Spiral Knights - Fanfic: Steel Beowulf Part 1: The Prologue of his Adventure

Fanfic: Steel Beowulf Part 1: The Prologue of his Adventure

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Fri, 07/13/2012 - 06:36

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Ok... So My first fanfic did not end well...

I've started this one because when I like the storyline when I wrote it on paper.

The Exceptions:
-A Knight must have a partner in a guild and it can be created by making a pact
-HUDs have been upgraded
-Boss Rooms can be joined
-Basic Attacks have unlimited strikes, eg: Continuous: pitpitpitpit. Same for Guns
-Bombs can be immediately set, as long as the charge button has been pushed
-New Trinkets/Accessories and/or weapons that are featured like Scissor Blades
-Pact will keep the partners intact and communicable
-Pact will share the knights' health and heals health by 1/5s(I pt per 5 secs)

The Prologue will start...

Sun, 07/15/2012 - 02:12

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Steel Beowulf Prologue: Awakening

Kshhkkhk--!

The door opens and lights pour in. A tall armoured fellow stands up.
"Yaaaaaaaawn...", yawned the armoured fellow.
Voices from outside the room were heard, leaving the armoured fellow gently clutching the sword from his belt. The door was kicked open and all breezes flew in. The armoured fellow saw two armoured people trying to open a gate. One of them caught his attention.
"Oh, you're awake-- My name's Rhendon.", said the person, "We were just trying to open this gate. For the new recruits. Like you. Fortunately, your pod flew directly beside mine so basically you have an advantage here."
"Uh-huh... I'm... I'm...", the armoured fellow was quiet.
"You are...?", queried Rhendon.
"I... can't remember...", the armoured fellow was quiet again.
"What...? You mean... you can't remember a thing?", asked Rhendon, who was still trying to understand.
"Yeah... I can't...", replied the armoured fellow.
TCHUKNK--!!!
A gate had slit down it's slot.
"Well, Rhendon, that's the last of them. so who's our little buddy?", asked the other armoured person, "By the way I'm Greta."
"He doesn't remember his name." replied Rhendon.
Thinking aloud, 'WHY CAN'T I REMEMBER MY NAME?!', he questioned who he was and where he was.
"Well, lets just call you... Phoebe. That good?", suggested Greta.
"Sure.", the armoured fellow nodded, "And I still need some answers..."
Nodding in assurance, Rhendon and Greta listened, and answered.
"Phoebe, Phoebe, good. I think I'll get used to that.", Phoebe said to himself while looking at the prairie and the sky.

-Minutes later--- After Rhendon had gone somewhere...
"Hey, Greta, where did Rhendon go?", Phoebe asked.
"Oh, he just went to the Rescue Camp to get some supplies. I'll take you there after Rhendon's back. That good?" Greta offered.
"Sure, that'll be fun.", Phoebe replied.

-Minutes later--- Rhendon still hasn't come back...
"I'm getting worried about Rhendon, Phoebe. Want to come with me?" Greta had asked. Nodding, we went in search of Rhendon. Eventually, we had to split up to cover larger areas.

-Minutes later--- Greta's Search
"Where could Rhendon possibly be staying? It's getting dark... MMMMFFGGG!!!", Greta had been surprised, not given any time to react to reach her sword.

-Minutes later--- Phoebe's Search...
Murmuring sounds can be heard from north of Phoebe's location, so there he went. A horrific sight he saw. Rhendon and Greta were beaten up by tree like structures and gelatinous cubes.
Rhendon touches his com-link.

BZZZT--!
-A Message Appeared on Phoebe's HUD-
Rhendon: Phoebe, be careful. Beat those Lumbers and Jellies first.
-End Message-

Sun, 07/15/2012 - 02:11

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Chapter 1: Phoebe's First Battle

Clutching his sword gently, he threw it to a Lumber. On pure instinct, he darted towards the Lumber and took the sword. Then he did a backhand, uppercut then he switched his weapon. He grabbed the gun from his belt and held the trigger for a few seconds then released it while he was still on air. The gun had spouted a large green ball that exploded on contact. Landing softly on a jelly, he bounced towards the supply kit and gave Rhendon and Greta some medicine and pills. Rhendon and Greta stood up.
"Thanks. Here, take this. Let me see you destroy that mob." Rhendon challenged Phoebe, smiling. He gave Phoebe a green ball. "Its a bomb. Set it on the ground or a monster."
"Thanks, Phoebe, here's an extra pill." thanked Greta, who was brushing off some scratches, "Get'em Phoebe!"
Stepping on another jelly, he set a bomb and bounced toward the other Lumber. He set a bomb and ran towards Rhendon and Greta.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The explosions were fierce. The monsters dissipated and/or disintegrated.
"How'd I dooooooooooooooooooooooooo...." asked Phoebe who fainted from exhaustion...
"He did great. Not that I'd tell that to him." said Rhendon who was carrying Phoebe, back to their camp on the prairie.

