Re: Another Way

by **Samify** September 16th 2013, 2:49 pm

So the mysterious figure who claimed to be able to give Sam his dream was called Sean, a seemingly regular name for a someone in such strange circumstances. Sam shuffled around the field and listened to the grass underneath him crackle, but they did not break, the blades simply retook their previous form. Sam heard Sean say that he hoped he was quick, he turned around to see Sean in a running position, he suddenly sped off into the distance, causing dust to fly up into Sam's face, he swung his hand in front of his face to stop any dust from entering his body, he then prepared himself and sprinted off in the same direction. He seemed to be the same speed as Sean, but due to Sean's head start, he clearer reached their destination first.

Sam halted to a stop as dust flew up in front of him, he looked around to see it looked like some kind of city or town, but it was also dark and destroyed and degraded, most buildings being just rubble. He turned to see a large crack in a while that was releasing a black gas, it seemed black was a trend in this place. "Well this is ehh... Nice." Sam said, trying to make light of the situation and not be freaked out by everything that was happening.

by **Arcana** September 16th 2013, 3:05 pm

The male had arrived not long after Sean did, and with impressive speed too. He may have not been faster than Sean, but it was not a stretch to say that he was fast, though rapidly changing between his Half and full form like that was not something that he would do often, though within the given circumstances it was permitted. The strain itself was immense, and he felt his muscles spasm lightly, but not enough to truly do anything other than annoy him slightly. He made light of the situation, and the ruins that now surrounded him, but that was expected of a person that had never seen The Abyss before, never seen true devastation before.”This is where your immortality will be attained, if you can withstand the trial anyway.” Sean snapped and in an instant what appeared to be a muscled being made of pure darkness glimmered into existence around a small black orb.

It pressed his palm barely against Smoke, and pushed him into the yawning Abyss, where he would fall for a moment until he would be suspended by indigo energy. This was where his transformation would take place, where he would be confronted with his human emotions, and where he would begin the metamorphisis. Sam would find himself within his large white place, soon to fill itself with what looked like millions of white flowers, and one person. A female, one that he loved, perhaps more than anything else. This represented his humanity, and the hope that he had within this mortal life. ”So, you've come.” She said with a smirk, walking through the lush field, the light of a bright sun playing off of her hair.

by **Samify** September 18th 2013, 2:53 pm

Sam turned around to Sean, as if he was going to ask a question, instead he was greeted by a large, intimidating spirit, Sam was frozen with shock, he thought this had been all a ploy just to get Sam into this place where he would eventually die. Sam dared not move, the spirits hand grew closer to him and his heart rate rose, he could feel his chest getting colder as the arm drew closer, it was soon right in front of him, Sam stared at the hand, waiting to see what it would do when eventually it sent out a powerful force, sending Sam back and down into the tear that he had looked at moments ago.

Sam was free falling for some time, there seemed to be no end to this pit of despair, he wondered if he would be falling forever with no way of returning to the real world. He looked around him and started to see purple streaks of spiritual energy flow around him, they seemed to wrap themselves around Sam's body, slowing him down until he was just hovering in mid air, it was more comfortable that falling, but he was still not getting anywhere. The black area all around him suddenly turned a bright white, causing him to cover his eyes so they could adapt to the brightness in their own time, he felt weightless once again, this time hitting a ground. Sam stood up and maneuvered his clothes so they rested on him better. There didn't seem to be anything of interest in this large white box he found himself in, he began to walk around in case there was something he was missing, he could hear some kind of crackling behind him so he turned around to find pure white flowers growing wherever he stepped, he could not take in the spectacle for too long when he was startled by a voice that he found very familiar, he spun around to see Zoe standing in front of him, he could tell it was her immediately just by the hair alone, he wanted to move closer to her, but he knew it could be some kind of trick. "Erm... Hi Zoe, fancy seeing you here... what have I come for exactly?" he asked, Sam knew the basics of what was going to happen, but he was still pretty confused by all of this.

by **Arcana** September 18th 2013, 9:28 pm

The female didn't seem phased really by his inability to understand the situation that he had thrown himself in, one that was perhaps far more than he could have possibly imagined. ”It isn't obvious? You've come to this place seeking one thing, something that you've been seeking for not long actually.” She slowly approached him, the flowers that surrounded her feet seeming to part with each step, as if this being controlled each one. The one that wore the guise of a person that he cared for, the arae known as Zoe.

