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"Perhaps we'll find someone who can care for them when we reach the city?"; "Ladies, gentlemen. I think you are forgetting the option where someone who is very rich, might want to buy these eggs from us", explained Zaidel. "Let someone else worry about hydra husbandry"."
"I'm not saying we have to raise them ourselves, but we should take care of them until we find someone else who can. At the least, it's what we should do."
Babey hops up Kei's arm and seems to calm a bit. She starts to say something when there is a bang of displaced air and a flash of blue light and Kamii teleports in.
Bage's scouter scans and chirps, reading Kamii as power level twenty, four hundred less than last time. Is he suppressing his power level somehow?
"Well, I couldn't find out much about you guys." He says calmly.
"So I must asked that you return the property you stole from me or things may get ugly."
Kamii clasps his hands together in a contemplative gesture.
"I've hired some specialists to retrieve my property in case you refuse, though I will happily call them off if you agree to return the Key."
Josephs expression sours. "Your first mistake was telling us you where a bad guy, the deathblow was telling us that you have no answers and you'll sick someone on us if we don't comply." Joseph gestures to the rest of the group and then at the dead hydra. "one of these guys, one on them! Killed that thing in a second! A LITERAL SECOND!" Joseph steps forward and yells at Kamii. "So you can just bugger right off you cunt! We got superhumans!"
John was a little sad that Babey left him so soon, but before he could say anything Kamii returned, and threatened them. And then Joseph, of all people stepped up!, and told him off.
He still wasn't sure what or how the heck he managed to become a dragon, but he had an idea of what to do next, should a fight break out.
Josephs expression sours. "Your first mistake was telling us you where a bad guy, the deathblow was telling us that you have no answers and you'll sick someone on us if we don't comply." Joseph gestures to the rest of the group and then at the dead hydra. "one of these guys, one on them! Killed that thing in a second! A LITERAL SECOND!" Joseph steps forward and yells at Kamii. "So you can just bugger right off you c!@+! We got superhumans!"
Kamii pinches the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "Well I try to be honest with people first off, then if that doesn't work, I unleash hell." He informs Joseph.
"Does this man speak for all of you?" He inquires of the group at large.
"Really, all I want is my property back." He sighs.
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Alyssa steps in.
"Wait, so you truly intend not to help us? At all? This was our agreement; you help, we give you the key. Please, there's no need for violence. Stole from you? How? Explain, please, and tell us your intentions, and there needs not be any violence."
Suddenly, as her attention goes from all over the place to one specific person, the smell and fog in her brain focuses, until it zeroes in on.... Kamii?
John sighs at the man who as threatened them. "Look. You told us if we give you the key, you could find us answers. Then you said you were gonna leave, and try to learn something to help us, in what I assume was a gesture of good faith. You weren't even gone an hour, how hard did you look for something useful? Between that, telling us outright your a villain and that you have minions who will try to fight us for the key, and finally threatening to unleash hell on us, you're not exactly filling us with confidence that turning over the key to you is the right idea. You said you could find us at any time, provided we don't try to hide from you. Why don't you go and spend at least a half a day looking for some answers, and come back to us? Maybe at that point, you'll have actually found something helpful."
Bad guy it is, then, Bage thinks, shifting into a fighting stance. His power is different, so that means he can hide his power level. Should have thought of that. Bage reaches up and turns the scouter off for now.
The real question was what to do. He wasn't even sure how to use his high power level, but he would have to find out now. Tensing up, Bage instinctively begins to collect power. The wind nearby stirs as a slight aura of light appears around him. Bage definitely felt power in him...now to figure out how to use it.
Alyssa steps in.
"Wait, so you truly intend not to help us? At all? This was our agreement; you help, we give you the key. Please, there's no need for violence. Stole from you? How? Explain, please, and tell us your intentions, and there needs not be any violence."
"I simply cannot help you, I thought I could but information about you is beyond my ability to retrieve." Kamii reveals.
"That is my Key, you are keeping it from me, thus you stole it from me." Kamii explains. "I tried to be nice, but if someone breaks into your house and steals your most valuable possession do you really owe them something to get it back? I'm being polite not simply killing the thieves on the spot!"
John sighs at the man who as threatened them. "Look. You told us if we give you the key, you could find us answers. Then you said you were gonna leave, and try to learn something to help us, in what I assume was a gesture of good faith. You weren't even gone an hour, how hard did you look for something useful? Between that, telling us outright your a villain and that you have minions who will try to fight us for the key, and finally threatening to unleash hell on us, you're not exactly filling us with confidence that turning over the key to you is the right idea. You said you could find us at any time, provided we don't try to hide from you. Why don't you go and spend at least a half a day looking for some answers, and come back to us? Maybe at that point, you'll have actually found something helpful."