-Morning-

"Yawwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnn!", yawned Phoebe, who had woken up first.
"Ready to go to the camp, Phoebe?", asked Greta.
"Yeah, sure!", Phoebe enthusiastically said.
"Ok, here's the route we'll take. It's really safe, we had knights guard it day-night long.", said Greta. And they walked towards the path to a forest.

-An Hour later-

"What the--- GRETA!!!!", screamed Phoebe, like he had seen a corpse.
"What is it--- OH MY GOD!", Greta also screamed. They had seen corpses of knights, with their flesh torn, and blood stains all over the terrain... Suddenly, a corpse had arisen. "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!", screamed Greta.
"Guuuuhhhhh... You shall not pass... We undead are immortal under the rays of the totem.", said the "undead" knight.
Once again thinking aloud "Under the rays of the totem." He thought of it for a while.
"Phoebe, look! Look at the glowing statues! They obviously hid them there so that the undead may be in it's range!", Greta exclaimed. Darting towards the statues, she grabbed one and threw it to the ground. The statue was broken.
"Phoebe, go! Kill the undead here! I'll go for the other ones!", Greta instructed.

Sun, 07/15/2012 - 02:10

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Chapter 2: The Undead

Phoebe went for the group of undead at Greta's location. Charging the bomb he received to it's entirety, he threw it towards the group, exploding and wreaking off the skulls.
Greta took something from her bag. A cloak. Greta wore it and became invisible.
"Hmm...?", Phoebe questioned.
-CLIK---! He turned on his heat detector, something Greta had taught him while still waiting for Rhendon. He saw the reddish glow around Greta's location.
The totem was crushed. Taking the cloak off, Greta released a spinning charge, blowing off the skulls of the undead.
The battlefield was cleared. Greta had put the cloak back into her bag and walked towards Phoebe.
Suddenly--
"AAAAAAAAAAHHH!", Greta screamed. Two undead rose from the ground and took hold of her.
Again, on pure instinct, he darted towards the undead and tightened his hand's grip of his sword. While in mid-running, he jumped and performed a downcut, cutting the undead in half. Spinning after the first slash, he did a backhand on the other zombie and stabbed it's skull.
After recovering, Greta had picked up her items. "Nice moves back there, Phoebe, thanks.", Greta thanked him warmly.
"No problem", Phoebe had smiled. After scouting for a few minutes, Greta and Phoebe made their way to the Rescue Camp.
-Minutes Later- In front of the Camp
"Well, here we are. The Rescue Camp. Lets go in...?" Greta asked.
I nodded and we went through the barred gates.

Sun, 07/15/2012 - 02:13

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Wow... My shortest Chapter ever...

Sun, 07/15/2012 - 02:21

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Chapter 3: An Invasion in the Rescue Camp

--Rescue Camp--
Greta had shown Phoebe way to the Rescue Camp's head, Virgil.
"Ah! You must be the new recruit! Our humble welcoming.", Virgil had welcomed him in a respectable form.
"Uhhh, yes.", Phoebe replied.
"Come now, I'll show you your tent. You and Greta must have come a long way.", Virgil had directed him to a tent, "Rest for tomorrow. We'll send you to Haven by afternoon tomorrow".

--Mid-Night--

"PHOEBE!!! Get here now! There's an Invasion!", Virgil called Phoebe.
Phoebe stood up and ran outside, with his sword in his hand. "Don't use that. Use this.", Greta handed him with a not heavy weapon and Phoebe clutched it firmly. "Thanks, Greta.", Phoebe replied.
'The sword's so bright...' Phoebe thought.
"Clink-clank-bzzt...".
Looking upwards, Phoebe found himself face to face with a robot. Clutching the sword, he stabbed the mechanism and--
"Grawr!" He was knocked over by a wolf... or something like it...
"Ahh!", Phoebe fell. Standing up, he kicked the dust in the beast's eyes and swung the sword quickly. Seeing another robot coming at him, he jumped. And struck the rusty robot. Having cleared the area, he looked around.
Knights with different armory fought and some fell. Phoebe ran to the first free enemy he saw and took hold of it's shell, jumping to another robot, then jumped at the ground. A green aura had veiled the two robots and exploded, catching the two robots in it's backwash.
A party of robots now had took atention of him. The party jumped at him but he ran through the crowd. Preparing a green charge on his palm, he tapped the shells of each robot whie running. He stopped and saw the green aura veiling and exploding at the robots' area.
Virgil on the other hand, was doing quite well. Swinging the large sword at the group of robots and wolves made the war easier. Greta was also doing well. She changed into that cloak again and performed an enormous attack.
Then Phoebe notice something. He doesn't know it yet but... he notice something...
"The invasion is finished!", Virgil cried.
Shouts of joy we're heard from the crowd.
'What WAS that...?', Phoebe asked himself...