”You've come to have your flesh, and your very soul remade, to cast away all weak mortality and become a true immortal. You've come to take what you have seeked , Sam. The Titan king has deemed you worthy, for the gift.” She seemed to bridge the distance in a moment, pressing an index finger against his chest. ”I will not lie to you, this will hurt. You must cast away your humanity, all that tethers to your mortality. Let them go, and transcend.” Her eyes glowed a dark red, flecked with black, as the point where her finger pressed against his chest would glow red.

His body would begin to burn, and each second would form another part of the markings that was on all of the Titan race, though how far it progressed was dependent on how much he was willing to let go.

by **Samify** September 19th 2013, 12:53 am

This definitely wasn't Zoe because there would have been some kind of sarcastic comment thrown in there, or she would have made fun of him because he was British or maybe even just a poke in the ribs would have sold him. Having his flesh and soul being remade didn't sound very appealing, but a small part of him just hoped that it was more in the metaphorical sense and not literally, because he liked his flesh and soul as it was. This whole conversation was happening across a small distance, that distance was soon cut dramatically however when Zoe seemed to just appear in front of him, now he realized what it was like for someone to teleport in front of you, it was indeed disturbing and he could now understand why Zoe didn't like it very much.

Sam was willing to go through a little bit of pain to become immortal, it was certainly a small price to pay, he was certainly surprised though when Zoe's voice turned slightly demonic and her eyes flickered from red to black over and over again, the tip of her finger started to glow red too and it was pointed directly at his chest. Sam felt his body start to become a little bit warmer, maybe Zoe's finger was radiating heat, soon Sam realized that it was him who was radiating heat, sweat came dripping down his face and his shirt started to become stuck to him, the heat soon escalated to the point where Sam would try to shake himself around to put it out, but to no avail. The next step was full on burning, Sam's heart felt like it was on fire and Sam was contorting his body on the ground with each body part that would decide to flare up, he could feel a strange feeling across some parts of his body, he threw of his shirt and tossed it on the ground next to him, his body was starting to cool down now as he looked down his body to see markings forming on his body, he had a strange pattern from down his shoulder and past his left pectoral muscle, he also had markings form on each arm. The heat was starting to pick up again, as if this was a second stage to the transformation, Sam could barely withstand the first one, he looked up to Zoe and didn't like what he saw, she was standing there, grinning and pointing her finger at him again, he dragged himself and slapped her hand away, "Enough!... I can't stand anymore, this will do..." she seemed to reset herself back to normal in an instant and she looked slightly pleased with the job she had done.

by **Arcana** September 20th 2013, 1:17 am

”A halfling? Are you sure British boy? Limiting your power with human weakness is....nevermind.” Her face did not show any disappointment, but a certain bemusement at how she had done this much, so there was a small victory. ”Here you have it, immortality and all it took was a little pain.” The image of the female seemed to fizzle like an image on a faulty television screen. ”Rise then Titan, and take your place among the powerful.” The world would shift around him, and in an instant he would find himself spat out on the ruined plain, though there were no ruins around him, and in the distance he would see a large castle, one that floated above a pit of doom that spat large globules of darkness upwards, only to fall back down.

'Welcome back young Half-Titan. Take a deep breath, and enjoy that nether. Here, its all free,”

by **Samify** September 20th 2013, 1:42 am

British boy? Well that certainly sounded like Zoe... She asked him to rise and he rose and watched her fizzle out of existence. He felt the markings along his chest, they seemed like they could be passed off as tattoo's. He slotted his shirt over his head and yanked it down, as his head peaked out of it, he noticed he was in a completely different area once again, he seemed to be back in the plains, surrounded by grey grass, but there was something in the distance this time, it looked like a castle in the clouds hovering over a large hole spewing black ooze, the same ooze that was released from the portal that brought him here. Sam spun around after hearing Sean sneak up on him once again.