Kamii rolls his eyes. "I've already looked to the best of my ability, there is nothing more for me to do. Look, call me a villain all you like but I have been honest with you from the beginning, you are the ones in the wrong, thieves that you are."
Kamii sighs. "After all my hard work, to be robbed by villainous thieves...ridiculous!"
"You know back where I'm from(And possibly the rest of us are from), we have saying. Possession is nine tenths of the law. Do you have any proof this key belongs to you? As far as we know, the key was bound to us, thus, it's was our from the moment we got here. Technically, that makes you the thief, does it not?"
"You know back where I'm from(And possibly the rest of us are from), we have saying. Possession is nine tenths of the law. Do you have any proof this key belongs to you? As far as we know, the key was bound to us, thus, it's was our from the moment we got here. Technically, that makes you the thief, does it not?"
Kamii sighs once again. "I suppose so, and I don't have any proof. So is there no chance of getting my Key then? Can I buy it from you?"
"Look, we're going to meet with the Lady of the Wood, apparently a powerful fae of this area. Why don't we ask for her advice as to what we all should do?"
Focusing his thoughts on Babey, he asks her telepathically her opinion on Kamii ::"What do you think about this guy? He's apparently been totally honest with us, but he's also a self-professed bad guy."::
"Look, we're going to meet with the Lady of the Wood, apparently a powerful fae of this area. Why don't we ask for her advice as to what we all should do?"
Focusing his thoughts on Babey, he asks her telepathically her opinion on Kamii ::"What do you think about this guy? He's apparently been totally honest with us, but he's also a self-professed bad guy."::
"And what could Ariel possibly tell you that would matter to this situation? I can see you all will just dick me around no matter what." Kamii replies.
Babey sniffs the air and then replies mentally: +This isn't the same person as before. He used to smell like bananas and Demons, now he smells like...scented paper?+
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Alyssa sniffs the air again.
God, why does he smell like the Walt Disney theme park?
Kamii rolls his eyes. "I've already looked to the best of my ability, there is nothing more for me to do. Look, call me a villain all you like but I have been honest with you from the beginning, you are the ones in the wrong, thieves that you are."
We don't want to mess with you, but you have to give us something else to go on! If we're wrong, tell us why- what's so important that you need this key for? Please, let us know, and we'll help- otherwise, we won't help you."
"I don't know. I haven't met her. In fact. There's only been a grand total of five people I've met since I've gotten here." He runs his fingers through his hair. "I don't see why you can't come with us, and see if she has any answers. Is it not better than trying to fight us?"
We don't want to mess with you, but you have to give us something else to go on! If we're wrong, tell us why- what's so important that you need this key for? Please, let us know, and we'll help- otherwise, we won't help you."
"My desire for honesty is a holdover from my mortal life, and one that does not serve me well, but I'll give it one last shot." Kamii replies. "I am trying to open the Demiplane known as God's Rest, to retrieve the divine power of the slain deity Apollo. My sister desires more divine power before she arises and will give me a portion if I retrieve it for her, as well as finally granting me my freedom. The Key is part of the process of retrieving that power." Kamii continues.
"She sent me to hell when we were mortals and her hold over me is strong still, I would do much to escape it and become empowered. That is the truth, now, may I have my Key?"
"I don't know. I haven't met her. In fact. There's only been a grand total of five people I've met since I've gotten here." He runs his fingers through his hair. "I don't see why you can't come with us, and see if she has any answers. Is it not better than trying to fight us?"
Kamii gives a low, ironic chuckle. "The Lady of the Wood has her own agendas and, unlike me, she won't be honest with you about it. I'll not willing walk into her lair." Kamii replies. "Besides, you've lied to me before, there is no reason to trust you now that you'll really give me the Key, unless you do so now."
Kamii smells faintly of scented paper, like the pages of an old musty tome.
John frowns "When have I lied to you? Remember, I was never a part of any initial agreement to hand over the key. Now, I'm curious, you do not smell like the same person who was here before. So, who are you? Are you one of his 'minions' that you threatened us with?"
"In ages past the Key was mine, before it was lost to the hands of my murderers." He says, addressing the group at large. "At great cost I was retrieving it, when some power piggybacked onto my spell and disrupted everything. I don't know how or why you got mixed up in it, but return my Key and there will be no problems...last chance, are you good people, or are you villains?"
