--Note: I'm back and I am going to clean up the confusion (this will also be a note to myself later to edit stuff). I will assume Avenger arrived but didn't do that stuff with Souls. But rather he atoned for his transgressions to the dwarves and the were later merciful and set him free. Then he arrived to help only to have Ji'tory nearly kill him (didn't kill him, just disabled him with his wound.) As for bug I will assume that bug not fully understanding magic used the potion and it allowed the Dark Wizard to control him. And through that same potion in bug, control Ji'tory. If the potions effect are netrualized bug and Ji'tory are free from the Dark Wizard's control. But I am too magically protected to come under remote control. Bug wants me to drink the potion so the Dark Wizard can take control directly. Assume Dirtbag didn't get loose and he is still in his cage.--

Merlin: No, Bug.

Bug: What?!!

Merlin: I said no!

Bug: I'll kill her! I kill her!!!

Merlin stares right into bug's eyes. Bug doesn't look away. Merlin's stare remains intenese, Ji'tory freezes, bug begins to shake visible.

Merlin (with cold fury): Get out! GET OUT OF HIS MIND!

Ji'tory collapses to the ground. Bug shakes violently. Then bug too collapse. Then Merlin drops to his knees with his eyes now shut and breathing heavily. Nearby they hear moaning.

Merlin: Orca, get Avenger and take care of his wounds. I will be alright. It just took a lot out of me.

Orca helps the limping Avenger into the camp.

Merlin: Ji'tory will be alright. The affect was only going through bug. Once I push the Dark Wizard's will hard enough he had to let go. She will wake up unaffected back to her normal self. Bug on the other hand is still under the affect of the potion he drunk.

Merlin gets up and pours the potion that bug brought into the fire and destroys it. Then chanting some archane words, then abruptly Bug wakes up and before he can say a word, he vomits violently. After which he falls backwards recollapses into sleep.

Merlin: Now the potion is out of his body.

Ji'tory begins to wake up.

Ji'tory (only half awake): Merlin, Ping_me, help me. No don't . . . NO! (she now wakes up with a abrubtly). Merlin! What . . .It wasn't a dream was it. My God, he was inside me! (she recoils with a expression of disgust).

Merlin: It is all right now Ji'tory. He's gone. . . And just to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Merlin speaks some runic words and everyone their feels a slight cooling wind.

Merlin: Now the Dark Wizard won't be able to do that ever again. At least to none of you that were here. Your minds our now protected.

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"Are you really a Wizard?" she asked. "That is what they say." I replied.


~The Wizard Merlin~

Leader of A Jedi's Journey TC


[This message has been edited by Merlin (edited October 17, 1999).]

They all return to sleep except Merlin who decides to keep watch himself. Thought the rest of the night passes uneventfully. (Even Dirtbag seemed tired by now).

In the morning Ji'tory awoke noticing Merlin wasn't anywhere to be seen she walked out to the beach. She sees Merlin standing at the beach looking out over the water.

Ji'tory: Merlin, about last night and what happened to me. . . Thank you for getting him out of my mind.

Merlin smiles with a reaction of that like a grandfather to his grand daughter.

Merlin: Ji'tory, I care for you as if you were my own daughter. I don't want anything to happen to you.

Merlin: Ping_me feeling he possible endangered you left.

Ji'tory winces.

Ji'tory: I know I remember. I . . . remeber everything. . . (Ji'tory drops to her knees and breaks down and cries and Merlin kneels down beside her and puts his arm around her to comfort her) It was . . . horrible . . . He . . IT . . was inside my MIND. (She puts her hands over her ears with her head bowed). And. . . he was in my . . . body (now she wraps her arms around her self) I . . . was . . . IT. Oh, God. (she shudders violently).

As the surf rolls in the waves crashing drowns out her sobs from the sleeping party nearby.

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"Are you really a Wizard?" she asked. "That is what they say." I replied.


~The Wizard Merlin~

Leader of A Jedi's Journey TC

--Note: I went back and edited my earlier post, now I just sent for the ferryman to carry us across the channel (I felt the display of power of making a ship would kill the emotional tension created by the earlier scene).--

About an hour later once Ji'tory had at least outwardly regained control Merlin woke the camp memebers.

Merlin: Alright everyone come down to the beach, the ship will be arriving shortly.

They all stand at the beach (though avenger with his injuries leans on orca and Bug, still unconsicous from having the potion expelled from his body, is carried by Afarassa and Dirtbag is still in the cage which is now carried by Merlin). A ship comes out of the mist over the sea, it is a small sail driven ship. Merlin pays the ferryman and they climb aboard and with in an hour they have sailed across the channel to the other side. Once they reach the other side they are rejoined by Ping_me and then set out across the island. Ji'tory during this journey remains silent in thought. Ping_me not wishing to press the subject with other present doesn't talk with her about what happened during the walk. Finally as night begins to fall they reach a clearing with a monestary in it. Suddenly a man about 40 in the nearby garden sees them with suprise.

