Towards the end of the twenty eighth century, the world underwent several radical changes, brought on by years of nuclear war, which led to an overall overthrowing of the human race as supreme rulers of Earth. Instead it was rule by Faeries, and at the end of the of the twenty eighth century, a series of events that lasted one year, led to the destruction of Earth itself and the human race was evacuated to Mars. Few remained on the planet during the day of it’s destruction, and even less of those who stayed, survived, one of the survivors, Myros Romulus Sage, went on to lead the new republic of the Martian Colonies as the Chancellor of the Martian Senate. All seemed well, until eventually he put the colonies into a war against the people of the planet of Faerie, as a means of revenge for what they had done to the Earth. The war raged on for only a few weeks however, and one unit, an espionage unit known as “The Cactus Unit” was the center of special attention, as one of their members “Lubel Kiosska” had a strong relation to one of the survivors that knew of the events of what happened the day the Earth was destroyed. In the end of the war, Myros manipulated the entire army into putting himself into a position of being dictator of Mars, as well as the entire planet of Faerie being destroyed for him, he now rules with his cohorts in a totalitarian state and seeks to become a god, however, Lubel and (most of) his friends, survived and now are members of a resistance group against the chancellor and his fellow warriors. Other groups exist, however the group Lubel is a part of has bad relations with them, and as such, they maintain a status of isolationism from one another. Now the party is ready, to take down the chancellor and free the human race from his rule.


The sun shined brightly upon the freshly green grass that ran down the entire island, to the rocky coast and up the hills in the distance. Atop the breezy hill sat a young man, who looked out in wonder of this new world that he and his crewmates had discovered, it was simply amazing to him, the days went on forever, and it was hard to believe that over the great expanses of sea his father’s land could exist. He was born here and still loved this land, his father was from Odin’s second country. Snæland, It didn’t matter to his father whether or not the Christians took over the whole of Odin’s land, Norway and all, it was still Odin’s land to his father. His mother was a native from this new world, she died however he was raised amongst her people. The Skræling. They lived in shaky times with the people of Snæland, however the young man did not care about any of that, he was content to merely lounge about. He was born and raised in Snæland, his mother died there and his father returned to the new world of Vinland. There was however, a reason why he could care less about any of that, the Christians, the expansion into the new world for Odin’s pride, any of that. He had the only things he ever wanted. An open expanse of a seemingly endless island, filled with lakes, trees, and valleys for him to travel and explore. But that was only second, what he really stayed for, was her.

Her name was Demasduit, she was one of the natives, and the young man had been going on in a relationship with her for some time now, she was his age, 16 years old, and they were discussing beginning a family. Most of her tribe frowned upon it however, the two of them did not care, just as the young man’s mother and father were in a forbidden relationship. They would be too, and they didn’t care. They were just content to have each other.

He saw her looking for him and a grin grew on his face, he snuck behind her, hiding amongst the stone outcroppings along the cliff-sides, the waves of the sea covering the sound of his footsteps. He snuck behind her and covered her eyes with his hands.

“Gjett hvem” (Guess who) he said to her.

“Myros?” she said sweetly, she knew of course that it was him, this was their spot. Where they always met and began they’re wanderings for the day.

“Hei min blomst” (hello my flower) he said, taking his hands away as she embraced him, her long dark hair blowing behind her in the wind her heavy coat colliding into his attire as they tumbled down the hillside in each others arms.

And they lied there, for hours and hours on in, they’re lives were short, not many men lived to be past their thirties, so Myros was halfway through his life, in addition, Demasduit’s people didn’t live very long either, most got sick and died as they reached their late twenties, so they sought to enjoy every moment of their short lives with each other, Myros smiled and looked off into the horizon, life was good.

Several months later, Demasduit told Myros the good news, Myros thanked Freyja as soon as he heard. they were going to have children. The two were overjoyed, they began planning on where to live, Myros’ father, upon hearing this news, was pleased that his son would continue on the family name of the Sage’s. he suggested they go to the mainland, where Demasduit’s people, nor Myros’ would bother them and they could live their lives happily.