Sean asked him to take a deep breath and he did exactly that, he breathed in hard through the nose and out through his mouth, this whole place seemed less intimidating since his transformation and there was certainly something in the air that made him feel stronger. "Nether huh? I don't see it, but I can feel it there, it feels... good"

by **Arcana** September 20th 2013, 2:09 am

”Yes, Nether is what you'll be feeding on now. You can still eat whatever it is you eat, but I think you'll find Nether more to your taste.” Sean seemed to grow more....friendly towards the young male, even though he was still half human. Something about being around another of his race made Sean feel at ease, and being that Sean made him in a way, that gave a certain pride in his work. With that small bit of work done, Sean could get onto better things, like introducing him to the lifestyle enjoyed by Titan’s, and that included luxuries beyond all his wildest dreams. Since he still had those frail emotions, that made Sam slightly easier to manipulate, but doing so with babes was no fun. Sean looked to the large palace that floated in the distance, one that was suspended above the venerable pit of despair, and where Sean would begin his true tutelage.

'Well now that we have that part of this ordeal over with, there’s one more thing that you need to do. Finish with that, and we can let you off into the mortal world, if that if your desire. The full titan took a deep breath of the Nether rich atmosphere, one that filled his being with strength. A strength that cleared his mind, and made any ache that he felt before seem like nothing, as if there were no problems within any world that he could not solve. ”I think it would be wise to pull you before the titan council, let them get a feel for the new member of the race.” Sow ith that Sean began walking towards the large palace within the sky, expecting that Smoke would follow him, his lips forming a rather sadistic smirk as he walked along.

by **Samify** September 20th 2013, 2:27 am

So Sam would be feeding on something that he couldn't even see, sounded like the placebo affect to him, but he certainly did feel different about this place and this Nether would explain it. Sam was promised a way back into his world if he would do one more thing, step before the council of this new race that he had joined, why? He didn't know, Sam didn't think they would be very interested in any new recruits, let alone him, but maybe it was something that all new Titans had to go through, perhaps they had to be approved before they are set free. Sam felt like it was just an opportunity to put him on show though, there was probably some kind of competition amongst Titans to get the best new recruits, and Sam was going to win Sean the top prize, this of course was all speculation, he wouldn't know until he actually got there.

Sean wandered off in the direction of the floating castle, Sam took in more deep breathes and started to feel like he had just been injected with adrenaline, he felt invincible. "So we are supposed to get to that Castle up there right?... How exactly are we going to reach it?"

by **Arcana** September 20th 2013, 3:56 pm

”We walk, unless you have a better way. I could run, but then again I won't.” Sean said shrugging as he traversed the blackened terrain, something that was a personal favorite of his precursor, and the one that still seemed to hold onto his throne, though Sean had a feeling that he would not have that seat for too much longer. Even by the standards of Titan's he was ancient, and that meant that soon enough he would have to retire, or be taken down by the younger generation, and the latter seemed more likely. His footsteps seemed a little louder in the dimension of death, ground a little crumbly under each step. It was likely his personal guard Sheiara and the make would be there, waiting for the male Titan to return, as well as the Aether Dragon and another.

He would walk fast enough for his new found ally to keep up, though with his speed that would not be hard at all. It only took them half an hour, though Sean was strangely quiet through that long, and somewhat drawn out walk, perhaps thinking over something on the way there. The castle floated high above the average person's reach but he had a feeling that Smoke would be more than capable of leaping up there, or finding another way of course. The distance was a good 45 meters, and Sean could easily fly up there if he so wished, and he would do that. So the dimunitive Titan would float up there with a certain whimsical ease.

He landed on the edge of the castle ground, grass growing in a dark purple color and strange looking berries grew off of bushes that were in abundance. Sean took one and popped it into his mouth, chewing gingerly as he waited for Smoke to appear. While it appeared only to be a fruit, the small berry was actually something that grew so used to the high concentration s of Nether in the air, that every cell was suffused with the substance. Unless anything was brought from the outside world, or prepared specially, it would have Nether running through it.

by **Samify** September 20th 2013, 8:44 pm

Walking? The castle in the sky seemed pretty high up from where he was standing, but perhaps it was just a matter of perspective. The pair of them walked towards the castle, not many words were spoken, in fact none at all, Sean was probably going to let Sam adapt to his surroundings and feelings because he was going to be hanging around here often, it could use a little more colour though. Sam kept up to speed with Sean, he seemed like he didn't want any social interaction, he was just happy to get to his destination as quickly as possible, he seemed more excited than Sam did.

