whoa! my comp glitched! sorry for not getting to you guys, it said there were no replies. i see that there are some characters thx! alright so, so far four characters, im going to wait for a few more replies before i really start cutting...

one more thing! if you guys want! there is an optional background if you want to, im going to edit the first post. If you want me to add in the background thats fine by me

Good news! No cuts!

@Sanin, Venrock

Kana and Tairatu seem like more officer type characters. They will play parts in the story, but they won't really be there the entire time. You guys are still in, just smaller parts.

@Atgatg, Frostrex, Isisdelltion.

congrats! you three are the main roles, but i need to make some adjustments if you're ok with it.

Frostex: can we make it so that he has ash tail and a sealed sword as well as an avenger? maybe hes trying to make a faust?

Isis: i also need a sealed sword from you too, like maybe a side weapon?

And thats about it. Message me back, confirming this is ok. thanks!

Ok here is the second entry! Also, for those two who don't have big parts, well, I might surprise you, it turns out I might use you guys more.

-Entry Two-

I lay in that bed for another day. I dreamt.... a lot. Every time I stumbled out of my sub-conscious, the same person was always there. She wore a really strange armor with an even stranger helmet on the table near her. It looked very elegant, it had a purple plume in the back. The thing that caught my eye was, it was pulsating. There was a ring around the back, rotating around the plume. It looked very unsettling, I had the strangest feeling that if I kept looking at it I would slowly lose my mind. Well...I guess the dreams I had did that to me already, but even so, I couldn't staring at it. Her armor was not as unsettling, but still had that strange dark aura around it. I woke up to that sight many times. I thought I should have been frightened but that same person would look at me and smile, and I guess that sort of eased my nerves.

Finally, the next day, I was determined the get out of bed. I sat up, immediately that girl came to my bedside. "Easy now," She told me," You're still weak from the head trauma and blood loss. You had to get fifteen stitches, you know that? You need sleep."
I sat up even more and said,"No, I got this, I'm going crazy sitting here, dreaming, and looking at...that." I pointed towards the helmet.
The girl smiled and said,"Oh that? Don't tell me you're afraid of a stupid helmet? Albeit a helmet pulsating with power, but still! It's just a helmet."
I stared at it and asked," What...exactly...is it?"
"It's called a crown of the fallen, hard to craft, very rare recipe to come by, but hey! I'm getting ahead of myself! You don't even know what recipes are," She said.
"Well why don't I get out of bed and find out?" I said, swinging my legs over the side, letting the blanket fall away. Of course, i was dressed in nothing but my underwear...typical.

The girl smiled,"right! heres your spiral salet, and your spiral pith, it's hot outside today though so I would just carry the helmet with you. I think you know how to buckle you shield on your back, and that sword belt and holster are pretty self explanatory aren't they? Oh! by the way, my name's Kana."
Finally, a name. As I dressed, I remembered fragments of the dreams I had. The giant space ship, the terrible explosions, the sickening feeling of my stomach drop (yes my dream was VERY vivid in that part) when my pod ejected from the ship, and finally, the entering of the atmosphere.

Kana led me outside. Haven, I gota say, is actually a very nice place. As I stepped out of the infirmary, the first thing that caught my eye was the fountain. The water shot high into the air, catching all the colors from the town square. Very large figures that I later learned were called Strangers wandered around, kneeling to pickup these very peculiar birds. There was a main building in the "nook" of a stairway into a mountain. Inside that building, or should I say hut, were more strangers, with many, many, knights around it. The roads were paved yellow, there was grass in patches. Towards the bottom left there was a small courtyard with a neat little statue in it.

Kana lead me over to the right side of Haven, where she bought me an energy drink and a bread roll. I scarfed it down as fast as I could. She then led me up the stairs. I stared up at the looming mountain, then into the huge gaping hole in the center. I could see light at the end of the tunnel (no not “the light at the end of the tunnel” just light), and could make out a few knights rushing around.

Kana gestured to a knight in a hood. He has armor that looked a tiny bit like a robe, but it looked like a robe one would wear if they wanted to slam my head into the wall. “Over there? That’s Tairatu, He’s an officer of the spiral order, go over to him, he knows the situation. Oh! Try not to ask too many questions when with him, he tends to ramble…a lot,” Kana said as she walked back to the town square.

I walked over to Tairatu, looking closer; I could see him fidgeting a lot. He was always checking monitors, then looking at these crystals to the side, then walking to the side of the monitors to look at the vast expanse space in front of the area, oh did I mention that?

