[Fan fic] Spiral Knights: the blade of genesis
Thu, 06/05/2014 - 16:22
Hi there, it is Midnight-Dj the valkyrie troll here. So I have seen RPs rise and fall in the past one year of participation, most of them 'died' due to inactivity or lack of new ideas, so I decided to dig my first ever written fan fic for you guys to read, think of it as a public morale boost.
Usual rules apply:
-There are alterations to the SK lore: 1. morai war is changed into Isoran civil war, 2. Seerus is confirmed to have died during OCH, 3. Herex is more of a scientist than a ninja, 4. Tinkinzar is an emperor, not a king
-This story is made before the forge up date, so there will be mention of mist energy and CE.
-Some of your favourite NPCs may and will be killed during the course of the story, so if you are a hardcore fan of the lore, then don't read this story.
-This is my first fan fic, aka, the first time I tried to write fan fic, so don't expect epic writtings...
The story evolves around Affair, a rough, money loving mercenary who is transported to cradle after the civil war along with what is left of the Isoran race. During his time on cradle, he met a timid and shy male valkyrie by the name of midnight, and a beautiful friendship is developed between them, and yes, both Affair and Midnight are men, this is probably the first gay pairing in SK fan fic.
Without further adue let's get started!
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Within my dream, I saw two children
They argued at each other, debating which one of them is the better man.
Years flashed by, machines rusted and masks are broken.
But the admiration of one child to the other, never died…
SPIRAL KNIGHT: THE BLADE OF GENESIS
Prologue: A new life
Location: A P.O.W. camp far-east of the Isoran capital city
[The smoke and dust covered the taller buildings in the city central, windows broken, structures burned, the civil war that lasted for almost 10 years has finally ended. Children begging on the street now filled with wounded soldiers from both the rebel side and the vanguard loyalists…Affair, a mercenary knight, captured during the war is still working out inside his tiny cell, getting his body ready for the next war, suddenly, his work out was interrupted by 2 spiral wardens.]
Spiral warden A: “prisoner no.1055, you are free…”
Affair: “Hmmm, about time, why am I free anyway?”
Spiral warden B: “It is over…”
Affair: “The civil war? Already? Daww!...”
Spiral warden A: “Oh be quiet, the low ranking rebels that hired you and yours alike are all ‘pacified’. Your filthy little revolution is finished, good luck finding a new contract, you mercenary!”
Affair: “Heh heh, well, the spiral order did call people like me the ‘dogs of war’ after all. Hmm… why am I talking to you stupid buffoons anyway? As long as there are knights on this planet, there will always be conflict, I will have a pay raise soon enough, it will just be like the good ol’ days! Eh?”
Spiral warden B: “Ha, you sure about that? Dog, you have no idea how much this war costs us do you? The whole planet is trashed! At this rate, the planet Isora herself won’t be able to handle the damage! If this planet dies! Your doom won’t be too far away! Now, get your stuff and get out of here!”
[After reclaiming what is left of his personal belongings, he left camp while giving some rude gestures at the wardens on the way out. Moments later, affair is messaged by his former friend, lieutenant Feron, “come to the city pub, we need to talk about the future.” Looking at the message on his comlink, Affair let out a quick sigh, the war might have ended, but he was glad that his childhood friend was alive, even though they were enemies back in the war. As Affair slowly walked towards the pub, he saw a large man standing near pub’s balcony with both of his arms leaned on the fence, looking down on the devastated city.]
Affair: *waves*“Hi, pal!”
Feron: “Ah, Affairs, it is nice to see you again! How was the condition back in the P.O.W. camp? Are you captured as a rebel?”
Affair: *scratches the back of his head* “Yeaaah, but the rebels paid me more than the Equalist resistance and Captain Ozlo’s loyalist brigade combined! And speaking of the P.O.W. camp, the food, was ok, but those wardens need to seriously work on their manners.”
Feron: *shakes his head* “Same old mister Affair, you sure got yourself into some serious ‘affairs’ during the war, if you know what I mean…*winks*”
Affair: *bursts out laughing* “Oh stop it, you~”
Feron: “Okay, enough chit-chat. Now then…the future of this planet, the planetary scan shows critical damage on the city infrastructure, the sewer system is creamed by the artilleries fired by both side, nowadays the sewer critters roam the street and spreading diseases. 90% of the hospitals and other tertiary productions are paralyzed. 2000 scholars of the Isroran capital university were massacred during a raid by the rebels…”
Affairs: “Umm, so aren’t you guys going to rebuild or anything? Just like all the wars in the past?”
[As Feron slowly explained the situations towards Affair, a girl in a white ember-break helmet stared angrily at Affair but Affair was not aware of it. Her sultry yellow eyes frowned as Affair continued to be oblivious. But before she could cut into the conversation, a ranking superior appeared and marshaled her up before she could interfere. As she walked away, the name tag on the back of her armor spells “D-E-S-N-A”.]
Feron: “…So as I was saying, the planet cannot recover from the damage caused by the civil war. We need to leave this planet and find a new one as our new home and hopefully, we don’t make the same mistake again.”
Affair: “leaving the planet? How many people are we going to bring along?”
Feron: “Well, the entire city population needs to be evacuated…”
Affair: “But that is like, half a million knights! How do you expect to lift that many people into space? From what I heard, all four of the spiral order’s heavy battle cruisers were destroyed back in the war! Even if they were intact, half a million knights are simply too much…”
Feron: “Not all hope is lost, we still have Skylark.”
Affair: “SKYLARK? You mean that rubbish of a mining ship? I know it is big but how do you expect that piece of junk travel out of our system?”
Feron: “The spiral order have used the last of our reserve materials to refit the mining ship, the new skylark can now sustain almost half a million knights for 10 years of inter-space voyage.” *points over to the distant north, where a colossal space ship can be seen in the midst of all the fog*
Affair:*raises his eye brow* “Sounds good I guess, so much for this planet.”
Feron: “We have to make choices, Affair, come aboard Skylark and we shall find a new haven for our people.”
Affair: “HAVEN? Feron, you are such a dreamer, fine, I will see through this. Anyway, where is the boarding elevator? This planet is sure getting worse by the minutes!”
Feron: “This way, my friend.”
[Sun is high in the noon sky, but the light can hardly travel through the thick smog of war. Affair, while boarding Skylark along with many other knights, looks up into the sky and turns around to witness the ruins of the city. He thought to himself, perhaps, there might still be a haven out there...somewhere. ]
Thu, 06/05/2014 - 16:31
#2
AFFAIR=AFFRAIEL?
Chapter 2: War is back
Location: grand arsenal, a secret elevator which leads to the war master Seerus’s panic room.
[2 years after colliding with the mysterious planet-cradle, spiral knights have landed on their new home. The surface inhabitants gave them a home, a little town known as Haven. Most of the knights thought they could live in harmony with the indigenous, but sadly, the war mongering core inhabitants, the Gremlins, declared a full out war against them. Feron ordered an assault on the heart of the Gremlin’s weapon manufacturer, the grand arsenal. The main goal is to capture war master Seerus, the head of the Gremlin’s crimson order. On the secret elevator stands Affair and Desna, dispatched by Feron to catch Seerus...]
Desna:*giving her valiance pistol a final check* “Affair, what happened to your squad? I thought they are coming along.”
Affair:*loading up his own revolver* “One lucky mortar took them all out…”
Desna: “You didn’t even tell them to spread out?”
Affair: “I did, but those wussies got clumped up together as soon as I dished out the order, what was I supposed to do about that???”
Desna:*spoke in great anguish* “They were scared because their captain doesn’t GIVE A DANM about their lives! Affairs! You will never be entrusted with handling a single knight when this is over!”
Affair: *gazes over* “Ha, I am just a mercenary; my friend Feron gave me a huge bounty on this guy called Seerus. Hey, I am just here doing my job, those knights he entrusted me with are none of my concern, if they drag me down, then my life would be at stake, I ain’t risking my life for those pitiful rookies.”
[Before Desna could rain a storm of anger on Affair, the elevator stopped. As they slowly stepped out of the elevator, Desna and Affair raised their weapons, ready for the finale with this war master. After a few short steps, the spot lights were activated, the blinding flashes lit up the panic room, the walkway extends between the elevator and the panic room is now in the clear. At the end of the walkway was a throne setup, a masked Gremlin is sitting at the throne built at the end of the panic room. It was seerus.]
Seerus: *laying his chin onto his left hand* “So, Feron’s attack dogs are finally here. You Spiral knights sure know how to keep me waiting.”
Desna: *aiming her pistol at seerus’s forehead* “Seerus! This is the end of the road for you! Give it up!”
Seerus: *switches his legs, leaning one onto the other* “Giving up? I am just getting started!”
Desna: “Very FUNNY Seerus! You army is already decimated, we have shattered your roamulus twins, you have run out of tricks, clown!”
Seerus: *takes out a large crate from back of his throne, he slowly opens the crate.* “Hmm, how about THIS for a trick!”
[Before Desna could pull the trigger, Seerus lifted a rocket hammer out of the crate; the engine on the top of the hammer projected Seerus into the midair. Upon landing, Seerus slammed the hammer with full force, deep into the fabricated steel flooring of the grand arsenal. So hard to a point the impact knocked Affair and Desna down.]
Affair: “Argh!”
Desna:*tries to recover* “What kind of hammer is that?!”
Seerus: “impressive isn’t it? I made it myself. This hammer is more than a match for you rascals.”
