Twilight Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 [color=navy][center]Epitaph of Twilight By Emma Wielant Yet to return, the shadowed one who quests for the Twilight Dragon. The dark hearth rumbles, for Helba, Queen of the Dark, has raised finally her army. Apeiron, King of Light, beckons, and at the base of the rainbow doth they meet, against the abominable "wave" together they will fight. Alba's Lake boils, and Light's great tree doth fall. Power - all now to droplets turned in the Temple of Arche Koeln. Returns to nothing, this world of shadowless ones. Never to return, the shadowed one, who quests for the Twilight Dragon. ~ The wife, buffeted by the ?waves? turns her back on the field. The daughter who waited for the shadowed one whispers, "For sure?for sure I can go home." Alas, the truth unbeknownst to her, that awaiting her at journey's end was eternal mourning of her land. ~ It is unknown where the Cursed Wave was born. After the stars have crossed the heavens, the sky in the East doth darken and the air doth fill with mourning. From the chosen land beyond the forest, a sign of the Wave comes. ~ Riding fast on the wake is Skeith, bearing the image of death, to drown all that stands. Mirage of Deceit, Innis, betrays those with flawed image, and did aid the Wave. By Magus? power, the Wave reaches its peak, and a droplet creates a new Wave. ~ The Wave soars and clouds the eyes; no one means to fight an omnipresent force. The shadowless ones just grieve. Why must it be a wave? Divide, if it were just? then retaliate, we may. ~ This Wave rushes, now bearing Fiddleheim, who holds the power to tell the dark future, and hope darkens as it speaks of sadness; and how it is that despair prevails. ~ The heavens are disturbed, As the ?wave? fills the sight of all. In shadows, it resists the excessive power which is unevenly distributed. The ?wave?, it is not a shade, for it takes a form, as Reason would simply sigh. At least while the peak of the ?wave? soars, an arrow is to reward the thing. ~ The whole cannot be changed. We have already lost that chance. Because the time left to us was short, we were mistaken in our path. But now do we realize; we should not change the whole, but the parts. ~ Gorre schemes when immersed in the flow of the Cursed Wave, machinating the end for all. Macha seduces with the sweet trap, ensnaring all that touch her web. ~ The Cursed Wave hath reached its pinnacle, and all are trapped, awaiting the same immersing doom. ~ Over the Keel Mountain nears an ape with human speech. The creature asks, ?What clings to you? Bear it ? you cannot. Accept it ? you cannot. But hidden ? it is from you. Recite its name.? ~ When the finger points to yonder moon, The fool will not look at the fingertip. ~ Tarvos follows at he heels of the Wave with more cruelty to punish those still standing. ~ Like a frenzied horse that is driven, an unseen wind of plague shrieks across the border. Pandemonium, wailing, And the stench of carnage fills the air. There is no place to run. No hope of escape. Those who are mourned will never return. The hands of time cannot be reversed. ~ The turbulent destruction remaining after the Wave leaves all naught but an empty void. ~ From somewhere deep within The World arrives Corbenik, the Rebirth, to reform the chaos into something new. ~ Perhaps, then, the ?Wave? ? is just a beginning ? as well ? ? [/color][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Welcome to OtakuBoards, Twilight. ^_^ I'm not quite sure what to do about this topic. Would you mind if I re-titled it so as to allow for discussion of all things .hack//SIGN-related? Because its series-specific forum is now closed, the AL currently lacks a .hack thread. Also, I suspect that much (or perhaps all) of the Epitaph could come to certain people as a surprise--I know little about .hack//SIGN, but I have seen members spoiler-tag portions of the poem. Please PM me as soon as possible and let me know whether I should convert this into our official .hack topic, and/or add spoiler tags to your post. It might be helpful if you wrote a brief explanation of the Epitaph's significance. Not everyone will be able to recognize its origin, and some might simply think that it's a random piece of poetry. Thank you very much. ^_^ ~Dagger~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hawkins Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 awsome job with the Epitaph of Twilight I really like it. So I guess it's pretty obvious you beat all four of the games because you kbow all the epitaph. I have but one question what is this thread about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Asuka Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 [color=hotpink][size=1]I'm closing this thread for now unless you actually do PM Dagger with what the intentions of it are. So far it is considered spam, as you merely posted a poem. If you want poetry critique, you are in the wrong forum. If you want to discuss .hack, you need to make to that more clear when you actually start a topic. Thread Closed.[/color][/size] [COLOR=Navy]I unlocked the thread after receiving Twilight's PM. Now let's see if he actually does something about it... ~Dagger~[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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