Anyway, I walked up to him and instantly he looked at me and said, “Oh hey! You’re Artini right? Good, good! My name is Tairatu, but you probably already knew that right? I saw you with Kana, like Haven? Well you’re gonna have to, this is where we eat, sleep, fight, train, argue, flirt, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera!”

He didn’t even stop to take a breath, so I sheepishly responded with, “Yep, that’s me.” Tairatu grinned and said,” Think I talk too much? Good! I like someone who’s honest! Anyway, you’re a new recruit and I need to get you up to speed on what has been happening since the Skylark crashed. So anyway, due to some equipment failure on the Skylark it exploded and crashed on this planet here, called Cradle. Most of us used escape pods to get away and we regrouped here on Haven. The Strangers let us set up a base of operations here called the Arcade, in exchange that we mine crystals for them in the clockworks. Our scientists have found a HUGE energy signature in the center of the planet. So basically planets core, plus Skylark, equals lift-off! Sounds easy? Not so much, The Clockworks are infested with all these creepy crawlies, gremlins, slims, robots – we call em’ constructs - , even Zombies and Ghosts! Our main mission is to get to the core, and that’s your job. So really upgrade yourself, train, and do what it takes!” He stopped to take a breath, then said,” You’re not alone on this thing, I assigned you to a squad, and I’m going to take you there now so follow me please.”

If reading that was a pain, imagine hearing it. My mind was reeling, Clockworks? Core? Zombies? What the hell was this? I didn’t have time to ask any questions, as Tairatu already was jogging down one of the tunnels to a briefing room in the Arcade. If talking to Tairatu was this hard, I had no idea what to expect next….

thanks for the feed back guys! If you want to add some suggestions feel free, i'll try to put them in, bit it love interest, hard ships, fights whatever!. I might not be able to post the next entry as fast, but i'll try my best. Anyway thanks a lot :D

ok! i have three new characters! And i have no idea wut to do with them! I'm going to think of something but keep in mind, i've promised main roles to the first three. NOTE: this might change! Right now im writing the part where Artini meets his team, but i'm ONE sentence away from describing the characters! So stick around!

FINALLY!!! WHEW!!! HAPPY READING!

-Entry Two (Part 2)-

As I ran down after Tairatu, I couldn’t stop looking at the arcade itself. It was utterly amazing. Eight giant pillars stood over a massive expanse of the clockworks. I could see turning gears and pulleys and other machinery as far as my eyes could see. Finally, Tairatu turned down a hallway at the end of the Arcade. This hallway had many rooms to the side, as I peeked in each one I saw that there was a large T.V. screen, a table, and a few cabinets and monitors to each side, pretty much your standard deluxe briefing room. Tairatu took me down to the last one in the corridor. “Here we are! You’re team is waiting inside! Now I need to go back and check some things, so go in! Meet them!” Tairatu was walking away from me even as he said this. I took a breath, and stepped into the room.

The first things that caught my eye were two golden glowing eyes. They were coming from this pale white shield that resembled an owl; an angelic owl with wings, glowing eyes, and a halo, you get my point. He had grey armor that was like a fur coat. The knight himself was just as impressive. He was big, not fat, just big, but even so he looked agile as well. It seemed like he was the kind of person who would lead the squad into everything. His hair was a curly mess (on contrary to mine, which is more of a spiky mess), and he had ice blue eyes.

The next person I saw was not as big, or buff for that matter as the first guy. He was around medium size, lean, sitting down resting his chin on a simple but elegant shining sword. His purple eyes were always darting around looking and studying. His hair was straight and parted to one side in a way that almost covered his left eye. His armor looked like one of the guards around haven. Cobalt color, light but sturdy, his shield also caught my eye. It was a strange shape, kind of small, and had a glowing green eye in the middle of it. I wondered, did all shields have eyes?

The last knight was a girl. She had a large shield (no eye this time) that didn’t really look fancy or elegant. It was just a large sturdy shield. She milled around the room, humming and smiling. Her armor, actually, looked a bit like Kana’s. It had the same shape, but it did not radiate such dark energy as Kana’s. They looked a bit like robes. Her helm looked a lot like the crown of the fallen, just no halo and a lighter pinkish color.

Don’t get me wrong, they were all intimidating, I stared at them, and they stared at me. The big guy stared at me expressionless, while the smaller guy and the girl smiled at me as they stood up. My mind was racing, I kept telling myself to say something witty, something that would make them immediately like me. Think of something! I kept thinking. Finally I spoke up with, “um…hi?”