[Desna stood back up. Seerus performed a flourish with the hammer and was able to scrape Desna’s breast plate and rip it clean-off. Desna tried to evade, but was knocked over by a backswing from the war hammer. Affair fired at Seerus, but missed. Seerus dashed ahead and knocked Affair onto the ground, Seerus then attempted to choke Affairs with the handle bars of the war hammer.]
Seerus:*twitching* “What is wrong? Little knight? Don’t die on me just yet! The fight has just started!”
Affair: *choking**coughs* “T-that’s good, b-because I am just w-warmed up!” *takes out his side blade and stabbed seerus in the right leg*
Seerus: *in agony* “Rrrr!” *backs away with a slight limp on his right leg* “You will pay for that!”
Desna: *stands up* “Eat this!” *fires her pistol*
[The scorching pain overtook Seerus’s shoulder as the plasma round from the valiance pistol landed on his back. Seerus retaliates by quickly dashing into close quarter with Desna, Desna greeted him with her own leviathan blade, in a blinding rage, Seerus landed three massive blows at Desna as she desperately tried to block them all, and the pounding on her leviathan blade left the sword in shamble. Desna, seeing Seerus got slightly exhausted, returned him the favor and managed to tear off seerus’s red garment, as blood slowly dripped out of his stomach, Seerus became increasingly noxious. He started to swing blindly at Desna and Affair, Affair barged in by attacking Seerus with his Acheron, Seerus reacted, parrying the attack with the main frame of the hammer. The sharp blade of Acheron torn through the metal frame of the war-hammer and damaged its engine compartment, the hammer then burst into flame as the fuel cells were ignited by the spark from the compartment. A burst of power from the engine sent Seerus flying and the explosion knocked Seerus onto the ground. Seeing that he is unconscious, Affair jumped onto Seerus’s body, flung off his mask and started mercilessly punching Seerus’s face while sitting on his chest, one punch after another until his face was beyond recognition.]
Affair: *lands a final blow to crush seerus’s nose* “HA! That will teach ya!”
Desna: “STOP!”*grabs Affair’s shoulder and pulls him up*
Affair: “Why? Shoot this guy in the brain already! I still want my bounty!”
Desna: “To hell with your bounty! We are here to steal the secret schematics!”
Affair: “Schema-what? I thought we were here to kill Seerus??!!”
Desna: *seeing Seerus is coughing up blood* “Leave him be, even if he did manage to escape, his king will still execute him after losing the Grand arsenal.”
Affair: *picks up Seerus’s war mask and puts it on his face, starts to mimic Seerus’s voice* “Oh look, fellow Gremlins! I AM WAR Master Seerus, I am dumb enough to think I can beat the almighty Affair and now look where I am, lying on ground with a broken nose and soon will be DEAD!” *goes back to his normal voice* “Hahaha, that was some funny junk right? Eh? Desna?” *Desna ignores him and continues to try and hack into Seerus’s computers*
Seerus: *swallows his own blood and takes a quick breath* “He he, F-Fools! Lord Tinkinzar would be proud of what I did t-today for the C-Crimson order…” *pulls a detonator out of his pocket* “You knights will never steal the power lying inside the core; it belongs to my people and MY PEOPLE ALONE!”
Affair: “OOOOOOOooohhh, AND what are you going to do to stop us? Push that detonator and blow this place SKY HIGH??”
Seerus: “Hehe, for a second there I though the spiral knights were foolish, but you are actually RIGHT this time!” *as soon as Seerus pushed the button, he takes in one last breath before passing away* “Long…live…c-Crimson order…” *dies*
Affair: “!”
[Suddenly, small dim purple lights started to fill the room, and this time, the light comes from the Dark retributions, a powerful bomb made by Seerus, there are thousands of them in the room.]
Desna: “Just a little bit more! Downloading progress is at 90%, 91%...”
Affair: “Take cover! This place is about to blow!!!” *grabs Desna and covers both of them with his volcanic plate shield*
Desna: “…92%...Hun?!”*The download stopped as she was pulled away from the keyboard and it was aborted.*
Thu, 06/05/2014 - 16:33
#3
awesomeness conituned
Chapter 3: the day of victory
Location: ruins of grand arsenal.
[Millions of purple orbs bursts out of the bomb casings and started to destroy whatever standing in their way. The schematic was torn into shreds as the purple orbs filled the entire panic room. Meanwhile, Feron’s squads are still engaging with what is remain of the Grand Arsenal defenses on the surface. The ground suddenly trembled beneath the foot of the fighting knights and before they realized what really took place below them. The ground they stood on was shredded by the purple orbs coming out of the panic room below. In a blink of an eye, the battle field was littered with wounded Gremlins and knights alike. Upon seeing the carnage, Feron sends out reserves and rescue teams to recover what is left of his assault force. The remaining Gremlin defenders retreated as soon as they realized that their War master is dead.]
Feron:*sees the destruction around him, lets out a long sigh* “Affairs, Desna, I hope you two are okay…squad 2! Lift that wreckage. Squad 3 get those wounded to the sickbay! Affair? Desna?”
Affair:*trapped in a pile of concrete* “Over here!!!”
Feron:*Rushes towards the direction of the voice* “Hold on! Hang in there!” *Lifts the slab of concrete up with his enormous strength* “Glad you are okay.”
Affair: “Phewwww…that was close---”
Desna: “---Don’t touch me!” *moves away from affairs as she exits the derbies”
Affair: “Whoa, aren’t you even gonna thank me? I saved you back there!”
Desna: “No you moron! All the schematics were destroyed back there! Do you have any idea what we could do with them??? I was 8% away from finishing the final download setup! You pulled me away before I could finish the job! Rrr!!! You ruined everything!”
Feron: “Don’t be too hard on him, he is only---”
Desna: *amazed* “---FERON! How could you???!!! If I stayed on that keyboard back there, I could have finished the final setup and transferred them all onto my Comlink account, if we analyzed those schematics, we would know exactly what those Grems are planning to build next!”
Affair: “Hey! But if you did finish the setup, you would have been reduced to dust by those dark retributions. And what would the recon rangers do without a---”
Desna: “---You still don’t GET IT DO YOU!? I am willing to give up my life for those that I LOVE! You however! And don’t you dare compare my fellow rangers with mercenaries like you! I taught them well and even if I do fall! They will rise up and take my place.”
Affair:*Grinds his teeth* “Listen you ungrateful Bi---”
Feron: *raises his voice*“---Bah! Enough, both of you!”
Desna and Affair: *still angry*“…”
Feron: “Ugh, I should never have paired you two fellas up in the first place. Okay now, it is none of your fault, the blame is all on me. Now then, did you and Affair manage to neutralize the War master?”
Affair: “Hmm, if you mean ‘did we kill him’? Yes!”
Feron: *sees Seerus’s war mask laying near a derby and the corpse of a Gremlin* “Is that him? Wow, what a way to go---”
Affair: “---He deserved it…now then, where is my reward?!” *grins at Desna, Desna grunted before leaving battle ground.*
Feron: “Whoa, whoa, hold on there, Affair. How do I know if he is dead? Do you have his body?”
Affair: “That corpse, over there!” *points at the body of Seerus, whose face is covered in blood* “Yep, that is him! I sure punched him good!”
Feron: *sighs* “Okay fine, the payment will be transferred into your personal account, umm, by the way, where did your squad go?”
Affair: “Ugh, they are…”
Feron: “Dead? All 3 of them?”
Affair: *sweats* “Not if you say it like that…”
Feron: *shook his head* “I wanted to be angry but there is clearly no point…they are already dead, pissing at you won’t make much difference. The funny thing is I can’t even punish you according to the spiral order’s code of conduct. You are in fact classified as a civilian, punishing you would get me demoted. You made a quite smart move not joining the official army. You are a cunning man and a skilled warrior, mister Affair.”
Affair: “Hehe, cunning, not really, the reason why I stayed as a mercenary is because I ENJOY fighting, I am not fighting for the order or their crappy causes. All I wanted to do is have fun! And fighting for me is fun! And eh, Feron, can I have this as a souvenir?” *pick up Seerus’s war mask*
Feron: “Do whatever you want with it. But please don’t walk around in the town with that mask on your face, I am burdened enough trying to explain to the HQ how I lost 3 knights to a mercenary. And next time, please try to get along with Desna.”
Affair: “Pssh, that lousy woman, why does she always have to be tough? Girls like her will never GET A DATE.”
Feron: “okay now, be on your way, your job here is done, I and my squad will clean this mess up.”
[After exiting the Grand arsenal, Affair took an elevator and ascended onto the planet surface. The grass is lash and cool wind breezes through Affair’s cheek, the artificial sun shines warmly on Affair’s forehead. Affair lets out a sigh and walks down a stony track outside the elevator, at the end of the track lies Haven, the town which most of the Spiral knights are resided. As birds started to revolve around Affair’s shoulder, Affair knew that he was home once more…everyone needs a home, even for a mercenary.]
Thu, 06/05/2014 - 16:37
#4
the bromance begins
Chapter 4: Home coming
Location: Haven’s bazar, town of spiral knights.
[Affair walks down the sandstone path across the haven’s bazar. Of course, he does not listen to Feron’s words and happily equips Seerus’s war mask on his head. Children, out of curiosity, start to bunch up around Affairs.]
Child A: “Whoa, that is some cool mask you got there!!”
