Sign Up Arethus World: Chapter 1 [M-VLS]

[Lionheart]

[B][SIZE=1][CENTER]Chapter one: Revenge[/CENTER] [/B]

Adam stood in the middle of the forest, listening to nature?s voice. He had his eyes closed, yet he could sense were everything around him was. The wind was blowing the leaves of the trees gently as birds tended to their young in their branches. It was so quiet, he could hear the squirrels running across the ground near him. It seemed peaceful at the moment, until the squirrels stopped. Adam opened his eyes instantly as he dodged to his left, a small dart taking his place. He looked up into the trees, but didn?t see his enemy anywhere. He got into his defensive stance and waited for the next attack. The forest was dead quiet, not even the leaves were moving. A twig snapped behind him as Adam glanced back. Another dart whirled towards him as he turned his body hundred and eighty degrees to face the up-coming missile. With his quick reflexes, he caught the dart before it hit could hit his neck. Adam threw the dart in anger as he lost his opponent again. He scanned the trees once again as he saw a glimpse of a shadow.

[B] ?Found you.?[/B] He pushed off the ground as he ran towards a nearby tree and climbed it?s branches effortlessly. The shadow made a switch to a new tree as he saw Adam in front of him. Adam followed him,. Jumping from branch to branch as his enemy didn?t want to fight him in close-combat. The dark figure landed on a branch, but snapped, unable to rebound. He fell to his doom. Adam watched as the figure, still clocked in shadows, fall towards the ground. Adam, though wanted to finish him himself. He jumped down, falling above the figure. His enemy landed, without any cries of pain. Adam pulled back his fist as he gave out a vicious battle cry. His fist contacted to the enemy?s shoulder. The shoulder was ripped open into pieces as the right arm fell off completely. Adam stood in shock, until he felt a small point behind his head.

[B]?You saw me through the trees, but didn?t keep your eyes on me the whole time. Your eyes followed a decoy, my boy.?[/B] Adam closed his eyes and shook his head in disbelief. How could he have been so stupid? He went after the bait and was hooked. Adam sighed as he turned to his master.

[B] ?Sorry, Master Seymour. I should have known it was a lure.? [/B] He bowed as his master sighed deeply. He has been training under his wing for three years and he should have known this.

[B]?Ahh, go back to the temple, my boy. Go see if Fay as prepared dinner yet.? [/B] Adam bowed again as he ran off towards the direction of the temple. Seymour stood in the open as the sounds of nature continued to make the forest more peaceful. He turned to his dummy, a faceless android. It?s armor was said to be unbreakable, and yet Adam smashed it?s arm completely off. The boy was showing progressing faster then Seymour had thought. He turned his attention to the cloudless sky. So peaceful, able to hide itself from the real dangers outside of it?s orbit. Adam?s improvement might be a blessing or a curse.




The rain. The endless drops of peace and yet, danger. Rain can will fall when you claim victory over your goals and rain will appear when your comrades are dead. Adam gripped his katana with his left arm as he kept his eyes closed. The rain was smoothing to him as he danced, outside of the old temple grounds. His sword was weightless in his grip as slowly went through his teachings. He lightly stepped on the hard ground, recoiling his katana across his chest. As his other foot landed behind him, a reacted instantly, releasing his katana with great speed. The tip of the sword had cut through a single raindrop while in mid-air. Three years ago, he could barely hold up the katana and know he could cut through a single raindrop. The rain, now fell harder as Adam stared into space. Thunder boomed through the clouds as lightning took place. Adam turned to the sky.

[B] ?Clouds?? [/B] He hadn?t notice it until now, the sky was cloudless just an hour ago. How was that possible? Fay, the master?s daughter, appeared from the kitchen?s window.

[B] ?Dinner?s ready!?[/B] She said as she turned to the sky.

[B]?Is Master Seymour back yet, Fay??[/B] He asked, without giving a glance to her.

[B] ?I haven?t seen him? Hey, wait!? [/B] But it was too late, Adam was already halfway to the gates of the temple. Something inside him told him something was wrong. Hopefully, it didn?t have anything to do with Master Seymour. He ran down the path from the gate. He stepped into puddles as he rushed into the forest. He stopped, in a total panic state.

[B]?Master Seymour!! Master!!? [/B] He tossed around in a circle as his master was nowhere in sight. A explosion from the west shook the trees as Adam fled to towards the direction. He stopped at a tree as it led to another opening. Trees around the open field were gulfed in flames. Men, wearing light armor, hold on odd rifles in their hands. They all surrounded two men. One of them were Master Seymour, the other was a man with long hair that reached to his waist. He was wearing a purple colored mask that matched his armor and cape. The man was armed with a long sword, while his master was unarmed.

[B]?My, my Gallen. Your skills have declined in the last five years.? [/B] said the masked foe as Master Seymour was breathing heavily. Though, the strong master, raised his fist into the air as lightning struck him. His fist glowed brightly as he pulled back to release his secret technique. Fay had told him when he was little, how Master Seymour could summon the god of thunder and use the god?s devastating attack. She said that Master Seymour had used it thirty times in his life and no one has never survived the attack.

[I][B] ?Thunder God Strike!? [/B][/I] commanded Master Seymour as a giant beam of lightning zapped away at the masked foe. It hit it?s destination as a even more bigger explosion took place. Master Seymour stood staring at what he had done. He gasped as the smoke cleared. The masked enemy stood in the same spot. Black marks from the attack circled him as if that place didn?t get hit at all.

[B] ?Really Gallen, this is all you have? I can?t see how you defeated me five years ago.? [/B] The man began walking towards Master Seymour as his sword rotated in his hand. He stopped, six feet from master Seymour.