Sun, 07/15/2012 - 02:24

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Chapter 4: The Path to Haven

--Sidestory--
A tall man was walking in the dark hall. Chains and squeaks and squeals were heard.
"Hmmm..."
-----
"Hehehe..."
A generator was powered up, creating light that spread across the room.
"Now what shall I do next...?"
--End of Sidestory--
It was morning. Phoebe found himself in training combat, set up by Virgil and Greta.
"I'm ready.", Phoebe said.
"Me too.", his opponent replied.
"Okay, Phoebe and Allan... FIGHT!", Virgil started the session, to pass the time until Phoebe was ready to go to Haven.
'Okay. Phoebe. It's a knight, you're fighting. Just relax.', Phoebe thought. Allan jumped straight at him, switching his weapon. He released a blast of green light.
Phoebe quickly reacted by pushing up his shield. Then went to Allan to counter-attack. He put on the charge of the bomb Rhendon gave him and tapped the ground several times. In a circle to be exact. The bombs went of simultaneously, giving off a mist of green spectacles. Allan was knocked back by the explosion. But he recovered quickly, darting at Phoebe and shooting 5 blasts, then switching to his sword to thrust at Phoebe. Phoebe ducked and took hold of Allan's leg. Phoebe then jumped, releasing a big charge.
"Ahhhhh!", Allan was pushed near the ring line. He jumped up.
"Hneh...", He said brushing off his blood. Then he ran towards Phoebe. But Phoebe... He spun with his sword, then clutching it tightly, he released a spinning charge. Allan was knocked out, seeing birds and stars.
"Huff... Huff...", Phoebe panted, and fainted from tiredness of a workout with a worthy rival.
--Afternoon--
"So, uh... Bye everyone..!", Phoebe bade goodbye to Virgil and Greta and all of his friends.
--Inside the Chasm--
-Bzzt-
"Hmmm?", Phoebe thought he had heard something.
"Well, well... Another one of those knights that fell out of the sky...", a darkened figure came from behind and--
--ZZZAAAP--
"AAAHHH!", Phoebe fell. He only saw the darkness when he fainted.

"Heee Heeee Heeee!"...

"Nighty Night, Spiral Knight...."

Fri, 07/20/2012 - 03:06

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Chapter 5: The Dream And Razwog the Schemer

Phoebe finds himself in a bright place, where he could feel no pain and stress.
"What..?", Phoebe asked himself, "Where... am I?"
Then a figure in an aura of the bluest of veils appears.
"Beowulf, awaken now. You must fulfill your mission."
"What...? Who are you..?" Phoebe asked the figure.
"I am the Herald who guards the Core. Cradle, before you came here, was a peaceful place. Until your groups came. The Snarbolax has appeared ravaging. The Royal Jelly counqering thousands of areas. The Gremlins building the powerful weapon that might destroy Cradle. And Vanaduke, counqering Almire, which was before a peaceful land, turning to an ashen apocalypse."
"But... who's Beowulf...?", Phoebe pressed the discussion harder.
"You. I have chosen you and another to represent the Core and Cradle's peacefulness. But. The soldiers were rampant, turning against Cradle's prosperity."
"What? I... Beowulf... AGGGHHH! Huff... Huff...", Phoebe panted while the pain in his head grew.
"But... I shall guide you in your ways, and giving you no evident memory of this place... You must do everything right alone..." the Figure raised and threw his hand at Phoebe.
"AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH!" Phoebe cried in pain... and suddenly everything shimmers and folds. And then he was gone from that bright place.