Man: Merlin!

Merlin: Johnathan!

Man rushes over to Merlin.

Merlin: My goodness! It is you Johnathan. (to rest of the party) This is Johnathan, when he was a boy I was his tutor, not in magic of course, but in othe matters. He left me some years ago on good terms seeking God. I had heard you had joined the monestary. Johnathan, can you and your fellow brothers help us. We need a place to stay the night and our friend here avenger has been injured.

Johnathan: Of course. You may all say the night here we have room enough for all of you. Come.

Johnathan walks over to Orca and allows Avenger to lean on him as they enter the monestary. They are each shown to their seperate rooms and some of the monks who specialize in medicine tend to Avengers wounds. Dirtbag is carefully placed in his own room (which has no windows) with the door locked from the outside. Meanwhile Merlin and Johnathan have a chance to talk.

Johnathan: Since you last saw me I've become abbot of this monestary.

Merlin: I am proud of you my boy. It is good to see you found a place in the world.

Johnathan: And I am glad to get a chance to speak with you again.

Merlin and Johnathan talk long into the night. Meanwhile Ping_me visits Ji'tory to see how she is doing. Not finding her in her room his wanders the monestary looking for her. He finally finds her siting on a bench in the court yard. She wears a blank expression. Either hiding her emotions or so very busy with her own thoughts.

--This is a good time for you to come in Ping_me.--

-I'm back! Now on with the story-
*Meanwhile, Orca is out in the gardens outside the Monastary. A small graveyard is located nearby. Master Dead is there conferring with the dead in these tombs.*
Orca: What a nice place. Almost like where I grew up.
Monk: And where was that?
Orca: Why is that any of your buisness?
Monk: Just wondering...
*Orca spirals around*
Orca: Who in hecks name are you!
Monk: Why is that any of your buisness?
Orca: Because you aren't any monk!
Monk: Why not?
Orca: Because of *Orca whips the Monk's cloak off. It reveals a flaming demon* THIS!
Demon: A clever one? My disguise has finally been infiltrated? After all these years?
Orca: Yup. Are there any others?
Demon: No. But I have been responsible for 7 of the humans major defeats.
Orca: A servant of the dark wizard?
Demon: No. Master-Dead-Man commisioned me to spy on the humans.
Orca: Master Dead! GET OVER HERE!
Master Dead(Standong beside Orca): You found my spy?
Orca: I sure as heck did!
Master Dead: Good, then I can enlist him to help. This is my personal bodygaurd. Demon-Who-Kills-Many, come with me and I will introduce you to Merlin.
*Orca looks in shock*
Orca: Merlin may not be the biggest fan of demons...

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-Space Orca
Space Orca's best qoutes:
"The Force is strong in you. The force of my lightsaber coming down!"
"A planet of pokemon? Don't bomb it from orbit. A few might survive. Get the Death Star in here!"
"Hmmmm... It looks like my Lightsaber needs a little repair work. Know of any lightsaber repair shops in town?"
"Luke Skywalker drew his lightsaber... and turned it in to the art teacher"
"Pokemon is spelled S-T-U-P-I-D!"
If you have any more funny quotes, just send them to me.

Merlin wasn't happy. Neither were the Monks.

Merlin (to Master dead): Why did you commision a spy to do this.

Master Dead: He was commisioned before any of this happened, we were afraid of the humans. We feared if they were successful in any major wars they might make it a holy cause to wipe out us out.

Flaming Demon: I am not what you think Merlin. I am not a demon in your sense of the word. I am not some malevolent force of evil. I am only a stygian serving my people. I would do the same against the Dark Wizard as I have here. My only concern is the protection of my people. If my presence here is a threat I will go.

Merlin: If you remain with us it will hurt our credibility alot. (now to Master Dead) I'm afraid I will have to ask you to send him back to your kingdom.

Master Dead (after a moments thought): Very well, if his presence is to much of a danger to our cause, I will send him back to our capital. (to Flaming Demon): Return to the capital, and await further orders there.

Flaming demon nods and vanishes.

--This character (the spy) could be useful later, perhaps during the attack. Though I don't know if you minded I made the phrase demon into a quirk in the Stygian language which doesn't mean what we think. (I did it cause when I think of demons, I think of what happened to Ji'tory, that is demonic. Sorry. I associate demons naturally with evil, throwing that out caught me off gaurd. For some reason I have a nasty aversion to mixing anything demon with heros as being on the same side. (Unless we like use demon as a military status in the Stygian army and point out its difference to the other thing.) Allow me to explain this aversion. I've read a book that deals with modern case studies of demonic possession. This book is not light reading. It will give you nightmares, because the records are factual with only the names changed. I am drawing from it somewhat in helping me create the Dark Wizard character and how he affect Ji'tory. That is why I had an aversion to the use of a demon character. By the way, I'd like to say I like what has happened in the tale concerning Dirtbags capture (because I found he could fit so well into the serpent role (the role being that of a tempter, put doubt in our heros minds about good).--

[This message has been edited by Merlin (edited October 17, 1999).]