Child B: “Pshhh, you got the color of the mask all wrong! Seerus’s mask insignia is colored in Crimson red. Wait, the crack on the right! OH MY GOD! That is the legit mask. Is that the real thing!?”
Affair: *boasts* “Yeah, that is right kids! I am CAPTAIN AFFAIR, the conqueror of GRAND ARSENAL and the slayer of war master Seerus!”
Child A: “There he goes again…a mercenary like you couldn’t possibly beat Seerus. Not even in a straight on fight!”
Affair: “Ms. Desna did help me…but hey, I did get the final blow you know!”
Child B: “What, you got paired with that She-man? That is probably the worst thing ever happened to you! Not if you include the time when you got your butt poked by lieutenant Vaelyn.”
Child A: “Hmm, I don’t know, Ms. Desna does have some very nice breasts…”
Affair: “Eeer…kids; you guys are way too young to start dating girls. Be gone now, I still have stuff to do.”
Child A: “Pfft, what? Are you gonna spend the rest of your day near the auction house like you always do?”
Affair: “Duh…I wanna get some nice new gears for my next contract…”
Child B: “Contract? But I thought once the War master died, we could live in peace.”
Affair:*winks and points at child B* “Haha, that is where you are WRONG kid! The Gremlin’s homeland, also known as the great colony still remains untouched. They can crank out a new army faster than a spiral vanguard can empty out his blaster.”
Child B and Child A:*frightened* “R-really?”
Affair: *giving a creepy gesture* “Yes and those gremlin stalkers will try to kidnap you at night and turn you into one of them! They will first trip your skin and---”
Child B and Child A: *run away*“ARRRRGH!!!”
Affair: “Hehe, just screwing with you guys…”
[Before arriving at the auction house, Affair’s comlink rang.]
Affair: “Yeah?”
Kora: “This is Kora from the spiral HQ.”
Affair: “Kora? Ah, a new contract is it? Tell me? What needs killing?”
Kora: “Look, mister Affair, I don’t know who you think you are. But do you have any idea what you have done? You have just killed 3 fellow knights!”
Affair: “Hey, one death is a tragedy but death of many is simply a statistic…”
Kora: “That is some nice quote, playboy! You have just got yourself conscripted to the spiral order. And you will be starting your service today!”
Affair: “I got recruited???!!! HOW? You cannot force me to join against my will! I have my right!”
Kora: “Oh no, you are accused of the crime of killing a prisoner of war captured by the spiral order! And as punishment! You need to serve in the army to make up for it! And in your case, you will be sent to do missions, no contracts, just the allowance. That will teach you!”
Affair: “Prisoner of war??? I didn’t kill anyone who was captured by Feron!”
Kora: “Really? Then can you explain to me why lieutenant Desna reported to you for beating up Seerus after he was incapacitated? He does count as a prisoner of war, ha, guess you didn’t see that coming?”
Affair: “Ugh, heck, I ain’t doing those lame missions! What are you going to do about it? Huh?”
Kora: “trust me, mister Affair, you don’t want to know…”
[Affairs turned his head and inspected the crowd behind him. Two Spiral vanguards have being tailing him for a while now. He realizes that if he disobeys, it may get him arrested. Affair grinds his teeth as he discovered himself in an awkward situation…]
Affair: *annoyed*“Well played, Kora, FINE, what is my mission? Let’s get this over with.”
Kora: “Good, now then, you have to pick up your new squire, midnight. He is right now at Béchamel tent. You know where it is right? Once you rendezvoused with him, I will give you the rest of your mission briefing.” *chuckles* “Have a nice day, mister Affair.”*closed the comlink*
Affair: “Grrr… Desna, that daughter of a…” *grumbles and starts to backtrack to the bazar.*
[Affair was obviously angry as his freedom as a mercenary was taken away from him. The spiral vanguards in the distance whispered as he walked past them, “That filthy Mercenary got what is coming for him.” “What can I say; every dog has its days.” Affair was annoyed so he speeds up his way across the bazar. Meanwhile, at Béchamel clothing shop, Béchamel, the top fashion designer of the spiral order; is dressing up Midnight, a new recruit, for his first mission.]
Béchamel: *cutting up some fine fabrics while singing* “--there, almost finished!”
Midnight: *face blushes* “Umm, excuse me, miss, no, I mean mister Béchamel. Do I really have to wear this? I mean, I am a boy after all…”
Béchamel: “Nonsense! Who said BOYS can’t wear dress? Look at me! I am so FABULOUS you mistaken me for a women!”
Midnight: *sweats* “But I would look like a girl in that angelic raiment…”
Béchamel: *sighs* “Son, I know how it feels to wear something like that, I have been there…” *sewing the pieces of the armor together with the fabric* “The first time I tried to dress up as a girl, my dad almost killed me, sheesh, till this day I still couldn’t believe that ruffian was my father! But trust me! The embarrassment will soon wear away as you get used to wearing it. Besides, it is a part of your clan’s tradition. You should be proud standing inside this beautiful raiment.”
Midnight: *still nervous* “Okay, I will give this a shot.” *slowly snugged inside the raiment before putting on the helmet.*
Béchamel: *gasps* “Oh-My-God! You look absolutely AMAZING! Man, you are far prettier than those tomboy vanguards in the order, those girls need to be arrested for not being fabulous enough!”
Midnight: *fidgets* “Oh…Umm…”*blushes his face.*
Béchamel: *tabs Midnight’s shoulder*“Come on. Look at the QUALITY of this fabric! They are as smooth as silk, and the garments on this armor can fend off those horn singing little buggers in the dark. And above all, no bad luck can come onto you as this armor is 100% curse proof.”*sees Affair standing anxiously outside his shop* “Look who is there, your new captain. Try to be polite! Go now, to adventure!”
[Béchamel pushes Midnight out his tent and closed the entrance in case he comes back in. Midnight nervously approaches the masked man; he swallowed his saliva and greeted the man.]
Midnight:*fidget* “Umm, hi sir, the name is Midnight. It is an honor serving beside you.”*tries his best to put up a smile*
Affair: *looks down on the slightly shorter recruit with a boyish voice* “So, you are that recruit Kora was talking about. Hmmm, why are you dressed in that girly raiment?”
Midnight: “Eh, well sir, I was the first male-born Valkyrie in a… roughly around a thousand years…And ummm, yeah, this is a part of our order’s tradition.” *blushes and scratches his head.*
Affair: *winces* “Hmm, I thought only the ladies can be born as Valkyries…”
Midnight: *twiddling his fingers* “Well, I guess I was a bit special sir…”
Affair: *sighs* “This is getting awkward…right, let’s cut to chase, I am captain Affair and you will be my squire from now on, our first mission will be…”
Kora: *from the comlink, clears her throat* “Good, now that you two have rendezvoused. Here is what is going to happen next. One of our supply depots at depth 6 has lost contact for about 2 days now. A supply team was sent out, but hasn’t heard from them since this morning. I want you two to investigate what happened to the supply team. Good luck, I have marked the location of the depot on your radar, good luck, Kora out.”
Affair: “You heard the lady, we are moving out. This depot is near the gloaming wildwoods, so try to be cautious okay? ”
Midnight: *shudders* “G-gloaming wildwoods???”
Affair: “Look, it is not as bad as you think, come on…” *Walks toward the arcade, Midnight follows*
Thu, 06/05/2014 - 16:51
#5
Gremlin side of the story
Chapter5: Seeds of revenge
Location: emperor’s royal palace, great colony of Gremlins.
[Lord Tinkinzar, the emperor of the Gremlin race is dressing up for his afternoon attendance. He emerges from his throne with his favorite golden silk robe, decorated with Crimson order’s insignia. As soon as he sat onto the throne, the 8 members of the Crimson order bow down.]
Tinkinzar: *frowns* “Fellow Gremlins, I think by this point all of us have heard the tragic loss of our great comrade, master Seerus. But now it is not the time to grief over his death, day by day, those wretched spiral knights are getting closer and closer to the core. I need a plan to destroy Haven and I NEED IT NOW.”
Herex: *who is wearing a black research coat, a symbol of the dark fang bio-weapon crop.* “My lord, it would be an honor for me to lead an assault on haven, most of the wounded at the Grand Arsenal has recovered with the help of my newly developed dark matter stimpacks. Seerus’s latest works, the dreadnoughts, are only a few days from completion.”
Tinkinzar: “Hmm, I thought they were destroyed along with the Grand Arsenal.”
Herex: “The dreadnoughts were shipped to the Supreme Arsenal few days before the attack, luckily. Now the construction is at its final phase my lord. If we launch an assault on Haven tomorrow we can shatter the knights’ morale and their eradication will be imminent.”
Tinkinzar:*intrigued* “Clever, but enough flattery, I need a man who is capable of leading the Crimson order. An order without a leader is as good as dead.”
Herex: “I know someone who can, my lord.”
[The door of the emperor palace opened, a stout built Gremlin walks in with two dark fang thwakers as escort. This Gremlin looked at Tinkinzar and kneeled down.]
Tinkinzar: “please. Stand up my child, tell me who you are.”
Baram: “My lord, the name is Baram, the godson of War master Seerus.”
Tinkinzar: “Oh, so you are Baram. I have heard a lot about you when your godfather is still alive.”
Baram: “I will lead on the assault on Haven. I shall avenge my godfather and take back this planet from those filthy, nefarious knights!”