---

'What the...' Phoebe asked himself, "Where am I... Ughh.... My head..."
Looking around, he saw a desolate place with a stage of monitors glowing with manipulable data.
"Heeeee!!! Good Morning!" A rat-like monster squealed with laughter.
"Who are you?", Phoebe tried to think of a way to distract the monster.
"I AM RAZWOG!!! A Gremlin of my Race.", Razwog replied.
"Let me out of here. Now.", Phoebe said.
"Ah Ah Ah!", Razwog flailed his finger.
"Well then. CHARRGE!!!", Phoebe charged at the monster. But. "Whuuuugg!" Something held his feet and he tripped.
"Heeheehee!", Razwog smirked, "Now. Lets begin the experiment. Lets see..."
'Rrrgghh... What am I gonna do?' Phoebe thought. Looking around for a usable. 'Aha!' He looked straight at the piece of slab that was on the ground. Looking if Razwog was looking, he took the slab and threw it to the rat.
"RHHSSSKKK!" Razwog snapped.
'NOW!' Phoebe breathed and his feet was released. Then he started to charge at Razwog.
Grabbing his sword that was lying next to Razwog, he did an uppercut then a thrust.
"Noooooooo.o..o...o", Razwog turned grey.
"Huff-huff." Phoebe panted.
Then he started for the exit.

--At the Exit--

A beautiful field awaited him.
"Wow... Haven here I come..."
Running toward a bridge looking like a war site, he was escorted by a few knights to a big city.

"Welcome!"
"Hiya!"
"You must've been holding out so far--"
Was all he heard. He was happy he reached Haven, a big city, where knights like him live today.

All he saw was knights, tall people and birds flocking together. Then he smiled.

---

"Hmmm... He might prove worthy... Don't you think?" A Tall Cyan-eyed figure said.
"Yes. He MIGHT be able to - to do that..." A Short Orange-eyed figure replied.

Fri, 07/20/2012 - 05:39

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Chapter 6: Haven and Tragedy

"Welcome to Haven, proud knight. I am Lt. Feron. As your commanding officer, it is my duty to help you through the Clockworks.", said the tall guy.
"Hello.", Phoebe replied, "I'm Phoebe."
"I see... First things first. Meet the Strangers, they look like tall trees and the other knights. Make friends with them.", Feron ordered.

---

( Sound: Orchestral Army SRT EF OST)
Doing as he was told, he went out, to look for Strangers. He spot the trees one by one.
One by one he said, "Hi! Nice to meet you! I'm Phoebe. What's yours?" like a socially adequate person would.
Then when he was going for the last one...
THUD!
"Oww...", a girl said.
"Urrhh... Sorry bout that!", Phoebe apologized as he helped the knight up.
"Thanks. By the way, I'm Dimitri of the Tragedy Guild. What's your name?", she asked.
"I'm Phoebe. Nice to meet you Dimitri.", Phoebe replied, smiling as hard as he can.
"Hey... I'm recruiting members for Tragedy. You want in?" Dimitri made the offer Phoebe is yet to understand.
"What...? M-me?", Phoebe stammered.
"Yeah. Want in?" Dimitri persisted.
"Sure..." Phoebe replied and, "Uhh... Could you give me the basics of this... And kindly make it fast I've got a last Stranger to meet."
"Ok. I'll tell you while we're walking."

---

"Ok. A Guild is a group of knights who...." Dimitri told Phoebe everything he could know about Guilds, "Oh! I almost forgot! ...Ok! Sent!"
Then something came up at his inbox.
--Join /Tragedy/!
--Be My Partner! Pact Available with Dimitri.
He opened the Invite.
--Join /Tragedy/!
--Here's something to start you up!

Phoebe accepted and when he checked his inventory, he found a new sword, gun and bomb, and new armor. Wearing all of this, he looked just like a fresh meat from the meat section.
"Well? Do you like it?", Dimitri asked.
"Yeah!" Phoebe smiled and thanked her.

Then he opened the other Invite.
--Be My Partner! Pact Available with Dimitri.
--Accept Pact.
--Delete Mail.

"Accept!", Phoebe quickly accpeted the pact invitation.

Suddenly... A glowing ring surrounded Phoebe and Dimitri and it folded. Two badges appeared on their chests.
"Thanks for forging a pact with me Phoebe. Oops! I gotta go for something. Bye!" DDimitri bade goodbye and Phoebe went for his mission.

"Hi, I'm Phoebe. Nice to meet you!" Phoebe greeted the tall guy and the tall guy replied: "I am Plinkop. Very great to see new lads serving the community." and trailed off for other people.

'Well... I'm done... Better tell Feron...' Phoebe thought.

And he went in the dark gate to the Arcade.

Fri, 07/20/2012 - 05:40

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PART ONE COMPLETE!