Nokturnus outstretched his arm and made a fist, which glowed a vivid purple. His familiar double bladed sword appeared and he crouched down, looking intimidating. The Being stopped and floated in midair again. the being then closed his eyes and bowed. the being looked up at Nokturnus and said "Thank you for your help in releasing me from my prison." he waved the sceptre as he was implying that the sceptre was his prison. Nokturnus stood firm, sword still extended. "And.....Who are you?" Nokturnus asked "My Name? What is a Name?" the being asked. "i am called............Rhapthorne." he stated........................................................................

(Underworld) Nokturnus couldnt believe what he saw. "what was that magma doing ont he surface?!" nokturnus thought. there was nothing left of whatever town he was looking at, just 2 giant craters where the magma exploded out of the ground. Nokturnus sat and pondered. he thought of all possibilities, but the only logical explanation was that his new minion has gone rogue. "could it be possible that Kazuma has lost control?" Nokturnus asked himself. Nokturnus felt sick for the first time in centuries. he had to explore his options and devise a plan, and fast........................................................................

(Underworld) Nokturnus peered in his urn as he saw the tower yet again. he was not sure of its meaning, but he had to find out somehow. Nokturnus then felt a small quake and it died down a bit. the magma surrounding the foundation of the castle seemed to have lowered in level 1/64ths of an inch. Nokturnus was pleased, yet uneasy, about the amount of energy it took for something of that magnitude to happen; it almost rivaled his 3rd in command's power!! Nokturnus had to train, fast. he stood up quickly and looked around. "How am i going to train if i dont have anything that rivals my power?" Nokturnus thought. he panicked, then calmed himself. he then looked into the urn and focused. he concentrated hard on the energy source. the liquid inside the urn materialized into what looked like magma. nokturnus continued to focus in the urn, as magma was spilling outwards, like water hitting a glass pane..........................................................

(Underworld) Nokturnus was focused on the urn. People were moving, and yet these people seemed all too......................familiar. like the ones way back when............. Nokturnus beckoned to Zoma. Zoma got to one knee and bowed. Nokturnus spoke, "Apparently they are alive. your magic did not seal them in stone forever........" Nokturnus got to both knees and slammed both of his fists on the ground, which created a quake so powerful, the whole of the overworld could feel it. nokturnus stood back up, brushed off his knees and pointed at Zoma. "Go now! find this place i keep seeing and leave no survivors!! LEAVE MY PRESENCE!!" Zoma snapped his fingers and disappeared with a crackle. Nokturnus sat down in his throne and again, saw this gold tower with mirrors.................. (A purple and yellow devil looking being can be seen flying into the Wall that Anna blasted...............................)

(Underworld) Nokturnus frowned, as if considering the idea. "Very well. you may go. report to me when finished. i may have another mission for you once this one is complete. Also, take Ladja with you. im sure he can be of some assistance to you." Ladja sneered at Kazuma with disgust, but did as his master told him. he also knelt to one knee and bowed....................

(Underworld) Nokturnus watched as Kazuma knelt to one knee. nokturnus folded his arms yet again. "We had a prisoner escape. your mission is to retrieve her, by any means necessary." he turned swiftly, letting his cape flow from the breeze, walked to his throne and sat down, resting his cheek against his fist. Nokturnus continued calmly, "Apparently, she used what is known as a Sacrifice Bracelet to break free from her prison. How she did it is unknown, as these walls are nigh impenetrable, but she definitely found a way.............." nokturnus closed his eyes. "I'd prefer if she was alive when you bring her back, but dead? she can be resurrected. either way, i want her back here." Nokturnus opened his eyes, which narrowed. "Succeeding in your mission, the rewards shall be great. Fail, and the consequences may be...........severe."

(Underworld) Nokturnus heard a loud boom and someone yelled twice. nokturnus stood up straight and tossed the bone aside. he stood with his arms folded staring intently at anyone who would walk thru the doors. Ladja came back, stunned, as if he couldnt believe what he just witnessed. "Explain." nokturnus commanded, pointing at Ladja. Ladja explained what he saw, in detail. when ladja was finished, he bowed, as if accepting whatever fate Nokturnus was going to bestow upon him. Nokturnus stood there, folded his arms and chuckled. "that girl is a feisty one! i like that....." he exclaimed, then voice turned dark. "summon our new recruit, Kazuma. he has earned himself his first mission. i would like to see the extent of what he can do with his new power. bring him here. he has a job to do." nokturnus stood and watched as ladja rushed out of the room to retrieve kazuma.....................

(Underworld) As nokturnus was staring intently at the urn, he had a strange feeling, as if some unknown force was brewing somewhere. it was nearby, as he could sense that much. he heard a loud thud, as if a body had been dropped. he glanced to Ladja and beckoned him to go check out the disturbance. a guard came out, rushed to the table, placed a whole bunch of food from the table on a platter in a rush and ran out, dropping a peacock drumstick along the way. nokturnus walked calmly to the dropped drumstick and picked it up at the bone. he walked back to his throne and sat down and looked intensely at the bone. the individual meat strands of the drumstick started to peel themselves away, as if it was an exploded view of the drumstick. the strands then melded themselves back in place, and with a shrug, took a bite out of the drumstick. he then looked at the urn, which materialized itself to the tower once again..............

(Underworld) Nokturnus sat with his eyes closed, still envisioning this tower he saw. he had no clue what it meant, nor of its meaning. it was a large golden tower with thousands upon thousands of mirrors inside, with golden pillars and a simple staircase leading upstairs and downstairs. Nokturnus opened his eyes and attempted to focus his thoughts into the urn, but failed. this is a skill he has not yet attempted and therefore just made the urn bubble and froth. he then focused on a castle town and it appeared in the urn. he stared at it and waited for any activity.........

Blue is kazuma, red is chad and yellow is the entity (orgodemir?) i assume?