Tinkinzar: “Calm now, my son. You are still too young to have what it takes to be the new leader. I will designate Herex as your mentor, go now, to the Supreme arsenal and get those Dreadnoughts to the battlefield, Seerus would be proud to have you as his successor. To glory!”
Baram and 8 members of the Crimson order: “To glory!”
Herex: *aside* “So this is Seerus’s godson…well, it is only a minor sit back, the title of war master will eventually be mine…”
[Baram, followed by Herex and a few other chief scientists, arrived at the supreme arsenal, inside the arsenal, the dreadnoughts reside within. These 20 meters tall mechanical walkers are at the final phase of their construction, sun steel plating are been sealed onto the main chassis. The laser canons are been installed into the mechanical mouth of the Dreadnoughts. Razwog, the chief engineer of the construction greets Herex and Baram as they are entering the arsenal.]
Razwog:*bows* “Greetings, Doctor Herex, and who is this handsome fellow?”*looking at Baram*
Baram: “You will be calling me master Baram from now on…”
Herex: “That is right, Seerus has died. This is his godson and the new War master.”
Razwog:*gasps and kneels down* “OH! Master Seer--, Err I mean Master BARAM! The Dreadnoughts are almost ready for deployment! W-We will finally burn haven down!”
Baram:*grabs Razwog by the throat* “You woos, two years ago if it wasn’t because of your cowardice. Those spiral knights would have been cut down before they could establish a settlement on the surface!”
Razwog:*frightened* “M-master! If I didn’t fake my death back when those filthy knights raided my surface laboratory, I would never have given these dreadnoughts the upgrades they deserved! Heh heh…”
Baram:*releases Razwog* “What upgrade? I thought the blue print from my god father was the perfect design.”
Razwog:*catching breath* “Well, it was perfect. But things changed after Spiral Knights destroyed one of our munitions factories. These spiral knights now possess some of our latest invention. That includes the ‘pulsar’, a type of energy projectors, designed to kill mechanical opponents.”
Baram: “Pulsars? I thought they were banned from development due to how dangerous they are.”
Herex: “Sorry to burst your bubble, Master Baram, but your godfather has been secretly developing that weapon behind King Tinkinzar’s back…”
Baram: “Ugh, if those spiral knights possess the pulsars, they could deal serious damages do the Dreadnoughts.”
Razwog: *moronic smiles*“Heh, heh, that is why I reinforced the main chassis with sun steel plating! Those pulsar rounds wouldn’t even make a dent in these armors!”
Baram: “Ummm, how many Dreadnoughts can be put into action tomorrow?”
Razwog: “The capital Dreadnought is almost done, Along with two other regular Dreadnoughts. So…umm, yeah, that is three.”*giggles*
Baram: “Alright,” *picks up a microphone.* “Fellow Brethren! This is your new war master Baram! Tomorrow we shall strike the very heart of the
Spiral knights! These dreadnoughts are a part of my father’s life endeavor, and it is his dying wish to use them against our enemies; tighten those bolts, wield up those platings! Work to your fullest brothers! Because tomorrow, we will vanquish the knights where ever they hide! In the honor of Master Seerus! We will claim victory at any cost!”
[After the speech, the morale of the engineers boosted significantly, the fall of the Grand arsenal was put behind as hundreds of Gremlins started to complete the third and the final dreadnoughts. Few hours later 3 dreadnoughts are completed, Baram offers the builders with good food and drink as three dreadnoughts are shipped to the deployment yard. As the night sets in, the builders celebrated the completion. Anger still filled Baram’s eye as he looked into the yonder. Herex, while having ambitions of his own, was slightly impressed by Baram’s leadership. They left the supreme arsenal after everyone on the construction site is blasted drunk.]
Drunken Gremlin A: *hick*“See ya later bro!”
Drunken Gremlin B: “Woo! Man, this Baram guy IS WAY COOLER than that mask wearing Jar head! Well, see ya bro, oh by the way, are you going to go see the launch of the dreadnoughts tomorrow morning?”
Drunken Gremlin A: “Yeah~ sure dude.”
Baram: “Hey, you two, get back home before the curfew is in effect!”
Herex: “…these drunkards make perfect specimen for my next experiment!”
Drunken Gremlin A and B: “EEEEK!” *rush back home*
Baram: “Those rascals! Just because I offered them booze doesn’t mean they have to intoxicate themselves like this!”
Herex: “Pardon me, Master Baram, may I ask who are piloting the three dreadnoughts tomorrow?”
Baram: *looking at the night sky and observes the great colony* “I will be operating the capital Dreadnought, you will be my wingman, after all, you are responsible for designing the pilot pot. The third one will be remote piloted by Razwog. I am not counting on him being valiant in battle…”
Herex: “It would be a pleasure to fight besides you, Master Baram…” *aside* “Just like I expected, Baram is a bold man just like Seerus. Overthrowing him won’t be an easy task…”
Baram: *suspicious* “Is there something on your mind, Herex?”
Herex: “Nothing, it is just that the lowly me, want to offer the new war master a present! “
Baram: *raises his eye brow* “What is it?”
Herex: *presents a syringe, containing glowing purple gel* “This is a new type of combat steroid; I intended this for our Crimson elites, but Tinkinzar cut off the funding of the drug’s mass production for the Dreadnought project. This drug will make you invincible in combat for a while. The side effect however means you should only use it in the direst situation. I have seen enough War masters fallen in my life time.”
Baram: *laughs* “Don’t count on my dying on the second day being the War Master; I have yet to prove myself worthy of the title.”
Herex: *aside* “Yes, tomorrow, I shall take the title for myself, all I need to do is sit back and watch this foolish youth gives his life for his otherwise arrogant king…”
Sat, 06/07/2014 - 02:10
#6
Affraiel would be proud
Chapter 6: Midnight Fever
Location: depth six, gloaming wildwoods, home to some of the most ferocious beasts on the planet.
[The shady gloaming wildwoods, saturated with the wild groan of the beasts. Affair and Midnight, travelled down a muddy road as they attempt to reach the supply depot and find out the fate of the lost supply team. It was dark and critters in wood observed the two surface dwellers, thousands of glowing eyes, some yellow, and some red, staring at Midnight and Affair as they walked passed their territory. They then arrived at a waterfall where the eyes ceased their pursuit. The two stayed near the fall and decided to take a rest.]
Midnight:*breathing heavily* “Please, captain, let’s take a rest, these high heels are killing me!”
Affair:*startled* “That raiment comes with heeled shoes too?”
Midnight:*brushes away the sweat on his forehead* “It seems like it…”
Affair: “Well, just catch a breath and we will get this over with, okay?”
Midnight: “Yes sir.” *sits on a rock near the waterfall*
Affair: “Umm, since we are having a rest, tell me about yourself, you are a Valkyrie-born right? Hmm, how come I rarely see Valkyries back in haven? What are you girls doing anyway? Having tea parties in Captain Ozlo’s private cabinet?”
Midnight:*smiles* “Not really captain. As a Valkyrie, we are born with the ability to solidify the energy around us. My sisters are working inside the underground 24/7 to get out enough mist crystals for people to alchemize weapons. In addition, some of the older members of the Valkyrie order can alchemize items without the help of machines. It is quite fascinating Captain, would you like me to demonstrate?”
Affair: “Well, just don’t push yourself. I have seen a few Valkyries got into the hospital after ‘over-working’ and I am not dragging you back home…”
Midnight:*stands up* “Here I go…Hnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
[Slowly but surely, the blue mist energy from the air started to flow above Midnight’s palm, Midnight frowns as he tries to concentrate more and more on the center of his hand. As the mist becomes denser, Midnight focuses even more. The dense cloud of mist energy then started to solidify. Midnight exhaled and a tiny shard of crystal was formed on his palm, glow and shimmering.]
Affair: *blank expression* “That is it?”
Midnight: “…”
Affair: *sarcastically* “That shard of crystal worth less than a single crown! Man, now I know why you people have to work 24/7 now.”
Midnight: “Captain, this crystal is small but it is enough to revive a fellow knight from fatal injuries!” *stores the crystal into a small side pocket on his belt*
Affair: “Well, suit yourself…come on, the rest is over, get going.”
[As they proceed down the muddy path, Midnight and Affair spotted a pile of corpses. It were the bodies of dead knights with supply crates on their back, the crates are badly damaged with scratches all over them. It is no doubt that this is the supply team that was ambushed.]
Affair: “Well, mission accomplished. The supply team is dead.”
Midnight: “Wait! I can revive some of them.”
Affair: “Go ahead, they look pretty dead to me…”
[Midnight took out his crystal from his side pocket and shoves the crystal onto one of the deceased knight’s chest. Suddenly, a glowing beam comes off the corpse’s chest and the dead knight came back to life.]
Kozma:*rises up from the dead* “EEEEEEKK!!!---“
Midnight: “Quarter master Kozma! Calm down! You need to tell me what happened to the supply team!”
Kozma: “Wait! Hold on! You need to revive my brother Brinks too!”
Midnight: “On it!” *revives the dead knight lying next to Kozma*
Brinks: *wakes up* “Whoa---” *touches his own body* “Wow, I thought I was a goner back there.”
Midnight: “Quarter master Brinks! Quarter master Kozma! I need to know what happened to the supply team!”
Brinks: “We, got ambushed by a wolver pack…wait, can’t you revive everyone else?”
Midnight: *saddens*“their bodies are badly mutilated, there is no way they can be brought back with the amount of crystals I have on me.”
Kozma:*shakes midnight’s hand* “That is fine, you did a great job saving us privet!”