The pair were now standing underneath the castle, it was not actually as high as he first imagined. Sean seemed to just rise from the ground with ease and floated out of Sam's view and onto the building, Sam assumed he would have to follow suit so he teleported up and behind Sean as he tossed a small berry into his mouth, Sam turned his attention to the bush that it came from, it was a strange purple plant that he had never seen before. After Sean was sure Sam was still behind him, he walked forward, Sam couldn't help himself and chewed on a berry of his own, it was much more delicious than it looked, so he stuffed his pocket with some more before catching up to Sean.

by **Arcana** September 22nd 2013, 4:26 pm

Now that they were about a literal hop, and a skip away from the castle front door, which was made from wood darker than the dark side, it was time to slow the pace down. Well, before serving wenches and the like would swarm Sean like flies to a corpse. Considering that they would prefer to keep the future sovereign happy, instead of pissing him off and making it rain heads. Around twenty long steps from the door, it opened with two figures waiting for the two, all bearing the distinct tattoos that came with being a Titan. One was a female with flowing black hair that rested neatly on her shoulders, with a certain charm that added a certain femme fatale air about her, plus the two dark blades nestled lightly on her hip. ”So who is this? I don't think i've ever seen this Titan around.” The female noted with a certain amount of interest.

”I don't remember you walking around with a half breed like this one either. Wasn't there a blonde, or is he busy pissing around on his island?” The male next to her noted with a seemingly emotionless voice, his markins mostly covered by his black cloak, though his head was covered with a mane of dark brown hair that matched the eyes of same color. ”What was his name? Oars of a boar?” The Titan wondered, with an undertone of mocking as the shadows around them seemed to be dancing, though that was perhaps only a visual effect.

”His name is Ouroboros and this one has nothing to do with...that. Sean dismissed with a slight grimace. ”He's a new member of our race, made only a half hour ago, so hes a little new. I came here to get him acquainted and what not.” Sean explained, perhaps trying to dance around whatever accusation the woman was implying.

”So you made a human into a Titan? Color me surprised, or perhaps a little confused. Forgive me if that doesn't reinforce my earlier guess.” The female noted with a light chuckle, spinning on the ball of her heel, before waltzing over to the young male for a moment, looking over him intently before returning to the side of her companion. ”Well, if we are done with all of this, i'm sure the council will be interested to see him.” With that, she would motion for them to follow her into the keep, through the entrance hall.

by **Samify** September 22nd 2013, 4:49 pm

The pair made their way up to the large wooden entrance, they climbed several steps as the doors swung open to reveal two new faces, a man and a woman. The woman seemed more interested in Sam to the male, she seemed to be inspecting him as the male made fun of Sean, it appeared Sam wasn't the only man that Sean has been known to hang around with, it didn't fuss Sam at all, but Sean didn't seem very impressed. Sam felt slightly awkward about the whole situation, he felt like the new kid in school all over again and he didn't really know much about Titan's, especially compared to actual Titan's, so his knowledge would be a bit off. The female stepped down a step or two and leaned in towards Sam, he seemed to be checking him out for an unknown reason, Sam just didn't want to get on her bad side after seeing two large blades strapped to her waist. She returned to her post and allowed the both of them to enter, Sam was quite excited to see what was inside, the male seemed to give him a look of disgust as he walked by.

Sam walked into the main room, it was large and filled with mostly tables full of people, there were servants a plenty all walking around, trying to make everyone's time even better. The walls were mostly covered in decorations, shields, swords, the heads of some rather strange beasts. Sam was pestered by a couple of servants, he would politely say no thanks where as Sean would simply all by them without acknowledgement, but for the time being Sam kept to his berries that he had smuggled in, in his pocket.

by **Arcana** September 22nd 2013, 5:37 pm

The entrance hall was as busy as ever, with the servants seeming to buzz about with their work, and occasionally messing with Sean to see if he wanted anything. The Titan however did not give them any mind,m just letting his attention be on the other two Titans that were leading the two through the damned place. The small amount of Nether seeping into the air went unnoticed, much like the breath exhaled would go mostly unnoticed within the normal air. Soon enough the well filled entrance corridor would give way to what looked like long hall way that would indeed branch off to different areas of the large palace, but they were taking the rather direct route.

”So, erm how did he come across you? I'm sure Sean didn't simply pick you off of the street and turned you into one of us.” The female ventured to mention, perhaps attempting to make some kind of small talk, though if that was her intention, Sean could not tell. The woman was a sneaky kind of clever, and one that you could never quite follow.