---Well, it's taken me about week but I finally got my drawing done. I REALLY hate my scanner. First it wouldn't pick up the pencil lines. So I went back and inked the drawing. Then I tried to scan it again and the (fire trucking) scanner put this red and blue crap on it. So I went back and scanned it as a Black/White drawing. Then I had some fun with Corel8. ---



[This message has been edited by Ping_Me (edited October 17, 1999).]

--Say is that slightly anime style drawing? Er, nevermind. Just remarking on how interesting that picture is. Oh, Ping_me read the e-mail I sent you before you post. I just wanted to explain something.--

Yes! I have been released from the clutches of those evil dwarves. Man, they were getting on my nerves. But, we must be on with our quest! There are more battles to be fought!

Ahh yes and maybe we should make a list of who's in our party.

[This message has been edited by The Avenger (edited October 17, 1999).]

-Merlin, you are correct about Demon. It has two other meanings in Stygian. it is both a very high rank(Second to highest military rank) and a term for creatures from a certain plane of existance called the "Demonic Plane".-
*Orca enters the monastary*
Orca: Merlin, we should move on. Master-Dead established a communication with the Flaming Demon, and he told of terrible occurances in the Stygian capital. The minions of the Dark Wizard are combing the streets, forcing every living or undead creature into its basements in fear, as fear itself prowls the streets.
Merlin- How can fear itself prowl the streets?
Orca- In the form of the Vetrecitys, a strange creature that draws upon every living and undeads mind and memories. They feed off of that, and they leave creatures as empty-minded wanderers.
Merlin- Then why have we not heard of them before? They sound like a dangerous creature.
Orca- The answer is simple: I have, you haven't. They live in MY dimension. The Dark Wizard no doubt summoned them through the same dimension portals that brought me and all the others here.
Merlin- Those creatures live around you? Then how come you survive?
Orca-Because they are locked up in the highest security prison, with security provided only by robots. My guess is the Dark Wizard pulled them out of their cells to help him.
Merlin- This could be problamatic indeed. Alert Flaming Demon that these creatures are from your realm. Do you know how to deal with them?
Orca- Oh yes, very well. I almost ENJOY meeting them these days. I love the looks on their faces when they are flooded with happy memories.
Merlin- Then I will assign you to deal with any we encounter.
Orca- Fine by me.
-Anyone want to guess where I pulled those creatures from? Their name isn't the same, but almost all of the things I described about them are. I thought they would be good servants of evil so I inserted them.-


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-Space Orca
Space Orca's best qoutes:
"The Force is strong in you. The force of my lightsaber coming down!"
"A planet of pokemon? Don't bomb it from orbit. A few might survive. Get the Death Star in here!"
"Hmmmm... It looks like my Lightsaber needs a little repair work. Know of any lightsaber repair shops in town?"
"Luke Skywalker drew his lightsaber... and turned it in to the art teacher"
"Pokemon is spelled S-T-U-P-I-D!"
If you have any more funny quotes, just send them to me.

(Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't Space Orca captured by the Dark Wizard and has been held in his castle? Not that I don't want him here, the more the merrier, but I think Merlin may have to note to edit a part to explain his escape. And Avenger, did I use your character OK in the fight scene at the dwarves' place? And a few lines for the story)

*Gebohq pondered about Ji'tory's possesion by the Dark Wizard. It sent shivers down his back thinking about being controlled by someone else, for he knew also what it was like to unwillingly serve under someone else. Thinking about what was to happen if he were to be in Ji'Tory's position only made him depressed, so he tried ignoring the evil thoughts. Yet they continued to taunt him...*

(and to make a head count, not including representatives of other races, there's Merlin, Ping_Me, bug, Gebohq(me), Avenger, Space Orca, umm....well, that's 6, who am I missing? Question being: how many, because in the Hobbit, having 13 was bad, and if we have 13...and if I spelled Ji'tory's name wrong, sorry. One last thing, do you want a hand-drawn pic of my character on Monday or wait until my skin is done and I show a pic of that[which shouldn't be too long I hope]?)

[This message has been edited by Gebohq (edited October 17, 1999).]

You did good Gebohq. I'm almost done with my character drawing.

Merlin thought I was captured by the dark wizard, really I was just captured by the Stygians who wanted me to help them overthrow the dark wizard.

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-Space Orca
Space Orca's best qoutes:
"The Force is strong in you. The force of my lightsaber coming down!"
"A planet of pokemon? Don't bomb it from orbit. A few might survive. Get the Death Star in here!"
"Hmmmm... It looks like my Lightsaber needs a little repair work. Know of any lightsaber repair shops in town?"
"Luke Skywalker drew his lightsaber... and turned it in to the art teacher"
"Pokemon is spelled S-T-U-P-I-D!"
If you have any more funny quotes, just send them to me.