The next day, after Myros arrived at their hillside, he waited for Demasduit to come, and he waited.. and waited… and waited some more. Eventually the sun was high in the air, Demasduit was late so he set out to look for her, he did not have to go far however, he found her, at the bottom of the hill face down in the rocky shoreline.

“Demasduit!” he screamed as he ran towards her, he checked her pulse to find it had gone up exceedingly high. She was running a fever and fading fast, she had fallen on her way up the hill to meet him, however she lost her footing and fell, she had been lying there for several hours now, she looked up at him as he came and smiled.

“Myros, slik god til å se du en gang til” (Myros, so good to see you once more) she said to him happily.

Myros knelt beside her, his face ablaze with worry. He couldn’t speak for he was too shocked at what had happened, his flower, his love had fallen and was now dying, the sun was harsh and she was sick from the child she was bearing, in addition to her tribe’s sicknesses. He was still in too much shock. She noticed this and smiled, then she spoke.
“Du kunne ta meg under den klippen der ? Jeg vil til å bruke mine siste få øyeblikk i skyggen med du.” (Could you take me under that rock? I want to be in the shade with you before I die)

Myros, complied and took her under the rock, he sat there gently holding her in his arms as the life faded from her.

“Myros?” she said

“ ja?” he replied

“Hvis vi hadde et barn, hva ville kalle du henne ?” (If we had this child, what would you name her?)

He thought for a moment, he actually wanted their child to be a boy, however she was dying, he wanted to make her happy. So he put his own feeling aside and said:

“Uansett hva du vil.” (Whatever you want.)

She chuckled a little bit and coughed, before she fell back down: “Andettle” she said.

“hmm?” Myros replied to her

“ barnets navnet, Andettle.”(the child’s name, Andettle) she said.

“Andettle.” Myros repeated, pondering the strange name.

“Myros?” Demasduit said as she closed her eyes and was fading

“Hvis du kunne leve for evig, ikke sannferdig?” (If you could live forever, would you?)

“Et liv for evig ville være meningsløs uten du der”(An eternal life would be pointless without you there.)

Demasduit then smiled, and faded into death’s sweet slumber.
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Myros woke up in his loft and looked out onto the balcony, he could have sworn he had seen her there. However it was only his imagination, “Demasduit..” he said to himself, he looked out into the distant sun. Only this time he did not smile, he had weathered over his multiple millennia of life, he did not have the same glow he used to, he stepped out and looked into the city below him. “Demasduit…I’ll see you soon.”

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*In the hideout of Shears*

Frieda: all right troops! this is our first shot! let's make it look good and give them hell to run from! Your target is one of the Nine Bandits, Zion Mendel, the vampire. Take him out and get out of there before reinforcements show up, is that clear? On this mission I'm putting the usual crew (main party) any questions?

Lubel: let's do this.

*and so, the party was loaded up into several black sedans and began going through the dark streets of mars at night. The sky was red as per usual, but there was a feeling of ominousity in the air which could be felt on the breath of the troops as they waited in the car polishing their weapons, tonight could easily be the night they died, they had all been trained to fight the bandits, but the bandits were so unknown that you couldn't know what to expect. Eventually, the cars arrived at the dropoff point, the roof of a parking garage.

Lubel: *exits out of the car with his sword hidden in his cloak* we ready for this guys?

"Aren't we always?" A completely cloaked figure, Cador, said jokingly.

A large scythe pokes out of the side of one of the Sedan's as Bolts emerges.

"For Cambridge and Frena....." Bolts said straping on his gloves as a small spark shot from his eye.

Megwhyr: "We'll find out soon if we are ready or not. This is the first turning point."
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*In the nearby shadows, a cloaked figure was stalking them.*

Karis: .:Andrew, dear, I've got them in sight. They've grown a lot since I fought them ten years ago... Megwhyr looks to be doing good... You are still seeing that bitch, aren't you?:.

Andrew: *Miles away, in a lone loft, a strangely dressed man sits in an empty room. His toughts are connected to those he is communicating with.* .:Yes, Ichiaijou, I am. Now, you know the rest of the plan. Karis is to move in and aid Shears. Remember... they don't like you much. So, it's about time for you to go back to the next world.... Karis can fight without you. If she needs the support of the dead, she can call on Gwen-sensei or Fae-sensei.:.