John frowns "When have I lied to you? Remember, I was never a part of any initial agreement to hand over the key. Now, I'm curious, you do not smell like the same person who was here before. So, who are you? Are you one of his 'minions' that you threatened us with?"
Turning to John Kamii says: "If the woman doesn't speak for you than perhaps you should muzzle her." He dismisses John's questions with a wave of his hand. "I am Kamii, simply his avatar."
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Alyssa thinks this over, carefully chewing on it before continuing.
"So, you're just trying to be free of your sister? If that's the case, well, I think that's worth merit. No one should have to live bound to another.
"However, I don't think I like the idea of giving up a God's power to someone who is willing to send her own brother to Hell. I'm not aware of much here, in this Dream, but can you honestly say that if we allow your sister free reign over the God's power, she'll use it for good?"
She gestures to the Vulture King. "This one here, he claims to be a God. And I personally have seen him do amazing feats I would never have thought possible. Perhaps he can help you?"
She sighs, sucks in a large breath of air, and says the words that sit heavy in her chest. "I truly wish to help you be free of your sister. But, I don't think we can just hand her the key without knowing more about her. Perhaps we can go together, with the key, and recover the power and grant you your freedom."
She turns to face the group. "Do I speak for everyone, in this case?"
Alyssa thinks this over, carefully chewing on it before continuing.
"So, you're just trying to be free of your sister? If that's the case, well, I think that's worth merit. No one should have to live bound to another.
"However, I don't think I like the idea of giving up a God's power to someone who is willing to send her own brother to Hell. I'm not aware of much here, in this Dream, but can you honestly say that if we allow your sister free reign over the God's power, she'll use it for good?"
She gestures to the Vulture King. "This one here, he claims to be a God. And I personally have seen him do amazing feats I would never have thought possible. Perhaps he can help you?"
She sighs, sucks in a large breath of air, and says the words that sit heavy in her chest. "I truly wish to help you be free of your sister. But, I don't think we can just hand her the key without knowing more about her. Perhaps we can go together, with the key, and recover the power and grant you your freedom."
She turns to face the group. "Do I speak for everyone, in this case?"
Kamii begins a low chuckle, which after a moment turns into a genuine belly laugh. "More bull shit." He declares. "Very well, I've tried every reasonable route. You have stolen from me and declared war with your actions. I accept. If it goes badly for you however, don't blame me, blame your own foolish choices."
When Kamii talks about muzzling Alyssa, Kei's body language will not change, but the area around him gets really still for a moment. He will then say in a quiet voice "You should be nicer to girls." and he will then look at Kamii the same way a predator looks at prey.
He will then turn to Alyssa as she is talking, all tension gone from his face and say with a smile "We can't help him. He only interested in hurting people while helping himself. If he wasn't, he would have just asked for our help with his sister."
"Very well. If you refuse diplomacy, then so be it. I'm tired of being nice to you."
Kamii begins to chant a spell.
"Which sect do you follow, Shintao or Buddha?" asks Kei as he watches the man chant.
"Which sect do you follow, Shintao or Buddha?" asks Kei as he watches the man chant.
Kamii doesn't respond, simply rattling off his long spell.
Meanwhile...
The Count.
Kanzen’s eyes traveled his dark form. Were he standing he would top twelve feet, his body thick and muscular, his features dark and craggy. The Count was of the race of Old Men, the species Humans devolved from. The Old Men were extremely strong, titans both physically and intellectually. They were extremely threatening beings in every sense of the word but thankfully extinct. All except one.
The Count’s eyelids slowly opened to reveal luminous red orbs. Kanzen stared into their ancient depths with fascination, it wasn’t often she met a creature that could rival herself in age and power and she was extremely interested in what she could learn from this being who was at once so different from her and yet exactly the same.
“Why have you come to me?” The Count’s cultured, masculine tone carrying easily throughout his infinite throne room, though he spoke but softly.
Kanzen tilted her head, her eyes roaming his form. “I am here to demand a favor.” She declared.
“’Demand a Favor’” He repeated, the words rolling across his tongue as if he were tasting them.
“There is a Demon who has wronged me and I would know more about him. It has been said that you hold the most powerful Oracle in this world slave to your will. I will speak to her.” Kanzen continued.
The Count’s teeth ground and his lips moved, as if he were forming words out of the ether before speaking them.
“The Demon Kamii has made a fool of Princess Kanzen has he? How uncouth of him, to treat nobility such.”
The Count’s voice was perfectly neutral and Kanzen was unsure of what he truly meant. His words may have been filled with genuine outrage or could have been a mocking barb or both.