(How easily I forget. Merlin, check your mail, and I'll be back Monday. I know, what a waste of a reply. Well, we could talk about the philosical aspects of religion...nah. How about a raise of hands who like the following things: Freakazoid, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Amazon Women on the Moon, Wierd Al and his new CD, Star Trek(and still like Star Wars too), Lord of the Rings(if you don't what are you doing here?), the Matrix...OK I'll stop there before the ranting gets the better of me. Until tommorow, bye.)

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"Is it a crime to be (computer)illiterate?"-Krusty the clown

:::Gebohq:::

Ji'tory stared into space. She sat on a stone bench. It was only when Ping_me stood in front of her did she realise he was there. He sat down next to her, and she looked into his eyes.

Not far away in some part of the Monastary, a bell chimed. That was soon followed by a voice:
"In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Introibo ad altare Dei.
Another voice responded:
"Ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.

"I feel like I've been raped." she said to him finally. She looked at the floor with tears in her eyes.

P: Judica me, Deus, et diserne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab homine iniquo et doloso erue me."
S: Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea: quare me repulisti, et quare tristis incedo, dum affligit me inimicus?"

"I was weak," she went on, "I'm endangering us... It's all my fault." She sobbed.
"No it isn't. It's not your fault. The Dark One is powerful. It could have been anyone of us."

P: "Emitte lucem tuam, et veritatem tuam: ispa me deduxerant, et adduxerant in montem sanctem tuum, et in tabernacula tua."
S: "Et introibo ad altare Dei: ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam."

"What do you think of me?" she asked.
Ping looked startled. Ji'tory leaned over and buried her face in his robes.

P: "Confitebor tibi in cithara, Deus, Deus meus: quare tristis es, anima mea, et quare conturbas me?"
S: "Spera in Deo quoniam adhuc confitebor illi: salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus."

"You're a warrior. Strong of will, mind and body. You have a beautiful spirit." She started to hold him tighter. //Hoo Boy// he thought to himself.

P: "Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto."
S: "Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper: et in saecula saeculorum. Amen."

"People love you, Ji'tory." she jerked up to meet his eyes. "They feel that you're important to them. You are important." She put her head on his shoulder.

P: "Introibo ad altare Dei."
S: "Ad Deum qui leatificat juventuem meam."

"C'mon. Let's take a walk." Ping said. They both got up, but Ji'tory still insisted on leaning on his shoulder.
"I guess what I need are freinds. Merlin and Dragonfly... " She paused and looked at him. "And.... you." she smiled. //There she goes again. Well she really need to be with someone right now.//

P: "Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini."
S: "Qui fecit caelum et terram."

After a short time they rounded a corner and saw a Mass in progress. The voice was Johnathan's and he stood slightly bowed toward an altar and a suspended statue of a man with his arms stretched out across a pair of wooden beams, apparently nailed there. The second voice came from another man kneeling and the foot of the altar steps. The small chapel was filled with monks. Ping lead Ji'tory to a place to kneel. He knelt down on the kneeler and he motioned for her to do so too.

Johnathan: "Kyrie eleison"
S: "Christe eleison"
J: "Kyrie eleison"

Congragation:
"Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax hominibus voluntatis. Laudamus te..." going on for minutes.

Ji'tory seemd to relax in the comforting atmosphere. They knelt together for a long time.

J: "Dominus vobiscum."
All: "Et cum spirtiu tuo."

J: "In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti."

--PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS IT IS IMPORTANT!

I know this is long, but I hope it will clarify the story and help you understand what I am doing.

Ok. I will do a inventory of all major characters and where they are and what state they are in. Everybody look at this so we can get things straight. Also I will sum up the characters emotional/psychological/physical states and how they have evolved in the story so far. (This will kinda be a story analysis like teachers do). Note I have divided them into message board people, story characters, story villians.

Major characters:

Merlin (with party)
Bug (with party, still unconsious)
Ping_me (with party)
Space Orca (with party)
Dirtbag (with party, held in cage)
Gebohq (with party)
Avenger (with party after being released by dwarves)
Dragonfly (with party)
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Ji'tory (elf, with party, in state of shock at present)
Dwin (dwarve, with party)
Afarassa (merfolk, with party)
Turneh (beuto, with party)
Master Dead (Stygian, with party)
Yorg (Goblin, elsewhere hasn't returned yet)
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Note: There are 6 Dark Wizards (including Bazaal, though the Dark Child isn't in that count of 6)
Dark Wizard Bazaal (Dark Wizard, tring to corrupt world, in Dark Towers (Dark Towers is his castle)
Dark Child (Son of Dark Wizard)
Jezaba (mistress to Bazaal, mother of Dark Child, one of the 6 Dark Wizards)
4 other Dark Wizards