Brinks:*looks at Affair* “Umm, and who is that masked knight?”
Midnight: “He is Captain Affair…my team leader.”
Kozma: *smirks* “Affair? You decided to become a part of the spiral order? Well, well, well, so you finally decided to start off clean and give up your life as a mercenary, thought I will never see this day coming.”
Affair: *grins* “Not a chance, Kozma! I was force-conscripted by Kora, I will return to my former self soon enough…as soon as my call of duty is over.”
Kozma: *winces* “Ugh, you just won’t change would you? I shouldn’t have expected more from a mercenary scum like you. I have heard about the atrocities you committed back in the civil war! Monsters like you shouldn’t even exist!”
Affair: *angered*“Oh look, we got ourselves another girl-wonder here! Do you have any idea how many rebels the spiral order executed back in the civil war!? We all have blood on our hands! None of us have the moral high ground here!”
Kozma:*enraged* “Listen you---”
Kora: *from the comlink* “Quarter master Kozma! Thank haven you are alive! And Quarter master Brinks as well! Good, now that you have recovered the supply team, you two need investigate the supply depot to search for anymore survivors!”
Affair: “Yeah, yeah, we are on it…”
Kozma: *looks at Midnight*“So, you two have to go deeper into this… Brinks… come on, give this squire some new weapon as our gratitude!”
Brinks: “Umm, okay.” *searches into the crate on his back.* “Take this, it is a super blaster. It is an upgrade over the original blaster, hope this handgun might help, privet.” *passes the finely made blue pistol to Midnight*
Midnight: *accepts the pistol*“Thank you quarter master Brinks!”
Brinks: “Good luck, we need to report to the HQ now, hope you return to Haven safely…”
Kozma: “Come brother, let’s go, and Affair, if you even dare lay a finger on your squire, I WILL HAVE YOUR BUTT for breakfast! You got that!?”
Affair: *Winces* “Ugh…whatever… I am not interested in that kind of stuff.”
[Kozma and Brinks left the gloaming wildwoods in one piece. Midnight and Affair carry on their mission as they unravel the fate of the supply depot…Midnight drawn out his new hand gun as the voices in the shadow intensified. Affair, however, continued walking anxiously, hoping that they can finish the mission.]
Midnight: “Captain?”
Affair: “What is it now?”
Midnight: *confused* “Quarter master Kozma said something about a civil war back on planet Isora. I was born on Skylark and my teacher told me that we were on a journey to explore space. And we left our home because of our urge for adventure.”
Affair: *sighs* “Clearly you only heard their half of the story. We spiral knights have had our share of rough and thick back on the home planet, we battled each other for equality: Back then, vanguards have lived in the richest mansion and the enjoyed the tastiest food. While lower ranking worker knights lived in poverty and starvation. They call it capitalism, materialism, unilateralism…the poor couldn’t put up with this and they revolted against their vanguard masters. The civil war raged between the rich and poor lasted more than a decade. And at the end the vanguards crushed the rebels and they were pacified, the class system created by the Vanguards remained and it is even used till today. However the war devastated planet Isora and can no longer sustain our population, so we moved to this godforsaken planet known as cradle, hoping we could start a new life. But sadly, as you can see here, this planet is more hostile than downtown Isorian city, tough neighborhood I tell ya… damn… I have never talked this much before in my life, enough blabbering. Let’s move on.”
Midnight: “If you fought in the civil war, why didn’t you fight for the good side?”
Affair:*shouts* “THERE WASN’T A GOOD SIDE!” *calms* “Don’t you get it? The world is not always black and white! I fought the war because I was a mercenary, fighting is what I do for life. Whenever there is war, I just go with the flow, end of the story.”
Midnight: “Mercenary, but you are still a knight Captain! You can still be a hero!”
Affair: “Ha, don’t count on me being the cannon fodder of the spiral order! Some airheaded moron will take that place, not me!”
Sat, 06/07/2014 - 05:47
#7
This is a good story besides
This is a good story besides the fact that the actions made by characters are written like *(action)*. It would be more natural if you put "Kozma looks at Midnight..." instead of *looks at Midnight*. I do realize that this is your first SK Fan-Fic but these minor changes can make your story a bit better.
Sat, 06/07/2014 - 18:41
#8
@soul
I made this fan fic about a year ago and it has been rotting in my computer ever since. What you have seen so far is 6 out of the 23 chapters in the entire fan fic, so changing the format will take some time, however, if the changes can help you read and understand the story better, I will definately do make some changes to the next chapter.
Sat, 06/07/2014 - 22:53
#9
I CAN WRITE SUMTHING
Note: I changed the writting format, hope you guy(s) enjoy.
Chapter 7: The hunt is on
Location: Spiral supply depot, somewhere deep inside the gloaming wildwood.
The supply depot is a mess, blood stains were everywhere and every single ration tin was stolen. Strangely all the weapons or computers were untouched. This confirmed Affair’s suspicion that depot was attacked by animals rather than Gremlin insurgents. Recon modules littered the ground, some of them were still replaying the final moments of the depot crew, screaming, tearing of the flesh and cracking sound of the bones, in the midst of these chaotic cries, was the monstrous moan of an unknown beast. Midnight almost vomited when he saw rotten flesh lying all over the place, but he managed to hold back the sour liquid at the last moment before he made a fool out of himself.
“Kora, are you seeing this? This depot must be attacked by some kind of beast, doesn’t look like an ordinary wolver pack, they couldn’t possibly cause this much damage,” whimpered Affair as he inspects the corpses further, “These knights got mauled to shreds, geez, what kind of monster would do this?”
“Sweet Haven, they are all dead…” gasped Kora as she witnessed the carnage through the mini camera on Midnight’s belt* “Can you at least try to recover some kind of evidence? Animal hair, foot prints, anything.” Kora sits back onto her seat, twiddling her thumbs, waiting anxiously for a reply from Affair.
“Let’s see here…evidence…evidence…” said Affair as he picks up a mysterious dark fur on the ground, “What do we have here…” Affair squinted his eyes on the fur and it suddenly glowed, “Is this thing GLOWING? What kind of fur is this Kora?”
Kora becomes alarmed when she hears Affair’s description of the fur, she jumps off from her seat and yells into the radio, “No, this can’t be! Affair, get your squire out of there NOW!”
The wood around the duo started come to life, the leaves rustled as pairs of red eyes emerged from the dark. Affair and Midnight were horrified when the eyes slowly strolled its way out of the darkness. It belonged to a large canine beast, with dark fur humming with a faint red aura. It was a snarbolax. The duo realized that they were in deep trouble as more and more snarbolaxes stared to emerge out of the wood. The snarbolax pack drooled at the two helpless knights, wishing to make them their afternoon dessert.
“Let’s get us out of here!” said Affair before he made a sprint toward the muddy road that brought him and Midnight to the depot. “Captain, wait for me!” Midnight exclaimed before he chased after Affair, he was scared of looking back, just thinking of the sharp fangs of the snarbolax makes his spine shiver. The muddy trial ended at a stony cliff, too high for any knight to climb over. The Snarbolax pack gathered once again around the duo. Affair and Midnight were trapped with their backs against the cliff, the Snarbolaxes slowly closed in on the two knights, they grinded their teeth, drooling while emitting a sinister hiss in the same time, readying for a feast.
“Captain! I-I am scared!” screamed Midnight as the pack of horrific beast surrounded them, with no gaps between any of the two snabolaxes for them to break out.
“UGH! Gimme a second! Hold on!” Affair frantically looked back at the cliff, checking if there is way up, but all he could find, is a small cave about half way up the cliff, “Midnight, get into that cave!” said Affair while he allowed midnight to jump into the narrow cave with a boost from his hands.
“Grab my hand Captain!” Midnight reached out his hand and pulled Affair upwards, one of the snarbolax made a move and bite into the masked mercenary’s boots, “Shoot it!!! SHOOT IT!!!” Yelled Affair, Midnight complied by shooting a round of super blaster into the snarbolax’s eye, the beast stumbled and fell off.
The duo was saved. Other snarbolaxes tried to climb into the cave but it was too narrow for their large head to fit in. Affair and Midnight took a brief rest and started to travel further into the cave. Going back is no longer an option due to the SNARBOLAX pack resided outside the entrance of the cave, waiting for them to come out.
“Geez! I wonder if this cave has an exit…” Affair snapped a glowworm and looked deeper into the cave, he checked his radio and the signal bar was flat, “It is dead! The cave is blocking the signal…” thought Affair before he channeled his rage at Kora, “GREAT! We can’t go out that way unless we wish to become SNARBOLAX CHOW! Kora! That devious woman! She tricked me and led us to this!”
“You can’t blame Master Kora,” said Midnight in an attempt to calm Affair down, “The map in the spiral HQ network hasn’t been updated since last year. The geography of this planet is changing constantly. This place is likely to lead to a larger chasm.”
With no choice but to travel deeper into the darkness, Affair unwillingly relented. Soon they saw a dim light at the end of the tunnel…it was indeed a chasm. The deep valley stretched deep down into the earth, Affair dropped his glow worm and its light was soon devoured by the darkness of the abyss, luckily, there is a path leading to an inner sanctum previously undiscovered. There was a large hole on the ceiling of the Chasm, light reached into the abyss from there. So did the comlink signal.
“Affair? Midnight? What happened? Report!” said Kora as the signal became cleared of statics.
