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. ]
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…”