The Last Oddetsey

[kodster]

(mkay, from now on, I'll leave out the asterisks and try and role-play in a more novel format like the others, it's getting confusing for me :P)

"What happened to me? Very little of interest I must confess. Though there are some very things going on here. That platform took me to a rather large and rundown room at the top of this mountain. Let me tell you however, there is a lot more going on here than you realize. There is a city back that way..."

Gaunt pointed down the path behind him.

"And there is something very wrong. There are giant forms and other obviously magical things putting all there effort into keeping a barrier up, and there is something coming this way. Something destructive.

"But perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself. I left that first room in such a hurry that I never introduced myself. I hope you won't mistake that for deserting the group, but it was dreadfully cold in there. My name is Leland Gaunt and I'm a humble shop-owner.

"Since you've managed to find another way out from wherever we started from I hope you may have come across some details about what is going on. Unfortunately I wasn't able get more than what my own observation could tell me."

Gaunt's voice seemed to work its magic and goad Eudial into talking; nonetheless Eudial raised her eyebrows. "Hmph. Well in any case, Gaunt, you didn't miss much, except that..." Eudial shuddered again. "...that sideshow freak with the awkward fashion sense just sent out an alert upon our arrival. Apparently me and that... cat are threats too, although I gathered that I would be a threat." Eudial smirked. "I have no clue what the other prisoners are up to and to be quite honest I really don't care. I just want to get well shot of that Professor maniac."

There was a silence. Eudial sighed, knowing she'd have to introduce herself. "I suppose you'd want my aliases, huh? Well I've been given a full name, though it wasn't of my choosing. Now what was it..." Eudial had to pause and think for a moment... "It's been way too long since I've used it... agh... Oh! Oh yeah. Yuko Arimura, that was it. It was given to me by the leader of my group... I don't expect secrecy to go over well in this place, though, so you can call me Eudial. Named after a gemstone mineral, you see.

You want to know what I do? I collect energy. I may be human, but my home is not Earth. My goal is to collect energy for my home, the Tao Nebula, enough so that we may invade other galaxies..." Eudial smirked again, letting the words sink in. "Now, I only picked up my powers of fire quite recently, but I have already adapted to them, so I am not a mere inadept henchman, like some would like to believe." Eudial cast an arrogant glare in the other direction, presumably where Prof. Vengeance would be, far behind.

"So now you know who I am and what I stand for. All the same... it was that insolent Professor that triggered the alarm, so I think we should be wary of him."

Eudial frowned. "But now, what of this destructive force arriving?"