Karis: .:Right... Good bye.:. *Ichiaijou's soul left the cloaked figure, leaving it in the control of the elderly Karis.* .:...Andettle's son... I get to see him up close, after all these decades....:.

Lubel: *cracks his knuckles and runs back a bit* right then, let's go. *he gets a running start and jumps off of the parking garage and onto the roof of the next building, he begins running across this roof and begins hopping his way across various roofs in the city*

"Lubels still an anxious little bugger isn't he?" Bolts said chuckling a bit before following after Lubel at a much quicker pace than Lubel had left with.

Megwhyr: *She follows behind Lubel, also jumping building-to-building.*
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Karis: .:They're moving by roof...? I'll have to go by the street's shadows then. ...But... I can't afford to be heard...:. *She begins to focus, and then another essence poured over her. She began to run at great speeds, like wind, but she made no noise, for her footsteps were silences.*

Cador chuckled a bit before following Lubel, at the same speed that Bolts himself was going.

Lubel: Zion the vampire, mastery of darkness, other abilities unknown, used twice as a sleeper agent by the bandits.

October: *gets out of the car and sees the others already far ahead* crap, so pretentious. *jumps the roof and follows the others*

Joaquin: *exits the car in the form of a bat and begins following*

"Lets enjoy this mission a bit whaddya say Lubel?" Bolts said smiling a little viciously.

Megwhyr: "....Only a monster wants to badly kill for pleasure. Let's try not to behave like our enemies."

Lubel: can't really do that when you're up against the bastards who killed your mother, Bolts. The only enjoyable part I'll get out of this is the bastards death at my hands. His, the other bandits....all the groups based off of friggin westerns for that matter...

"Maybe they think its dramatic and I'm sorry about your mother but look at this as a chance to get sweet sweet revenge." Bolts said now in a more serious yet still humorable tone.

Himo stepped out of the car under the visage of a blonde-haired human, and followed the rest of the group in complete silence, knowing that with each step he took, he was a step closer to 'her'.

following along Megwhyr until he was right beside her
"Hey Meg, I didn't hear right, where are we heading?"

Megwhyr: "Well, we're heading to the former Senate building. However, are only target is Zion, a vampire of sorts. Also, please don't call me 'Meg'. I except to be called by my name, especially since I'm your senpai."

Lubel: Wrong "Meg" we're not going to the senate, We're going to where Zion is, which isn't the senate, he lives in the rich upper class mansions of the colonies, so it'll look more like a random hit than a political one this way.

"Well then what are we waiting for!?" Bolts said increasing his speed to the point we're he was little more than a blur. However since he was still carrying his scythe he could not obtain full speed.

Megwhyr: *She pulls out a shuriken.* "For your information, Lubel, you're expected to call me Megwhyr as well. You already can guess what happens when you don't."

Lubel: *grasps his sword and rewinds time a bit to right before he called her Meg and just grins as he says the rest of his little bit of info to her* don't go too fast bolts, we need to do this somewhat methodically, he's got defense you know...a defense you don't wanna mess with..hell...

October: huh?

Lubel: he's made contracts with these things called entities..he gets soem of their power in exchange for some of their political authority..we're not sure on much about them..but we're probably gonna have to take care of them too.

Joaquin: the entities of sin?

Lubel: the very same.

Joaquin: is satan still one of them?

Lubel: umm, no, she was killed thirty years ago..we're not sure who has taken her place, why?

Joaquin: I have some vengeance from the Bathories for her.

Lubel: oh, well I won't get involved then.

Bolts returned back to the others.

*Sigh* "You guys should really run more often you know that? Yeesh I know I'm a frikkin electromancer but c'mon!"

Megwhyr: "According to the our boss, only Leviathan survived. The rest were killed, and I believe it was a different person for each murder."