“I have had a long running friendship with your father.” The Count informed her.
“Oh?” She asked, raising an eyebrow. She hadn’t known this but wasn’t truly surprised, many of the most powerful beings in the universe were on a first name basis with each other, be they friends or foes.
“Yes and so I will help you, despite your attitude, though in the future you may want to be more respectful to your elders.” The Count admonished her.
Kanzen gave a slight smile of amusement.
“I have brought her, as you desired master.” Said a newcomer who entered the room from the rolling blackness blanketing the sides of the Count’s throne. He was a tall, thin albino with milky silver eyes that danced with merriment despite being blind. He led a hunched, withered crone who clasped a crystal ball to her chest out before the Count’s throne.
“The Oracle.” He introduced, giving Kanzen a mocking bow. He stepped aside to stand at the Count’s right hand.
“Oracle.” The Count boomed. “Answer this young maid’s questions.”
Kanzen’s eyes narrowed at the patronizing tone in the Count’s voice but she held her tongue. He was starting to get irritating. Though her face betrayed nothing a single drop of blood rolled down her cheek from her perpetual wound, revealing her annoyance.
The Oracle nodded and set the crystal on the floor at Kanzen’s feet. “Ask what you will my lady, I shall show you the truth, and may I say Princess, I can see your true form and it is the most glorious thing I have ever seen.”
“I wish to know of the Demon Kamii, where does he come from, what are his powers?” Kanzen inquired, ignoring the compliment.
“Very well.” The Oracle acknowledged. She began to chant and sway. A light emitted from the crystal and filled the room as images swam to its surface. “Kamii's mortal life is obscured for some reason but he began his Demon life as a Soul Larvae, stirring the scrying pool of the great god Cyric.”
Kanzen saw an image of a thick pale worm slithering across the lip of a large marble pool.
“Even as a Larvae he showed remarkable abilities in the areas of plots and subterfuge, informing his god of the treachery of some of his minions and manufacturing evidence against those who were his enemies. For his service Cyric raised him to an Quasit and from there Kamii’s meteoric rise through the Demonic ranks began.”
“A Soul Larvae?” Kanzen said, attempting to squash her increasing anger that such an inferior Demon had humiliated her so.
Ignoring her the Oracle continued her narrative. “Such faith did Cyric place in his scheming toady that he released him into the world, telling him to gather power so that he might one day sit at Cyric’s right hand.”
“And what abilities did he give Kamii to achieve this?” Kanzen questioned.
“None, my lady. Only the body of a lesser Demon and Kamii’s own limited knowledge of spellcraft.”
Kanzen rubbed her chin between her claws, intrigued despite herself.
“It was on a raid against a Olympian temple that Kamii and a hodgepodge of Demonic trash discovered the tale of the Gempotance Foci and the Divine power of holy Apollo at rest in a sealed demiplane. From then on Kamii was obsessed and schemed to collect the Foci, despite the fact that they were held by some of the most powerful beings in the world.”
“My diamond...and how close has he come to succeeding?” Kanzen questioned.
“Quite close, after stealing from you he has only two remaining Foci to collect.” The Count said, breaking into the narrative. “Though he must open an impossible lock to reach the ritual room to use the Foci as well, a hundred years of ambition has nearly come to fruition.”
Kanzen considered that.
“You should be warned Princess, that although Kamii started with little in his endless quest he has gathered quite a bit of power.” The Oracle told her.
“Oh?” Kanzen asked.
“Indeed he has accumulated a large body of arcane lore, various Demonic powers and a number of powerful minions.” The Oracle explained.
Kanzen gave an unimpressed snort.
“Don’t be so quick to dismiss him.” The Count responded. “He may be a worthless bit of pond scum but some of his powers are quite potent. In the Tomb of the Shadow Liches Kamii uncovered the Pool of Causality and drank deep, granting him the power to alter reality nineteen times. That sorcery is no minor hedge magic.”
“I am familiar with such magic.” Kanzen revealed. “It bonds to one’s soul and makes the user immortal, spiritually speaking, until he uses up the power. It will make him difficult prey, but what I desire for him is agony, not just death and I think this will make things even more enjoyable.”
“A question of my own, if you will?” The Count asked.
Kanzen nodded.
“You seek the Lance of Olympus, yes?”
“You’re suspiciously well informed.” Kanzen answered.
“And you know its location. Why haven’t you simply recovered it and left this world? Is revenge against a single pitiful Demon worth diverting you from your lofty goal?”
“I am Jaaku, no one may insult my clan and live.” She responded.