The big guy spoke first, “hi you the rookie? Uh...Artini is it? The names Frostrex, but call me Frost, its good to meet you.” He stuck out my hand, and I took it. He had a really firm grip. The smaller guy came up to me as well saying, “Hi Artini, my names Soro, its good to meet you.” We shook as well. The last one who came up to me was the girl who said, “Artini? Good to meet you! My names Blue! Great to have you here!” She struck me as someone who was always cheerful I hoped that was true. Frost looked at me and asked, “So…you really have no memory?”

“None at all,” I answered back.

Soro spoke up, “Well, you see, we’re a tier 2 squad, we basically patrol the clockworks and get minerals. Not to mention scouting out places of interest for the Order. The thing is, I don’t think we have time to teach you crafting, and letting you gather materials. Blue and Frost are going to get our next patrol route for tomorrow. So I think I should take you to the armory. I have the form and everything, and we can give you some armor, a better shield, not to mention a much better weapon.”

I smiled I was already liking Soro, “Alright.”

Soro took me to the Bazaar. Not as big as the town square, but cool none the less. He led me down the steps to where I could see two knights with large backpacks. Soro showed the female knight the form and said, “Hi Kozma, I have a form for admittance into the reserve armor sector. Priority code six, may we go in?”

Kozma looked at Soro and me and said, “Sure, go right in.” She raised the cloth door, and Soro and I stepped in.

Inside was a long room with selves and racks on both sides. Soro walked down the center aisle and said, “So here we are, in the reserve stash of armor. You’ll probably not find much here. It’s mostly Emberbreak helms, and armors, and a few donated Defenders. You’d be lucky to find anything of good use, but for now lets just get you something that will last you until you’re first trip to the terminal of tier two.”

I looked around; there were a lot of flimsy armors. There was some armor that looked like less shiny versions of Soro’s armor. I walked down the aisle and finally at the very end found something that caught my eye. It looked like a yellow version of Frost’s armor. The same fur coat, and, what I hadn’t seen before was the helm. It resembled a wolf. The helm was mostly yellow with brown tips at the “ears.” There were small slits for eyes.

Soro walked to me holding some armor, “wow…this is a rare find in here.”

“What is it?” I asked.

“It’s called Wolver armor, and that’s a Wolver helm,” He said pointing at the helm in my hands. “It’s really popular for knights who like to use swords to do the work for them. I’ve also heard it’s incredibly soft and light. I would wear some, but I could never find the recipes to make it, and I’m always running short on money to buy one from some of the brokers in haven.”

“Well do you want this one?” I asked.

“No, no! You keep this. Finder’s keeper’s right? It’s your lucky find, and I found you a shield too. Take this defender for now. It’s pretty nice, and it will last you until we get to Basil.”

“You sure about this?” I asked, “This is okay?”

Soro put a hand on my shoulder, “It’s fine Artini, stop worrying.”

I walked out there wearing the wolver coat and cap, which, to prove Soro’s point, was actually very comfortable. I had the old defender on my back, a calibur at my side, and no gun. We were headed for a patrol mission the next day into the clockworks. I had no formal training of any kind that I could remember, and we were already going into a more dangerous level of the clockworks. Just a typical day for me, Artini, your average amnesiac knight.

I guess while I’m at it I should recount the next day. So, Soro ended up having extra space in his housing unit so I ended up bunking with him. His house was nice; it was basically four rooms, standard issue according to Soro. On walking in I was greeted with the living room, there was a small kitchen in the back along with two bedrooms, each one had a single bed, a desk, and a bathroom. It was nice; it sure beat sleeping in the infirmary.

The next day we went to Tairatu. I’ll spare you the long monologue but he basically told us we were going down one of the elevators and coming back up around the terminal. All in all this would take us the whole day, if we pushed. This path was quick and if we didn’t stop we could be back in haven around the evening. The whole trip was frankly very scary.

It involved fighting for my life, dodging zombies, robots, wolves, and ghosts; just like Tairatu said. I hacked my sword faster than ever before. By the time we got to the terminal I was ready to collapse. The others noticed it too, as Frost was the first to say, “Ha! It happens to us all Artini. You’re probably scared out of your wits right now aren’t you? I remember my first time. To tell you the truth, I was dangerously close to pissing my pants. Stick with it Artini, all these jitters you’re feeling will go away eventually.”

“Easy for you to say,” came back Blue, sheathing her giant sword (later learned it was called a leviathan blade), “Look at you! You’re about to be bumped out of our squad! You’ve got your tier three armor and the experience to go with it! How many times have you jumped into a pack of gremlins and not sweat it?”