*eventually the party comes to a large wall*

Lubel: beyond this wall is the upper class section of the colony. Where most of the senators lived, and all the bandits currently reside. We've been tailing Zion for some time now and we know that he's at home right now. So this might make things a tad easier, not doing it in public and all. However, now we have to go straight into the belly of the beast *he brings out rope and throws it atop the wall, then begins climbing his way up*

October: *follows*

Joaquin: *flies up*

Using his scythe Bolts lept up about halfway up the wall before burrying the blade into the side wall and using that to launch him the rest of the way up.

"...All clear up here..." He whipsered down to the others after scanning the area.

Cador Mimicked Joaquin's powers and flew up, following closely behind while keeping a look-out for any late night watchers.

Megwhyr: *She just begins to run up the wall with ease, because that's what ninja do.*

*the party reaches the top of the wall and looks over to see what looks like a completely different city, a strip of land which goes on past the horizon itself, light cast eternally into night, houses the size of scyscrapers litter the place, the streets are adorned with bright lights and gems literally litter the streets. This is the abode of the wealthy on the martian colonies, mostly humans who were rich on Earth live here. Only two of the bandits, Faust and Zion reside here, and mostly for political reasons.

Lubel: *gives a long whistle at the impressive sight* dang, rich do get it better. *pulls out a letter* Zion's house is supposed to be third to the right upon entering...*there are only fourteen houses, all friggin huge, Lubel looks and sees that the house is esily about as big as Atlantis itself would have been back on Earth, there is no yard but there is a visible courtyard inside of it, the decorations are made to look like a medieval castle* ha, vampire's castle. Should suit you well, Joaquin.

Joaquin: ha no thanks, I'm not like most vampires in case you haven't noticed..don't like to be associated with all that crap.

Lubel: whatever.

"Alright you two argue later once we're done an.....whoa.....erm nevermind lets just get going..." Bolts said kicking off the wall and landing on the ground.

Thinking: "My God I sounded like Frena there for a second...."

"Tch. Man, why is it that Vampires always go for the best stuff, like this castle?" Cador murmured, then proceeded with caution, scanning for any traps or alarms.

Megwhyr: *She stood there, eyeing the scene.* "Our method of entry?"
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Karis: *She looked up at the wall before her.* "This is the place, I take it?" *Karis's voice was odd.... She sounded very soft and peaceful. Looking more closely, one could also observe that her eyes were currently pink.* "Miss Karis, I know you dislike the use of Butterfly-Ryu, because of the bodily affects, but I think it'll make it easiest to get over silently." *Whoever was talking was obvously not Karis. And, it wasn't Frena either. After all, Karis's body began to hover off the ground and float up. Frena did not pocess that power. ...The person in charge of Karis was the late Fae Tanith, Frena's teacher.*

Lubel: entrance?......everyone, hold on to me and get ready to run. *he gets down on all fours and reaches for his sword*

"Oi." Cador said as he grabbed on to Lubel's shoulder.

Megwhyr: "Are you sure...? There's a lot of us to hold on to you."

"HeHe...care for another race Lubel?" Bolts said dropping into his own special running stance before holstering his scythe on his back.

"I can take whoevers left...."

Megwhyr: "...Bolts... He's planning on using the time sword to slip us in."

Lubel: I'm going to stop time. you sorta have to grab on for the thing to take effect. Then when I have activated it, you can let go and run, but we need to get there fast, I can only hold out for so long. As long as we can get in the castle, through a window or anything, we should be good, but we're gonna be running down a vertical wall and going about half a mile outward towards ol' vampy's house. All in about the span of four minutes...

"....oh....." Bolts blushed a bit before grabbing on to Lubel's shoulder.

"God I hate how weird this feels." *cringes*

October: *grabs on to Lubel*

Joaquin: *still in bat form, lands on his head*

Lubel: *focuses and time around them completely freezes* go!

*he takes off on all fours jumping off of the wall and plummeting downwards before breaking his fall by clawing into the wall, slowing him down, he then burst off running the half-mile once he hit the ground* go! go! go!

Megwhyr: *She is keeping up with Lubel with ease.*

Cador, grabbing Bolts, Proceeds to use Bolts' powers to speed to the castle.