“We are fine!” replied Affair noxiously, eager to return home, “We are inside some kind of chasm! Can you trace our location from your radar?”
Kora checked the radar, all she could see are statics, “Umm, you are currently in, gosh, I can’t trace you guys! There is some kind of interference coming from the core, it is emitting some kind of energy and it is jamming the spiral radar network. You and your squire need to stay put until the network is rebooted.”
“I didn’t sign up form this! Get us out of here as soon as you can damn it!” groaned Affair angrily, upset over Kora’s incompetence.
“Oh look, there you go again! You are not a VIP of some kind and right now our hands are tight!” replied Kora with her eye brows frowned, “A mole within the Gremlin great colony informed us of a possible attack on Haven! And it seems they are going to dish out some kind of new war machine called ‘Dreadnought’. Just stay put for now, the rescue will come as soon as the alert is over.”
Sun, 06/08/2014 - 05:55
#10
Yay, thanks for making the
Yay, thanks for making the changes xD. The chapter felt more complete and easier to read. Hoping to see more soon.
Sun, 06/08/2014 - 07:25
#11
chapter 7 conitued
Note: rewritting this really got me back in touch with my old characters...
“Guess we are staying here for the night…” sighed Affair as he finally found a place to sit and rest, he turned around and saw Midnight peeping the through a gap between the rock, “Eh, Midnight, what are you doing?” questioned Affair while poking a booger out of his nose.
“Captain! You have to see this!” Midnight responded, out of curiosity, Affair moved in and had a glance at what midnight was looking at.
“WHAT THE F-” what Affair saw on the other side of cliff, was the deployment yard for the dreadnoughts. Ammunitions and missiles were been loaded into the chassis and the joints were being checked and greased. There were hundreds of Gremlins working on the site, on one of the observation towers stood Baram and Herex. They were preparing for the assault on haven by gearing up with pilot outfits and Razwog was happily putting batteries into his remote controller. They were not aware of the presence of the two knights. Baram is wearing the same war mask as Seerus, all in the memory of his god father.
“Alright, it is time we began the assault,” addressed Baram the new war master while zipping up his pilot suit, “the three loading elevator will bring us to the surface, about eight hundred meters outside the skirts of Haven, as soon as we reach the surface, kill any knight on SIGHT. The dreadnought’s deconstruction beam will make short work of their buildings and defenses, once we have destroyed Haven, we will be celebrated- forever.”
“It is an honor fighting by your side, young war master.” Replied Herex sinisterly, he stared back at Razwog with a grin and ordered, “Razwog, get the dreadnoughts ready…”
Upon hearing the order from his superior, Razwog nodded his head, “Hey you!” he yelled at one of the mechanist, “You heard the Master! Bring up the ladders so Master Baram can get into the dreadnought!”
The Gremlin mechanist responded by trying to activate the ladder, but the ladder became jammed, the furry technician scratches his head and replied, “Sorry chief, the hydraulic ladder seems to be not working, we need a few minutes to fix the ladders.”
“ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!!!” screamed Razwog as he grabbed the machinist by his collar, “Get those ladders working or we are dead!”
“R-r-right away!” the mechanist replied before hastily retreated to the tool shed to retrieve some lubricates.
Meanwhile, Affair, who saw the entire conspiracy enfolded, gasped “Who is that guy in the mask???!!! Is it Serrus?! I saw him die with my own two eyes!” while trying think of a possible explanation for ‘seerus’ resurrection, Affair also saw the mechanical behemoths that Baram intended to unleash on Haven, “Wait, Are those the ‘Dreadnoughts’? ”
“That is not Seerus!” Kora replied to Affair through the com link, “It is his Godson Baram! He must be plotting a vendetta against us! Those Dreadnoughts must be stopped! You gotta do something!”
“And what do you expect me to do about these 3 colossal mechanical walkers?” the masked mercenary replied.
Kora assessed the situation in her head, and she hastily came up with a plan “Hold on! You still have the Seerus’s war mask on you, right? You can disguise yourself as Baram and steal the one of the Dreadnoughts!”
“What? That is madness!” groaned Affair, “Err, fine, you better get me some good stuff when this is over, Kora!”
“Yeah, sure, anything you want! You need to stop or at least delay the Dreadnoughts! I have to go inform Feron about this!” said Kora before shutting down the com link.
Affair soon found a small entrance to the deployment yard and he quickly took one deep breath before the infiltration could begin, “I am going in…” he sneered, “Damn, can’t believe I am busting my behind for this!”
“Captain!” Midnight caught Affair by the shoulder before presenting to him a stony crest, “Please have this…”
“The heck is this?” Questioned Affair as he accepted the crest, it looked rather old but it was rather unique in design. The crest was not much in terms of material worth, but Affair could tell that it was made with great care.
“It is a cold iron crest,” explained Midnight, “Valkyries gave this to their captain in battle as a token of their loyalty as well as a talisman of safety. Each Valkyrie can only have one crest and one captain, Mister Affair, I want you to have mine…” after midnight finished, he looked stilly at Affair with his large blue eyes packed with great anticipations.
Affair gladly putted the crest into his back pocket before patting the short squire in the head, “I will try to incapacitate Baram and take his place as the pilot. Then I will use the capital Dreadnought against the other two, hopefully this can buy sometime for Feron for scramble up some defenses. You stay here and keep in radio contact with Kora, I don’t want you to blow my cover on accident.”
“Yes sir!” replied Midnight.
“Good, it is time captain Affair show you how we hijack a big robot, mercenary style!”
Mon, 06/09/2014 - 19:06
#12
ACTION!
Chapter 8: Dread the Dreadnoughts
Location: Depth??? Dreadnought deployment yard-loading zone.
Affair slowly and quietly entered the deployment-yard unnoticed. As he got near the capital dreadnought, he found a spare pilot suit. He disguised himself as Baram and proceeded to the loading area, surprisingly, the place was lightly guarded. Only two Dark fang thwakers were patrolling near the loading ladder. One of the thwakers sighed, “Man, Seerus and the Grand arsenal, they just went like, BANG, all gone.”
“I had a brother back in grand arsenal” replied his compatriot, “Damn, why can’t those dark-skinned nuisance just leave the core alone? Haven’t we already sent a clear message not to touch the core?”
The first thwaker shrugged and gave his two cents on the matter, “From what I heard they wanna use the core to power up their ship to leave this planet. Lord Tinkinzar will never allow that to happen, you know what is inside the core, no one shall open it as long as our race exists, we were all born to prevent the core from being breached.”
His friend laughed, “Pfft, there is nothing inside the core but pure energy. Did you honestly believe in those fairy tales? What, are you telling me there is a circus clown in it?”
The first thwaker shook his head at his friend’s skeptic attitude and replied, “That is not the point, do you remember, nil’zera, that girl working at the engine bay ‘H’ a month back?”
“She killed herself didn’t she? A nail gun to the brain was it?”
Seeing that his friend is not convinced, the first thwaker began retell the story, “Yeah, she locked herself in the engine bay for weeks eating only her colleague’s body and her own excrement. When we finally unsealed the door, she was long dead and the whole room is covered in messages written in blood, saying ‘the core will consume us all! Inceptron shall rise again!’.”
The second thwaker swallowed his saliva and was slightly convinced, “Really? Are you sure it is the CORE influenced her to do it? Or is it because she is simply psychotic?”
“Whatever you say man…” sighed the first thwaker as he crossed his arms before ending the conversation.
“Err, quickly! Look sharp! Master Baram is here!” the second thwaker reacted as Affair who was disguised as Baram walked nearby, forcing Affair to respond before his cover was blow.
“Ahem! Gentlemen, is my ride operational?” said Affair while impersonating Baram’s voice.
“Let’s see…” muttered the first thwaker before pointing his finger at the gremlin mechanist* “Hey you! Is the ladder ready?”
“Almost!” the mechanist hastily replied before returning to work on the ladder.
“Hurry the scrap up!” yelled the second thwaker before chuckling back at Affair, “Hee hee, don’t mind him Master! How is your day?”
“Good so far, when can I get my hand on this baby?” said Affair whiling taking a good at the fearsome capital Dreadnought, who is larger than its normal counter parts. Dreadnought’s head showed terrible resemblance with the roamulus twins, along with a layer of fiery paintjob. After a brief waiting, the mechanist completed repairing the ladder and Affair climbed up into the dreadnought on Baram’s behalf.
One of the thwaker cheered, “Master Baram, enjoy your ride!”
“Thank you fellas,” Affair boasted while climbing up the dreadnought, “You two will get a promotion when I come back!”
“Hmm, Master Baram is pretty unusual today! He is like, extra nice!” one of the thwaker commented.
“Yeah… and his feet is all stumpy…” said his friend with confusion, and then he came to realize that the war master was a spy, “wait a second! … It is a spy! Get him!”
“Crap!” said Affair before quickly jumping off the ladder, kicking one of the thwakers in the chest, he drew his revolver and shot his friend before he could reach for his own weapon. The real war master Baram, spotted the skirmish near the dreadnought, injected himself with Herex’s purple steroid. A sudden heat surged through his body and the veins started to emerge from his skin, Baram turned from a short stout Gremlin to a muscular juggernaut. Baram roared with his eye’s blazed with anger, he tackled Affair and grabbed a wrench from the nearby ground, ready to smash the infiltrator’s face into pieces, Midnight, at the last second, arm-locked Baram before he could attack Affair. Baram enraged and started shaking his body violently, trying to shake Midnight off. “GET OFF OF ME!!! ARGH!!!” shouted the mad Gremlin.