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Ok. First I wish to explain something. One, I hope some of you have noticed how much I work with emotions of the characters. First I need to explain where I am coming from as a writer. One I've seen authors (not just in post stories, but in level plots too) make (what I feel) is the mistake of not working with the mind of characters. I don't want anybody to feel I am saying what I do is better than anyone else, I am just saying my philosophy about story writing. I see people at time write posts where new enemies show up and we fight them and a story is made longer by adding more enemies to fight. So the only conflict one has is physical. But many people forget the spirtual, emotional, and psychological side to a character, using these adds depth to characters, story, and gives the work meaning. Also I run from the assumtion in fiction that my characters are REAL people and react and feel like real people. Let me give an example, in the scene after Ji'tory's mind control bit. Some of us would simply walk away from that and not take it any further. But if you assume Ji'tory is a real woman, with real feelings a whole new dimension is added in which the mind control was parmount to rape (rape as an act done to by a rapist to dominate a woman, not cuase he is lusty, this is how it really works in real life) only worse, becuase it was a violation not just of her body, but of her mind and soul! This is compounded by the fact Ji'tory is a warrior, who then is totally violated and dominated by another. The result in a real woman is pain, shame, saddness, fear. Thus we have her emotional break down on the beach. But emotional conflict goes beyond just this. Flaws or uniqueness in each character becomes involved too, for example Ping_me being an electronic being is incapable of romantic love with a woman, BUT Ji'tory falls/is falling in love with him. As you can see this will force him to come out on this subject eventually and it will hurt her. This is compounded by the fact that in a time like this she needs people who she can be close to (emotionally) and trust. This makes that moment where Ping_me will have to turn her away all the MORE painful. In this matter I apologize for not developing your characters more, to help this I need to understand about your characters, their needs, desires, dreams, flaws, strengths, weakness and hopes. Then I can begin to develop and intergrate them into the story. Now, I wasn't going to give this away, but I think you need to know where I am heading. I will do it generally speaking, Ji'tory after finding Ping_me can't love her is not the end, she eventually falls in love with the human knight who will be the representative. Now, I also need to explain I am a very relegious man. So as an author I draw upon that too. I beleive that in the end mankind doesn't truly defeat evil, God does in the end. (Now you are welcome to disagree with me, I am just telling you what I plan to do, please give input). At the war council I and the dwarf forge a powerful Excalibur like sword. At first we don't give it a name. The human knight doesn't see how one sword will help us. So we decide to test its power, so he and I duel. Finally at one point the magic sword hits the knights sword with a sound that shakes the room like thunder, and the knights sword is split in two. Ji'tory then remebers with awe and ancient mellinum old elven phrophecy told to her by her grandfather when she was young. How in the time of great need a sword of power would be forged, and it would be named, "Consilium ex Deo" (Latin for Will of God) and that in the hands of a warrior the evil would be defeated by it. Finally she adds one last cryptic message of the phrophecy, "The sword shall wield the warrior" Merlin agrees that it is a good name, so they call it "Consilium ex Deo" Feeling that the human knight is that warrior he is give it to wield (Merlin: I am a wizard, not a warrior. I will not weild the sword myslef). Then start the long trek to the Dark Towers (Dark Wizard's castle) by going through the Misty Mountians and the Dark Forest (which will take several days) (note: We can't simply ride Balthazar in cause he would be blasted out of the sky. Nor can all the armies simply go with us (due to risk of our army being ambushed and loosing everyone before we got there), a fowarding party (our council) must go a head to the Dark Towers, once there I will use magic to trasport the armies there. Once there, and I teleport in the armies, the battle begins. There is a large undead (Non-Stygian, this is only the Dark Wizard personal undead army not the Stygians, or at least only a few of the higher captians are Stygians) There is an foot soldier army in the valley below with an skeletal archers behind them. The elven archers star the offensive (with minimal effect) then human knights and elven soldiers head in (Ji'tory is with the archers) At one point the Human Kinght (the guy with "Consilium ex Deo" is injured by and arrow in his shoulder. Ji'tory immedately risk her life to pull him from the battle field, once behind our lines, we find while he is not fatally wounded he can't fight in such a condition. So Ji'tory must fufill her destiny and weild the sword. (Now during this time depending on what each of you wish to do, some of you may be out on the battle field, some even fights a two of the dark wizards in the feild itself) Others may wish to come with me and Ji'tory and head into the castle itself. As we travel, some of us may be taken from this party to go one on one with various others we meet in the castle. But eventually I and Ji'tory (possible with others) must face the Dark Wizard. In the battle none of us can beat him. Eventually I am knocked to the ground and am unable to get up. At this point only Ji'tory with the sword is still standing. Bazaal (the Dark Wizard) advances on her, she is filled with fear of what happened earlier, and he knows it and he uses it, he tells how hes going to take her over again, and how hes going to make her like it. Suddenly Ji'tory finds she can hear my mind and I hers. And their is a new will present. At this point I describe this will from Ji'tory's experince and show it in contrast to the experince she had earlier with the dark wizard. How this will is powerful, yet it restrains that power, alien, yet famillar, distant yet near, visible, yet hidden. I and Ji'tory realize it is coming from the sword (she asks me if I didn't and I tell her no, I am not that powerful) eventually I realize the meaning the the phrase, "The sword shall wield the warrior" in that, it isn't a sword but a vehicle for something else. Once we set our minds in accordance to that will, Ji'tory describes it as sourounding her, yet feeling more her self than she ever had before. Then the sword begins to glow white hot and a sound like the wind fills the room and the Dark wizard is literally ripped to shreds like an idol made of stand before an angry storm. After this the army out side collapses and the battle is over. Then I add the epilouge (the after story) of how the Knight and Ji'tory marry, they and their decendants create a multi-racial (as in it is open to all races) Order called the "Knights of the sword" who guard and hid the powerful sword. They also, due to the many different races involved become mediators bettween the races (kinda like the jedi knights, but focusing on diplomacy not war) and begins a new age of peace on the world. Merlin retires to his citadel and writes down the legend of what happened and that is the copy you are reading today.