“Easy Blue…” came back Frost, “Don’t get all up in my case, you’re the one about to start swinging the giant sword in my face, cool it.” He rested his hand on the handle of his Avenger. I was getting good at these sword names.
Soro sighed and whispered to me, “They’ve been at this for awhile now, Frost is about to be promoted but Blue doesn’t want him to leave. Secretly, I think Blue has a thing for Frost. You can see it whe-“

“WHAT WAS THAT?” Blue yelled.

“N-nothing! B-Blue I didn’t say anything!” responded Soro, trying not to laugh. Blue stared at him for a few seconds, then noticed I was there and quickly smiled and said, “Sorry about this, we’re usually a close knit family. Now lets see what Basil can find for you…

There wasn’t much, we basically just bought a gun that shot bullets of light. All three of them told me that it would last until I got better upgrades. I just hope they’re right. My eyes are getting really heavy now. I think I’m going to turn in. Maybe my next journal will have more in it.

wow, im actually surprised at how this fanfic turned out. I'm amazed people like this. Sadly this makes it harder for me to say it. This forum is gonna end. There is a lot on my plate and Artini's story is going to be put on hold for a bit. A few reasons? Reason one: my guild has appointed me as "Scribe." This means i'm going to write about all the major events of our guild, might be fun idk. Second, REAL LIFE!! WHOA!!!! yeah my life is getting wack. I've got wushu three times a week two and a half hours every time(trust me, when you're swinging martial arts instruments around you'd be as tired as i am), i've got homework (high school sucks!), and i have other stuff to do.

Dont worry! The first thing i bet came to you're mind was WHAT ABOUT ARTINI?? Do not worry!!! I'm going to finish all of the entries and put them on a NEW FORUM. This way you guys don't have to wait on cliffhangers or stuff like that. So yeah...theres not much left to say....fus ro da....

ok it's been awile, but i WILL keep writing these! I'm writing the third one now! I'll post it up soon if you guys want it

Ok guys heres the third entry. Before i continue i just want to say that i am honored people actually like reading these. It brightens my day to write these i hope it brightens yours to read them. thanks guys!

Sorry bout this but due to technical matters some names have been changed.

Soro's name is now Voltix

Frostrex's name is now Cryptus

Sorry bout tht, they wont have different personalities, just the names are different.

Oh one more thing! I hid an obvious reference to a recurring suggestion in the forums on sk, first one to get it gets a free internet high five from me.

Without a further ado, the last time we left Artini he had just gotten some new gear and was ready for anything, well, lets dive in shall we?

-Entry 3-

It’s been about four months since my last entry, and the days are melding together. I can’t see an end to this; and I love every second of it. I have been training harder and harder. I’m getting pushed more and more, it’s like it will never stop. I was put into “crash course cradle” and they set the difficulty on hardcore. Cryptus has been training me with more weapons than I could even imagine. I’ve been using sword after sword after sword, from Troikas, to Brandishes, to flourishes. I remembered for the first few weeks, coming back to Voltix’s house, and sleeping while it was still bright. I never at any dinner during those weeks, because of all the sleeping I did. When I wasn’t getting my brain bashed out by Cryptus, I was either shooting with Voltix, or sleeping. Every time I sparred with Cryptus, the same thing played out. I would raise my sword, run at Cryptus, we would have an intense fight that never lasted more than five strikes because he would always swing his sword in some strange way I had never thought of, knock me off my feet, and say something like, “move your feet more, keep your sword up, and play smart or play dead, it’s do or die out there.”

My arsenal of weapons and armor has taken some shape too. My closet in Voltix’s house is full of found swords and guns that I don’t really need anymore. My wolver armor, is now ash tail, my shield is now a wise owlite shield, I took a liking to the Magnus (though I don’t like using guns much), and my swords…well I love mixing and matching, and I love having two of the same ones.

Somehow, I’m taking an unorthodox fighting style. It started around two months before I sat down to write this journal. It was another day of training. Cryptus and I were in another one of our fights, though now they lasted much longer. Frustrating enough, he pulled yet another strange sword strike and pushed me back. I was so mad. I had come so close to Cryptus and yet I was so far! I threw down my shield and picked up a brandish to match my Calibur. They always said, you’re shield is important, it is your lifeline, you lose your shield, you die, simple as that. That day, I didn’t care, I was going full frontal force! I ran at Cryptus spinning and slashing my blades in more ways than one. I had no idea what I was doing, but I could see a small pattern on how I was swinging. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t like I was some master at this at first shot, but I caught Cryptus off guard for a few seconds before he got his bearings back. We fought back and forth in the training hall exchanging strikes, and blocks. I was like the phoenix, while he was the dragon, we were not fighting as much as we were dancing, it felt amazing. Finally, Cryptus pushed away saying, “Enough! We’re done! How are you doing that? You’re dual wielding! You do that in the clockworks and you’re as good as dead!”