“Your noble character does you credit.” The Count said in a fatherly tone, no trace of sarcasm in his voice.
“Thank you, and you should know that, as long as Kamii continues to exist, I shall hunt him, even unto the end of time.” Kanzen promised.
The hydra was fun, but all this f#<king talking! Jeez, just give him the key so we can continue the adventure, thought Zaidel, barely paying attention.
Kamii begins a low chuckle, which after a moment turns into a genuine belly laugh. "More bull s!%$." He declares. "Very well, I've tried every reasonable route. You have stolen from me and declared war with your actions. I accept. If it goes badly for you however, don't blame me, blame your own foolish choices."
Oh! Looks like somethings happening. Good! A fight! Jeez! At least this stupid key thing will be resolved!
"Blah! Blah! Blah! Key. Blah! Blah! Blah! Whatever. Let's fight!"Charging at the muttering annoyance, Zaidel charges with mithral shield before him, attempting to overrun Kamii, hoping to interrupt his spell.
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After seeing the negotiations veer south hard, Joseph rushes too Kamii. Not trusting his always poor aim to hit the man, or even near him for that matter, he brings the orange between him and Kamii and closes his eyes as he presses a finger into the orange. "Don't leave me while I'm out!" He yells just before his "Kamii"kazi.
Zaidel smashes Kamii off his feet and he loses his spell. He glares at Zaidel with a face full of annoyance.
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"Don't leave me while I'm out!" He yells just before his "Kamii"kazi.
The Opiate Orange explodes with a bang and showers Kamii, Zaidel, and Joseph in narcotic orange juice.
Wondering, and hoping that he can do more than turn into just a dragon "As if that wasn't badass enough!", John tries the same trick that the Vulture King suggested, picturing something a little more biblical.
This time, the change is quicker, taking mere moments, but when it is done, gone is the form of John and it his place is a righteous, golden armored angel ready to unleash Heavenly fury upon Kamii.
Protective aura provides a +4 deflection bonus to AC and a +4 resistance bonus on saving throws against attacks made or effects created by evil creatures to anyone within 20 feet. Otherwise, it functions as a magic circle against evil and a lesser globe of invulnerability, both with a radius of 20 feet.
Truespeech allows you to speak with any creature that has a language, as though using the tongues spell.
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Gathering up as much power as he could, Bage's body felt hot. Finally, at the peak, Bage's hair changes color to yellow, his feet just slightly off the ground now. Bage grins as he realizes that he is indeed a saiyan. And now he was a super saiyan.
Unsure what to do next with all this gathered energy, Bage simply focuses it on his hands and shoves the energy outward toward the boy. Two blue, glowing spheres fly at high speed at Kamii, bulging with energy.
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The big warrior got covered in the funky orange blast, but was unaffected, with his head still in the fight.
Hearing Kamii, the Vulture King becomes visibly angry. "You would reject my divinity? It is no matter. You shall suffer!" The Vulture King takes flight, while making strange hand symbols and chanting. All of a sudden, a vast pillar of flame descends from the sky, scorching Kamii with raw divine might.
The flames from Bage's attack alone are enough to burn Kamii to a crisp, however his flesh does not react the way you would expect. Instead as Kamii lights up you see he is made not of mortal flesh and blood but of...paper?
As he is consumed and his paper form burns he releases some form of terrible toxin, black and thick, which billows out to fifty feet around him.
So that's why he smelled like scented paper, he must have been drenched in poison and some type of perfume to cover the smell!
The scent washes over Kei but he appears to be unaffected. Instead, he does his best to shield Babey entirely from the smoke.
Joseph yelps in surprise as Kamii bursts into flames and boughts of thick, choking smoke. Instinctualy he sucks in a large breath, it was however too late as he gains a lung full of poisonous smoke while he retreats quickly from the smoke.
He is surprised to find however, that he doesn't feel the need to cough and simply exhales the smoke with ease. Only feeling a light tickle in his chest.
The scent washes over Kei but he appears to be unaffected. Instead, he does his best to shield Babey entirely from the smoke.
In one quick move Kei protects Babey from certain death.
Her eyes are wide at the onrush of the poison, she doesn't know what it is, but she knows it's very bad!
She cries out.
Zaidel tries to retreats back quickly, but gets caught in the fumes.
Oh crap!
Overcome by the fumes, the big warrior falls prone and writhes on the ground.
As Zaidel tries to escape the poisonous black cloud and some of his friends do like wise Kamii's disembodied voice echos through the forest.
"I almost feel sorry for you, I'm going to hurt each of you so badly..." His voice calls before fading away like smoke.