Finnally, I would like each of you to add yourselves to the epilouge of the tale (where you go, stay in this world or return to your own, ect.) Well that is what I had in mind. I don't know if you'll like it or not. As for my character, Merlin is wise and caring, he's grown fond of Ji'tory and loves her like a daughter. And though powerful in lore and magic, he had limits, most of all he is powerless in the face of death. Please remeber I asked all of you to give me an understanding of your characters. Thank you.--

Bug wakes up in a dark room with a killer headache.

"Ow, Ow, Ow!"

*Falls back asleep*

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Good pitching can always stop good hitting and vice versa.
- Yogi Berra?

Wow. Althought I'm finding I don't have time anymore to write anything of importance I want you to know I'm still following this and it all sounds great! Every thread on this board should be like this.

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-ThreeDee
Emissary from the Third Dimension

Orca is a ferocious warrior of 200 years of age. This is not all that old for an orcanoid, but he still has to contend with the fact that his body is starting to age(This will be fixed later, but not in this story). Orca was the captain of a starship+a Whalei(Like Jedi, but of whales, use both sides of the force) Master in his own universe. Orca cares mostly about battle and honor. It might be interesting to have a human woman fall in love with him, but Orca resits. The woman continues, until Orca becomes so annyoed that he kills her in a rage. Then Orca is brought before the human courts, thus complicating our diplomatic negotiations. Just a thought. The other complication is Orca has a grudge against humans because in his universe they are enviormentally-destroying destructive idiots(No offense intended, but sort of like in our Earth universe). And finally, Orca would not weild a sword believed to be a "Magical holy sword" such as the sword to be crafted, because he does not believe in any gods or in silly old prophicies. (Boy, I'm making my charechter a burden, aren't I?) Anyway, thats about all for Orca.-

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-Space Orca
Space Orca's best qoutes:
"The Force is strong in you. The force of my lightsaber coming down!"
"A planet of pokemon? Don't bomb it from orbit. A few might survive. Get the Death Star in here!"
"Hmmmm... It looks like my Lightsaber needs a little repair work. Know of any lightsaber repair shops in town?"
"Luke Skywalker drew his lightsaber... and turned it in to the art teacher"
"Pokemon is spelled S-T-U-P-I-D!"
If you have any more funny quotes, just send them to me.

Dirtbag sits at the floor of his cage, in the barren, windowless room, tapping his fingers against the floor in boredom. Around him is a ring of candles, all burning brightly enough to drive away the shadows.

All of a sudden, he kicks at the cage, muttering. "Stupid rassa-frassin' do gooder sons of bastiches..."

But then, a scuttling, skittering sound attracts Dirtbag's attention. He grins as he spots a normal brown rat poking his nose experimentally out of the stone wall. "Come here, my brotha," Dirtbag whispers to himself, as the rat inches his way across the floor, his nose twitching in the hunt for food.

Reaching inside his mouth, Dirtbag produces a fragment of some long gone meal, and holds it out to attract the rat. Cautiously, the rat approaches the morsel, but when it tries for a nibble, Dirtbag suddenly snatches out a paw and yanks the other rat against the bars of the cage. Dirtbag's eyes glow red for a moment.

A little while later, the heavy lock on the door turns, and a candle-bearing monk cautiously enters the room, a tray of food in one hand. "Unclean one?" the monk intones. "I have come to deliver your meal." But when the monk looks into the cage, all he sees is an ordinary brown rat, sniffing in confusion at the bars.

"Thanks, so much!" comes a demeaning voice from behind the monk. He spins, to find Dirtbag layed out on the top of the doorframe, grinning at him with a mouth full of entirely-too-long and entirely-too-sharp teeth. "I'm so hungry I could eat an ape."

At the time of Dirtbag's next feeding, all that could be found was one caged rat, eight unlit candles, and what was left of the monk.