I came back with, “Not true! I’ll be faster like this! It works well Cryptus, I can see the attacks! I’ll carry my shield on my back, this can work!”
Cryptus looked and said, “You’re using them like double broadswords, others have tried, it doesn’t work!”
“Well maybe I can make it work!”
“Are you trying to give off the impression of being over powered? It’s not working. Please! Artini we care about you! Doing something like this is suicide.”
I sheathed both of the swords and clipped my shield to my back and said, “Maybe doing something like this, is the only way I’ll feel right about myself. I’ve been lost when it comes to fighting, now, I KNOW this will work.”
Cryptus sighed, then laughed, “Alright, we’ll play by your rules for this one, I guess as long as you keep your shield on your back this could work. Just be careful of gremlins.”
I smiled and replied, “I’ll try.”
The surprises didn’t end there. I remember one day, Voltix woke me up saying, “It’s a big day today Artini!”
I looked at Voltix groggily and asked indignantly, “The hell why?”
Voltix smiled and said, “Squad leader nominations!”
I bolted upright, “what does this have to do with me?”
“You’ll see…” Voltix said as he walked out the door.
I walked out into our squad’s meeting room. Before I left the house, I looked at myself in the mirror. Wow, I had changed. My scrawny body that I had when I more or less fell into haven was gone, instead I was more muscular, leaner, and I felt great, though my memories were still fuzzy. My ash tail coat, and cap were as warm as ever, and my wise owlite shield was slung over my back. At my sides were my two favorite swords, two ascended caliburs. I had been through a lot with my armor. So many fights, so many runs into the clockworks on patrol duty, so many times had I fallen and wanted to stay down.
Anyway, I walked into the squad meeting room and looked at everyone. They had changed too. Blue had a Seraphic set, and looked as confident as ever. Voltix had Mighty Cobalt armor, a sealed sword, and an aegis hanging on his back, and Cryptus, was imposing as ever wearing a Vog cub coat and cap, and His grey owlite shield gleamed. Blue stood up and said, “Artini, you are something else, you come into our lives, not knowing a thing, then start fighting in a way many would call suicide. Here we are, much later, look at how all of us have grown, and we have all reached a unanimous decision on one thing. You are our squad leader.”
My heart skipped a beat, heck it skipped five, “WHAT? Me? Why? I’m no leader!”
“But you are!” Blue countered.
“Me? Really? Why? What about Voltix, or Cryptus? They’re more suited for this kind of thing than I am! I’m still a rookie!”
“Artini, there is one thing we all see in you, and that’s inventiveness, your fighting style is a dead giveaway. If you believe you are ready, then take the plunge.” Blue concluded with a smile.
I looked to all their faces, Cryptus stared at me then nodded, Blue gave me a thumbs up, and Voltix smiled and said, “What have you got to lose?”
I closed my eyes, I had no memory, I was a dead rookie, I had the most unorthodox and suicidal fighting style, and strangely, I felt mentally strong. I thought to myself, I had no memory; this is a clean slate for me, why not? This is my time, its time to do something that will finally make all of this right. I closed my eyes and was about to say something when Tairatu burst into the room. “Did you tell him???” Tairatu demanded, a smile on his face.
“Yes! We did! You’re ruining the moment!” Cryptus laughed.
“Okay, I’ll do it!” I exclaimed.
“Alright!” Tairatu exclaimed, “and perfected timing too! I have a mission for you four, it is of the upmost importance! This was issued from Kora herself! Come with me.”

- TO BE CONTINUED -

Guys give me some advice on the duel wielding thing so i dont make it over powered thanks

- Varsian

if you read my character bio from ETD you'll see tht he eventually switches his weapons, i wont reveal what yet.

i'll look at you're character bios Ise, but it might be a minor role

last thing to everyone:

Can anyone teach me how to use spiral spy? I'm not aiming to make comics here, but i want to make Artini, Voltix, Cryptus, and Blue in spiral spy. The extent of my abilities in spiral spy is putting ailment texture packs in game (and im not very good at tht as it is), and i did switch some weapons model files to make them look better in sk, THATS IT. If someone could show me some advanced techniques such as weapons on back, dual wielding, and multiple knight models i would HIGHLY appreciate it.