”Unless thats exactly how it happened, in which case will raise quite the ruckus, but who am I to judge?” She noted with a shrug, perhaps half expecting an answer to her question more than anything.Torches radiating a sick colored light hung on the walls, and seemed to be the only source of illumination, and the only company besides the occasional scampering servant or tattooed Titan. Sean didn't really find it needed to answer any question that she had to ask, and nothing less was expected really, except that they would soon enough be there anyway.

After what felt like, and was five minutes if walking, with the female Titan mostly seeming to badger the newborn with rampant questions, they were now in front of the dark door that would lead them into the throne room, or whatever it was called. Strange arcane looking symbols decorated the door, ones that seemed to give off a dark meaning to them, even if one could not under stand the language they were in. in the center of the mess was large rune, one that was tattooed on the left shoulder blade of Sean himself, though his shirt and hoodie prevented it from actually being shown. ”Well here we are, so both of you be on your best behaviors.” Sean pressed his palm to the door, and pushed as the doors parted.

Beyond was a typical throne room, with multiple humanoid beings of various age, and all radiating powerful dark auras, and one that sat amongst them on a necrotic throne the color of Onyx. It looked as if made from the skulls of many beings, but gemstones at the same time, and made even Sean feel a little at ease. Sitting upon the throne was a male with only cloth pants, and a torso coated within the pulsing dark marks that were similar to Sean's, and even his physical appearance was similar to the diminutive Titan. In fact if for not a few physical differences, this male would have looked just like Sean, except for his rather grim and stoic expression.

”Sean, you've returned, and with a new one.” He said with a certain bemusement.

by **Samify** September 22nd 2013, 6:16 pm

Sam wondered why this woman seemed so interested in him, she must be very excitable when it comes to new recruits, it probably gives her an opportunity to torment them and make them do whatever she wanted. "Erm... I guess you could say that is how it happened, but it wasn't against my will if that's what you are thinking, it was completely my choice, I was in quite a dark place and Sean gave me a way out, which ironically brought me to an even darker place" he said as he motioned to everything around him, the sky was black, there was little to no colour in this place, it seemed rather dull but he still liked hanging around in it, it seemed like this Nether he was told about really grows on Titan's quickly.

The group came to a stop in front of a door that had some interesting writing on it, he assumed everyone with him could understand it, but Sam had no idea what it meant, but he thought he would soon learn it. Sean put his hand on the door and pushed it open to reveal an even more eerie room, he walked in to see several people sitting in a semi circle shape all aimed at the door, the throne in the centre was decorated more and was certainly larger than the rest of them, no doubt he was the leader of the council. Everyone remained seated as Sam looked around the room, a voice was heard coming from the main seat, Sam knew immediately that he was the "new one" in question, he would have spoken up and said something but these people didn't seem like the people that liked to be interrupted.

by **Arcana** September 22nd 2013, 6:34 pm

The rather familiar looking Titan looked over the newcomer with half interest, an eyebrow cocking as he seemed to be attempting to understand something about the male.”So Sean, who is this? Its not everyday that a newborn Titan comes around, especially one made from a human. I look forward to your explanation.” He wasn't amused, angry or anything expected of that line of emotions, but his lips were kept in what could be called a smirk. One of the humans at the side of his throne poured him a black looking liquid into an onyx goblet, and he swirled it before sipping on it lightly.

Sean didn't do the whole groveling thing that the others would have done, but stayed on his feet, and looks his precursor in the eyes.”I can't really give an explanation. He caught my interest and I acted off of that, nothing else I can say really.” Sean said with the ease of that cool guy in the 80's movie that smoked, and skated while impregnating some sleezey ho. The other Titans wreathing him muttered amongst themselves as if this were both expected, and at the same time shocking.

”Fair enough.” The Titan King digressed with a shrug, guzzling the goblet of wine down in one gulp, only to have it refilled. ”So tell me about yourself young one. Its not everyday that the Abyss is graced with a Titan that was not exactly birthed in here. I haven't even left this gloomy keep in millions of years, so i'm sure its changed greatly since then, oh, do you want a drink as well?” If anything the Titan could be described as eccentric but billions of years did no favors for a persons mind, so there was a small amount of wiggle room for what he considered sane. If Smoke accepted the drink, a glass of his own with the liquid would be brought to him, but if not, then he just did not get any.

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