Affair aimed his revolver at Baram’s head, but an able to get a clear shot, “Get off of him so I can shoot him!”
Before midnight could get out of harm’s way, Baram seized the helpless Valkyrie by his neck and tossed him into a pile of scrap metals, sending him into a coma, Affair fired off a volley of bullets only to have themed bounced off Baram’s iron skin of muscles, in a blinding rage, Baram picked up a flame thrower and retaliated. The heat blast from the flame thrower pushed Affair into a corner, Baram closed in for the kill, wanting to burn Affair into charcoals. Midnight, while inside a coma, saw himself standing in an empty white space. He walked and eventually spotted a figure in the distance. As he got closer to the figure, he saw the outline of a large man encased in a heavy suit of armor, so heavy to point it almost imprisoned whatever was inside. Midnight approached the man and greeted him, “Umm, Hello? …Hello?”
“You have fainted.” The mystery man muttered.
Midnight gasped, “How, how did you know that I was knocked out?”
“I saw the whole thing from here…” the mystery man replied slowly, Midnight tried his best to get a better look at the man through his helmet, but all the young Valkyrie could see was darkness inside the vents of the mystery man’s helmet. He had a feeling that this man was trapped here for a long, long time. “Can you please tell me where am I?” midnight uttered, trying to break the awkward silence.
“You are in your sub conscious… I am communicating with you from beyond…” said the mystery man right after turning his head to pretend as if he was looking Midnight. Judging him silently with the emptiness inside that armor.
Midnight was surprised, “So I’m alive?! I need to go back!” he said “My Captain is in danger!”
The mystery man shook his head at Midnight’s childish response, “Why save him? He is a mercenary, he does not care about you…”
“But that is not it!” midnight eagerly explained, “He is a fellow knight and as a Valkyrie, it is my duty to protect my team leader! Captain Affair carries my cold Iron crest, and that means I shall serve him till death.”
Intrigued by Midnight’s unfound loyalty, the mystery man replied, “So, you are obligated to do so? Do you want to save him because it is your duty or because it is personal?”
“It is … a bit if both…” said midnight before letting out a girly sob, “I don’t want to lose my Captain on my first day…”
“Very well then…” said the mystery man, he crossed his arm as a sign of approval. “I will bring you back to your wake, but before you go, take this as a gift from me…” said the mystery man as he lifted his right hand above his waist, his right arm was encased in finely crafted sun steel armor while the left arm was covered in purple veins with dark essence leaking out of it. With his right hand, the man materialized a thin sword, contained in a finely crafted sheath. The sword set was colored in dark purple, with purple energy like the one the man’s left arm pulsing out of it. “Here I offer you this night blade,” said the mystery man while passing the sword to Midnight, “This powerful sword is similar to what your captain is carrying, slightly weaker but it is more than a match to my lawless creations…”
Midnight took hold of blade, but couldn’t help but to inquire the man’s name, “Thank you… Mister …”
“You do not need to know my name,” said the mystery man before fading into the emptiness, “We will meet another time...”
Wed, 06/11/2014 - 06:30
#13
chapter 8 continued
Waking up from his coma, Midnight found his captain trapped in a corner by the steroid enhanced War master Baram, who was carrying a flame thrower, ready to burn his imposter to a crisp. Midnight intervened by striking fuel tank of Baram’s flame thrower and the fuel started to burst out of the pressurized tank in large quantity. The fuel was then ignited by a spark and sent Baram into ablaze, forcing Bara, to eject the flamethrower before it burns him alive. Midnight, taking the opportunity and slashed his sword blindly at Baram. The attack severed the young war master’s left arm and blood blasts out of the wound like a sprinkler. Baram screamed in great agony before he passed out from the blood loss.
“Captain? Are you alright?” said midnight, who immediately came to check his captain’s wellbeing after the minor skirmish.
“I am fine…” said Affair who was relieved, “Ugh… quick… let’s hide these bodies before they come back!”
Midnight heeded the order and started to drag Baram’s unconscious body into a secluded area of the deployment yard, upon hearing a whimper from the young war master, midnight said, “I think he is still alive…”
“Spare him…” said Affair, “he is still young… besides… he is going to die of blood loss any way…” after a hasty clean up. The alarm in the deployment yard sounded, ground crews of the Dreadnoughts started to amass around the Mechanical walkers. Fueling and last minute greasing was been done to ensure the maximum performance. Midnight quickly dragged the bodies of the thwakers into a disposal bin before hiding into the bin himself, shortly after, Razwog arrived at the scene to give the fake war master a status report.
“Ohhhhh Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer~~~~~” chanted Razwog in a cheerful tone, “Master! The dreadnought is ready! You should aboard it now!”
“Crap…I don’t even know the controls for the Dreadnought…” thought Affair, he was left with no choice but to request some last minute tutorial from Razwog, “Err… Razwog! I want you to give me an instruction manual for the Dreadnought!”
“Why master?” replied Razwog, who was oblivious to Affair’s disguise, “I thought you remembered all the controls off by heart. And all the manuals were destroyed back in the Grand Arsenal…”
“Well, just in case,” Affair improvised, “I may forget the controls, gimme a quick run through of the basic controls…”
“Okay! Heh! Heh!” giggled Razwog, “but let’s load you up into the Dreadnought first, I will tell you everything once you are inside!”
Fri, 06/13/2014 - 01:04
#14
I will persume that someone is reading this...
Chapter 9: Haven fall
Location: Depth ???, Dreadnought deployment yard-loading zone.
The repaired loading elevator delivered Affair into the pilot pod of the Capital Dreadnought. The chamber was tiny and filled with buttons and analogs, “Damn. If I screw up the control, my cover will be blown…” Affair thought to himself while entering the pilot pod located at the upper belly of the Dreadnought. Once he got himself into a sit, the microphone inside the pod spoke, “Master? Can you hear me?”
Affair nervously replied, “Ugh… Loud and clear…”
“Hehe,” giggled Razwog, “now let’s go over the basic control! The analog on the left controls the legs and the right analog controls the head of the Dreadnought. Inside the head there is the deconstruction beam, we modified the original roamulus twin’s beam canon with volcanic plating. In the past, the beam guns were spread out due to the heat from the beam will simply melt the gun frame if they were bunched too close together, now with the new heat resistant alloy, we can bunch the beam canons together for maximum damage!”Razwog giggled again before he continued, “See that large yellow button on the top right of the left analog? You can use that button to charge up the beam, and press the one next to it will fire the beam, the construction beam at its maximum capacity can have two third the temperature of the sun, you should use it to damage Haven’s infrastructures. The missile payload on the back of the Dreadnought can be activated by that green button on the top of the right analog, the big red button is for emergency eject. Alright, that is all the control you need to know for now, good luck master and have fun plunder!”
“Yeah… sure” muttered Affair, deep inside his mind, he was screaming at himself at what he ended up doing. Now inside a fully primed killing machine headed straight for Haven, “this is bad,” he thought to himself, “This is REALLY BAD…”
Soon after Razwog finished his tutorial on the basic dreadnought control, another familiar voice spoke through the microphone, it was Herex the whispering venom: “all three Dreadnoughts are ready master, all personal, commencing operation ‘Haven Fall’!”
Alarm sounded as the Dreadnoughts moved to their individual loading elevators. The ground crew evacuated the place as the Dreadnoughts were loaded onto the elevators. Affair took a deep breath and nervously pushed the left analog stick forward, Dreadnought responded by immediately walking straight. Razwog and few others remain in the deployment yard’s main communication tower, surveillance the status of the three Dreadnoughts while remote controlling the third one. Meanwhile, outside Haven’s city parameters, Spiral knights were preparing for the onslaught. Feron was in charge of the defense and trying his best to maintain troop’s morale. But a medic, who was unsure whether or not they can survive, asked Feron a question, “Sir! How powerful are the Dreadnoughts? Can we survive this battle?”
“If we fight as one, we will survive the day.” Feron replied calmly before nodding his head, giving the medic his encouragement as a leader. After relieving the men in the front line, Feron’s com-link rang, it was Kora, “Lieutenant Feron! I detected three energy signatures at your 12 o’clock position! They are huge, they must be it! It is the Dreadnoughts!”
Upon hearing the grave News, Feron replied, “Have the civilians evacuated to the underground bunkers?”
“The evacuation is still in underway!” said Kora, “Only 62% complete! No, at this rate! The Dreadnoughts will-”
“-I will delay their advance!” Feron replied with absolute certainty, “Just hurry up with evacuation!” Feron knows the Gremlins all too well, the attack on Grand Arsenal must had set off an outcry with in their colony with all of every single men, women and children crying out for war.
Suddenly, Kora remembered Affair had infiltrated the dreadnought deployment yard, “Hold on,” said Kora right before cutting off with Feron, “Affair and his squire have infiltrated the deployment yard and Affair might be onboard of one of the Dreadnoughts!”
“Did they report their status?” asked Feron, “Did they succeed? If not, then I have no choice but fire on all three of the dreadnoughts, I am sorry…”
“It is okay, if that mercenary is half the man you think he is, he would be fine… Kora out…”
As Feron stared into the horizon of his 12 o’clock position, three massive shadows emerged from the ground. Feron shudders when he realized that these walkers were a mobile version of the roamulus twins, the static turrets that were meant to be used to destroy Haven, lieutenant Feron still remembered what Seerus said through radio conversations, “I will burn Haven down!” Now he realized that Seerus was never bluffing and his vision may come true if Haven falls. All he could do was to pray that Affair was in one of the Dreadnoughts.