[B]?Any last words?? [/B] Why wasn?t his master doing anything? He could strike him now. Though, Master Seymour stared at the masked man with a calm expression.

[B] ?Even if I die here, There will be someone that will bring peace back to earth.? [/B] The masked swordsman nodded slightly and with one quick moment, striking his sword into the heart of Master Seymour.

[B]?No!!? [/B] Adam jumped out of the bush he was hiding in, katana high in the air. A gun went off as Adam fell to the ground, hard. He grasped his knee as blood seeped through his hands. Adam ingored the pain as he crawled towards his fallen master. The masted swordsman walked to Adam as he looked up at his master?s killer. The man stared at him for what seemed like a eternity before walking off. He retreated as so did his soldiers. Adam fawned over to his master as he stared at his already lifeless face.

[B] ?MASTER!!!?[/B]


The sun crept over the horizon as Adam and Fay stared at the grave. Fay thought it would be best to bury her father in the temple?s garden. Tears ran down Fay as she hugged Adam tightly. Master Seymour was like a father to him and now he gone. He taught him everything from using a sword to how to make your own food. He will never forgive the masked man from taking his Master?s life.

Fay sat across from him at the kitchen table. The sat in silence, still shocked from what had happened. Fay?s face was still covered in tears.

[B] ?Fay, did you know who did this??[/B] Adam whispered as she looked up from her gaze.

[B]?You can?t be serious. I won?t allow it!?[/B] She already knew what he was et out to do. Fay always seemed to know what a person is thinking.

[B] ?I can?t just let go! I must avenge Master Seymour?s death!?[/B] He yelled back as Fay sat in shook from Adam?s burst of anger. Adam calmed down as stared at her.

[B] ?Please, Fay.? [/B] He whispered as she looked away.

[B]?My father was trying so hard to hide you from the real world. Not to show you what humanity has evolved into. The world isn?t as peaceful as you may think it is.? [/B] Adam sifted in his seat. [B]?Only afew major cities exist on earth, populated with half of the world?s population which went from six billion to four million. How? A man by the name of Kuro Masuyo thought he could build a place without sin. A place that even the gods would be impressed. He recruited the best engineers and scientists in the world and began to build his city. With the help from Japan and Germany, he was able to launch this advance city that would hover around earth. People then believed that this place was truly a place without sin, mistake. Kuro Masuyo though became more greedy for power. He ordered Japan to make him the most advance weapons and defense for his space city. They built large robots and giant beam cannons. The United States saw this as a threat and secretly raged war with Kuro Masuyo?s sinless city.?[/B]

[B]?Even with the help of the United Stated?s allies, the advance weaponry of the city overpowered the world?s army. Even after the war, Kuro sent his army to destroy the world and it?s people. He even betrayed Japan and Germany. The world crumbled to the likes of Kuro Masuyo. In a last ditch effort to stop Kuro Masuyo, the world union sent five assassins to kill him. In that group was Gallen Seymour. They fought Kuro and his army, but failed. Father was the only one that survived. That was five years ago, two years before he found you.? [/B] She wiped more tears from her eyes as Adam tried his best to understand everything.

[B] ?So, Kuro Masuyo must have sent his own assassin to kill Master Seymour.? [/B] Adam whispered to himself as he got up from his seat. This was something bigger then he could have imagined.

[B] ?Fay, I?m still going after the masked swordsman. I will still get my revenge for what he has done.?[/B] He turned to Fay, who seemed to have accepted it.


The bright sun rose as morning came. Adam stood at the temple gate, staring at the temple for one more last time. The would be the first time leaving the temple and the forest. He was scared and yet, excited to see the world. Fay walked up to him and gave him a white envelope.

[B] ?There is enough to get you food for a week and a ticket to the space city, Arethusa.? [/B] She smiled and immediately broke into tears. She hugged Adam tightly as she sobbed on his shoulder. [B]?I?m going to miss you, Adam.? [/B] He smiled warmly as he hugged her back.

[B] ?Don?t worry, I?ll be back.? [/B] They hugged for afew more minutes and broke apart. He gave a short wave and began to descend from the gate to the trail. Something inside of him though gave him a bad feeling, like this was the last time he would ever see her again.


This is my masterpiece. I have sat in a chair for hours, thinking of ideas of a RPG. It just clicked inside my mind and I began to write. I already explained the past and what is happening to earth. Adam seeks revenge for his Master?s death, but he will not be alone. People that want this city to fall, will grab arms and join Adam in his mission. Anyone that joins, I wish for good post quality and sign-ups that would make my eyes pop out of their sockets. Let?s have some fun.

[CENTER][B]Sign-ups[/B][/CENTER]

[B]Name:[/B] (go wild)
[B]age:[/B] (nothing too young and nothing too old. You get the idea.)
[B]Race:[/B] (plain and simple. humans are average at everything and the androids surpass them in all fields., yet they don?t have emotions, only ones that have had ?special? treatment.)
[B]Appearance:[/B] (pictures are easier for my head, so I don?t have to imagine your character, yet I really don?t care.)
[B]Personality:[/B] ( I want everyone to have different personalities. If you can?t tell, Adam has no street smarts and is a peace maker, so try not copy his.)
[B]Weapons:[/B] ( Like personalities, make this different then everybody else?s that sign-up. Make me say, ?damn, now that?s something!?)
[B]Abilities:[/B] Adam will find his new ability half way through the story, but your character?s can have their ability already. Don?t get it? Master Seymour was able to summon the Thunder god?s power and use it into his fist. Get it now? Good.)
[B]Bio/character snippet:[/B] I don?t care which one, but this is the most important thing in the sign-ups. I want it to give me goose bumps. Let?s get creative here!)


(Yo, look in the underground for character bios for Kuro Masuyo and Master Seymour. Let?s rock and roll!)[/SIZE]