--disregard--double post--disregard--

[This message has been edited by Dragonfly (edited October 18, 1999).]

ok here you go. Dragonfly is a male. He is strong on the outside yet perfers peace not war. As a young child he was taken from his home and experimented on a research facility under the sea in his world. Later he was able to escape and lived his life hiding from those who wanted him back. Years past and he bacame lonely, and became a type of hermit. Then one day in a town he met a woman who caught his eye. After a while they fell in love and married. Soon a son was born. By then though word had reached the reasearch place of the birth and they set out to capture the whole family. They lived many years in fear and was not able to outfox their pursuers. Soon the soldiers of the reasearch place found them and were able to capture dragonfly's wife and child. He ran away to avoid being captured to go back and save his family. He went back to the research facility and snook in to save his family. They were being experimented on and when his wife was killed, he screamed out in pain and he was almost caught he made a run to save his son, but due to his son's encouragement he left that place to live.He never knew what happened to his son. He lived from then on in a temple in a forest on his planet in peace.---there you go- character history of Dragonfly now back to the story!--


Dragonfly awakens after a long night's rest refreshed in the physical sense but drained in the mental sense. He was lonely and wanted to love again........but couldn't bring himslef to it.The pain was still there.....He had found part of his family but was Turneh enough?

Dragonfly/oh gotta get these thoughts outta my head......have more important things to do//

He walks out to talk to the monks and eat some breakfast.The sun sure shone bright this morning.After he ate he walked out to one of the outer courtyard's to think........
He sits on a stone bench. He closes his eyes to help clear his mind and when he opens them he sees a ghostly beautifull figure standing there in front of him....no one else is around this early in the morning.The figure looks vaguely familiar.........

Ghost:Hello DRagonfly.....how are you?

DRagonfly:I am fine, but who are you?

Ghost:awwwww..........poor DRagonfly.........you have forgot those that were the closest to you........how easily we forget....

DRagonfly:NO! it can't be!.......but it is...............it is you.......my.............my wife! But you are dead! I saw your death with my own two eyes!

Ghost:Yes it is me....I am glad you remember......I can't believe you saw my death.....I have come from above with a message.

Dragonfly:From who? And how did you get here?

Ghost:I have died and am now in a much better place........How i got here does not matter but i will tell you there is more to this world then you think.......The message is from the one above...i was sent because you know me and will beleive me.

Dragonfly:...So what is the message?

Ghost:The message is very simple yet very complex.First you must learn to love again for you deserve a purpose in life and someone lucky out there deserves you......it is your destiny......When the time comes you must love again remember me yet move on with your life! Live again! become the Dragonfly i knew! not this loner looking for something to live for! you may not know it now, but you soon will for the phoenix will reborn and so must you!

DRagonfly:REborn?!?! wha??? And you should know I can never love again! YOu are my one and only!

Ghost:THat makes me feel good, but how does it make you feel? You must let go with your soul......remember but do not dwell! live again! Help MErlin and your new friends for their cause is right and true.

Dragonfly:Yes it is time I must give you something then.ONly then can i truly love again and let go....but know i will always remember you! always!*pulls out locket and walks slowly toward ghost and hands it to her*Here you should know what it is..

Ghost:*with tears in eyes*this is from our honeymoon.........oh we had so much fun...........here and i must give you this *she plucks four feathers and hands them to him*HEre Keep thesse close to your heart for they are blessed and as long as you fly true you will fly fast and strong.Now i must be going you have touched me deeply and the one above knows!YOu are wise! I love you!

Dragonfly:I love you! Don't leave! Stay!*tears fall from eyes*

Ghost:But it is the way things are.YOu will see me again but in a long time....trust me.oh wait*as she begins to fly up she throws down a stone to him*Here this is a gift from the one above (God) Give it to Merlin..he will know what to do with it. Goodbye! remember! always!

Dragonfly:Goodbye*screams as ghost fades into sky* *whispers* goodbye*stops crying and walk towards Merlin's room proud and strong with a great burden lifted off his soul.

AS he walks to Merlin's room, he runs into Turneh.

Turneh:Who was that?Who were you talking to?

DRagonfly:Someone out of the past it was nothing.

Turneh:Ok then but if you need anything you know where i will be..

DRagonfly:Yes...thank you.

Turneh flies off and Dragonfly continues on his walk. Along the way he puts the feathers onto a chain and holds them close to his heart. In his right hand, he holds the rock.It is marbly, bright and beautiful//this is the most beautifull rock i have ever seen//He walks off in search of MErlin to give him the stone.And back in the spot where the ghost stood there was formerly no grass but now beautiful roses grew towards the sun