Chapter 1: genesis
Location: S.O.S. (Spiral Order’s Ship) SKYLARK- Commending Bridge.
[Biscotti, the Captain of S.O.S skylark, sat silently on her commanding station, her staffs around her whispered as she is about to start day dreaming. “Biscotti, why is she the Captain of the ship? We have been wandering in space for 12 old years; our food supply will drop down to 10% if we can’t find a new planet within next 2 months!” The remark awakened Biscotti, annoyed, she glared back at the deckhands and they all looked away as if nothing happened. Then, a new planet appeared on her personal interface, it appears to have 95% atmospheric similarity to Isora.]
Biscotti: *shouts* “Vice-Captain! Initiate a planetary scan at co-ordinate 299683, 901123.”
Vice-Captain: “Commencing scan… the results are in, there seems to be a large amount of vegetation as well as water on the planet surface. No signs of intelligent organisms.”
Biscotti: *Excited* “That is good, let’s get closer to the planet and we will deploy some colonization shuttles. Finally after 12 years of searching-”
Affair: *enters the commending bridge* “Feron? Feron! Where the heck are you?”
Vice-Captain: *stops Affair* “Hey, you are not authorized to be here!”
Affair: *pulls out a badge and shows it to the Vice-captain* “Yeah. That is right. I am a security officer level 4. Now then, where the heck is Feron, I really need to ask him something.”
Biscotti: “Affair? What are you doing here?”
Affair: *gasps* “Biscotti? Is that you? Whoa long time no see!” *shakes Biscotti’s hand*
Biscotti: “Oh, well, I am glad to see that you are still alive after the civil war.”
Affair: “Yeah… I stayed inside the hospital and recovered quickly thanks to you. But why did you become a ship captain?”
Biscotti: “During the second half of the civil war, a group nurses were recruited by the spiral order to operate a new type of evacuation shuttles, the A-type. I was one of those nurses, after saving a couple of lives. I got promoted to operating large escort cruisers… and now the Captain of skylark, our race’s last hope of salvation. My grandfather was once the captain of Skylark. I guess it runs in the family.” *smiles*
Vice-Captain: “Captain, I just received a message from Mister Ozlo. He ordered the ship to initiate the time warp to this new planet. He said he can’t wait any longer.”
Affair: “New planet? Whoa, so Feron was right!”
Biscotti: “Right about what?”
Computer: “All personal. Please return to your quarter immediately, time warp commencing in five minutes. Thank you for your cooperation.”
Biscotti: “Affair, quick! Grab on to my sit. We are about to initiate a time warp to this new planet.”
Affair: “Aye-Aye, Captain!” *grabs Biscotti’s commending sit*
[Skylark, paused in the middle of the dark void of the universe, her engine hums with a loud noise. And in a fraction of the second, Skylark disappeared into the darkness as she speeds her way across the stars in the speed of light. Meanwhile, on the commending bridge, Affair marveled as the stars stretch themselves into long glowing strips. For a few minutes, hundreds of light years of distance are passed in front of Affair. Before his eyes could get any larger, the ship came to a complete stop outside the orbit of this new planet, the sudden break throws Affair over Biscotti’s sit and he landed on her lap.]
Biscotti: *face blushes* “Affair! Are you alright?”
Affair: *quickly backs away from Biscotti’s sit* “Yeah, didn’t lose a sweat.” *face blushes too*
Biscotti: *giggles* “It is okay, you can lay on my lap for longer if you wish.”
Feron: *enters the bridge* “Affair! Ah, there you are. Come on. Join me on the first of the colonization shuttles. We are already inside the orbit of this new planet. It will only be a matter of time before we can establish a settlement on the surface.”
Affair: “sounds like a plan. Let’s go!”
Biscotti: *stands up* “Affair! Wait. There is something I need to-”
[Biscotti is interrupted by a message received from within planet. A voice spoke, with heavy statics.]
???: “You have finally arrived, children of the stargazers. Did you come here to release me?
Biscotti: “Hun? Who sent this message? Identify yourself!”
???: “No? Either way, I shall be free soon…”
Feron: “What was that?”
[Suddenly, a pulse of blue energy emits from the mysterious planet, as it makes contact with Skylark. Her rear engine bursts into flame, an alarm sounded inside the commending bridge.]
Computer: “Tearium reactor meltdown eminent, Ship hull compromised. All personal please evacuate via the nearest escape pod cluster.”
Biscotti: “Computer, can you restore the damage?”
Computer: “Ship hull compromised, destruction, eminent. Activating auxiliary power, all personal please evacuate via the nearest escape pot clusters. ”
Feron: *shouts* “Everyone, get to the escape pod cluster and head for the new planet!”
Vice-Captain: *runs* “Abandon ship! Abandon ship!”
[The staff on the bridge squeezed their way through the narrow exit of the bridge and burrowed into their escape pod and ejected into space, thousands of escape pods launched out of Skylark’s lower hull like a swarm of bees flying out of a hive, all heading for the new planet. Meanwhile, on the commending bridge, Biscotti and Affair remained on the deck. They can feel as if the planet is pulling them in with its gravity.]
Biscotti: *salutes to Affair* “Affair, as the Captain of this ship I am going down with her. But before you go I just want to tell Y-”
Affair: “Why? You are a woman too you know!”
Biscotti:*shook her head* “Bah, just hurry up and get out of here! It is tradition for the Spiral order’s captain to go down with their ship! So for whatever it is for, it is been nice knowing you Affair.”
Affair: “Damn the spiral order! You are coming with me!”
Biscotti: “Excuse me?”
[Before Biscotti could protest, Affair drags her across the bridge while tugging Biscotti by her sleeve.]
Biscotti: *infuriated* “Affair! Unhand me!”
Affair: “Oh no, we are leaving the ship behind!”
[They arrived at the escape pot cluster. The place is littered with luggage that was left behind. Affair looks desperately for a pod but was nowhere to be found, then, he sees an old rusty pod with an ‘Out of order’ sign on its door.]
Affair: *barges open the escape pod’s door* “Biscotti! Get in!”
Biscotti:*shakes her head* “NO!”
Affair: *tries to be nice* “Please, Biscotti, come inside.”
Biscotti: *crosses her arms* “NO!”
Affair: *puts his right palm onto his face* “There is a cupcake in there…”
Biscotti: “DID YOU SAY CUPCAKE???!!!” *jumps into the old escape pod*
[Before Biscotti realized that she got tricked by Affair. Affair nudges himself into the pod and shuts the door.]
Biscotti: “Affair! Where is the cupcake?”
Affair: “Ugh… what cupcake?”
Biscotti: “YOU TRICKED ME!!!”
Affair: *Seals the pod’s door* “Okay, here we go, hold tight, I need to the hot wire this thing!” *opens up the Pod’s power cell and connects the green and blue wires together.*
[A spark bursts out of the wiring. The pod ejects itself into the space and headed directly for the new planet. The sudden action lunges Biscotti into Affair and soon they were in tight embrace. Affair tries to push Biscotti away but she clings onto him.]
Affair: “Biscotti, hey, come on! What is wrong?”
Biscotti: *trembles* “I-I am sacred of tight space!!! I have claustrophobia!”
Affair: “So that is why you don’t wanna escape?”*Severe turbulence* “Crap! The pod is entering the planet’s atmosphere! Brace FOR IMPACT!”
[The turbulence receded and the cloud cleared away. Through the tiny window on the escape pod, Affair sees green land with large lakes etched onto it. Thin strips of cloud lingered in the sky are imbued in the sunshine. The beautiful scenery was so tranquil, to a point that the crash landing didn’t send him into a coma. Biscotti, however, fainted due to extreme stress and fear. Affair kick open the emergency hatch and took a deep breath of the fresh air, much better than the polluted smoke back on Skylark. And speaking of skylark, her smoking ruin eventually descended out of the thick cloud, the smoke coming from the destroyed engine can be seen from miles away. The ruined husk smashed onto the planet and become nothing more than a shadowy reminder of Skylark’s former glory. ]
Affair: *shakes his head* “Well, that is the last of her…”
Feron: *from the comlink* “Affair? Do you read me?”
Affair: *picks up* “Yep, I managed to persuade Biscotti not to go down with the ship, she is with me now. Hey, can you send a recovery team to get us?”
Feron: *from the comlink* “We just established a rescue camp few clicks from your crash site. I have downloaded the co-ordinate onto your radar. Just make sure Biscotti get here in one piece. Feron out.” *closes the comlink*
Biscotti: *limps out of the escape pod* “Ugh, what, what happened?”
Affair: “Welcome to your new home, Captain! What are you planning on calling it anyway?”
Biscotti: “The ship! What happened to the ship?”
Affair: *points at the ruins of Skylark behind Biscotti* “That is what is left of her… It is going to take a long time before she can be fully repaired. I think for now we are here to stay… so what are you going to call this dirt ball? We can’t just keep calling it the new planet.”
Biscotti: “What about, Cradle? That sounds like a good name! The cradle of our next generation, our new life! Affair, this name is perfect!”
Affair: “Sounds good, now where is my 20 Grand at?”
Biscotti: *frowns* “20 grand, What for?”
Affair: *chuckels* “I am not saving you for free ya know. I am a mercenary after all…”