The winds outside blow through the gardens, slpalshing against Space Orca as he stands by the gardens. He hears a squel from inside, and enters the building. Suspecting something, he heads to where dirtbag was kept. Sure enough, there he finds the remains of a monk, 12 unlit candles, and dirtbag's cage, now occupied by an ordinary rat. Orca utters a word that I would not care to repeat as he lookes around for clues. Dirtbag, being the dirty rascal he is, leaves a pretty easy to follow trail, thought Space Orca as he followed the line of dirt to the temple doors. It stopped abruply there, and Orca guessed Dirtbag had hid when a more powerful figure (Merlin perhaps) walked by. Orca looked around for likely places for Dirtbag to hide. He spotted a small, velvet covered cabnit. Opening it slowly, Orca found a hole being gnawed in the back by a rat. Orca's hands snatched up the rat, but it was only an ordinary black rat. Putting it back with care, Orca continued looking. Finally, Orca found Dirtbag trying to open a secret monk escape tunnel. Dirtbag had eaten through the lock, and was just now inching the door open. Orca entered, a big grin on his face. "We meet on the field of battle at last" Orca said as Dirtbag spun around. The rat sneered, then sped off, not down the tunnel, but towards the main room of the monastary. Orca sprinted after, finding Dirtbag desperatly attempting to squeeze through a crack and get to freedom. Orca grabbed Dirtbag by the tail and hurled him against the room's opposite wall. Dirtbag snarled, blood dripping from his back. Then he made a leap for some potions Merlin had set down. "No you don't!" Orca screamed as Dirtbag smeared one on and grew to human size. Dirtbag then charged at Orca, who nimbly dodged the now big rat. Orca fumbled for his lightsaber, which he realized was in his bedroom. Shrugging, Orca slammed his fist into Dirtbag as he came barreling in. But Dirtbag knocked Orca over and kept on running. Dirtbag was maknig a beeline for where Merlin had put Bug's Rail Detonator! Dirtbag snatched it up, turned it around, and aimed it at Orca. "Now, you enjoying your time fighting me?" Dirtbag asked. "Every last little bit of it!" Space Orca muttered, ducking and dodging the incoming rail shots. Springing behind a line of Chairs, Orca snuck up behind Dirtbag. He knocked the rail detonator out of Dirtbag's hands, sending it onto the floor. As Dirtbag bent to pick it up, Orca gathered the force around him and muttered "Forgive me Merlin". Then, he channeled all the force energy into a ball of pure destruction. It lept from his hands and sent Dirtbag flying backwards. Space Orca fell onto his knees as the Dark Wizard started cackling into his ear, and the last thing he saw was the bloody heap that was the barely-alive Dirtbag.

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-Space Orca
Space Orca's best qoutes:
"The Force is strong in you. The force of my lightsaber coming down!"
"A planet of pokemon? Don't bomb it from orbit. A few might survive. Get the Death Star in here!"
"Hmmmm... It looks like my Lightsaber needs a little repair work. Know of any lightsaber repair shops in town?"
"Luke Skywalker drew his lightsaber... and turned it in to the art teacher"
"Pokemon is spelled S-T-U-P-I-D!"
If you have any more funny quotes, just send them to me.

OK, ab it of info on my character, Gebohq:

physical&bio: He was born on a planet called Mirare in the Unknown regions(the Star Wars universe). Gebohq's race is humanoid, but can give themselves a new "skin", an evolutionary process that let their species hide in hunt of the many dangerous beasts on their planet. The skin can be (practically) any shape or size because the insides of their bodies can contort to the skin, which allows them to perform the actions that they usually perform as a humanoid(that is, if they do not transform in a humanoid shape). Unfortunately, Grand Admiral Thrawn discovered their planet and, his race being decieved, welcomed the Empire with open hands. Before they could realize the evil in the Empire they were enslaved and in no position to fight. Gebohq was one of the few to escape, though the Imperials tried hard to restrain him. Gebohq would not have been hunted down if the Grand Admiral did not notice Gebohq's power with the Force, and reported the finding to the Emperor. Because the Emperor desired power and control over all of the Force, he enlisted as many possible canadites for him to teach. So the Emperor issued for the Imperials to detain him alive and bring him to the him, the Emperor. So Gebohq continues to run from the Imperials, not being able to trust anybody anymore. Only once did he find friendship in someone else, a Jedi Knight(I will not go into this because I plan to write a story about this). Gebohq's physical appearance is humanoid, very dark grey skin with insectoid qualities, though he has a human aspect that makes him more friendly. He wields a dark blue lightsaber with black/grey hints in it. Without the Force, he is still more agile than most, is very hard to restrain him physically, can quickly learn things about operation of weapons, cultures, etc.

Psiciological aspect: Though he tries to be friendly to those in need(taught by his Jedi friend), he finds it hard to trust. He has insight on the motives and thoughts of evil because Gebohq is considered a Grey Jedi, one who walks the line between Light and Dark, he often finds himself using the Dark side. He finds the most difficult of the agents of the Dark side to be depression, for he finds that sometimes the evil in the universe is too much.

He needs only to feel that he can accomplish. He desires to be able to feel that he can trust more easily. He dreams that he can teach others the ways of the Force like his Jedi friend did for him, a bit of immortality in education. His flaws consist of waves of depression and anger of the evil in the universe, "reality checks" he often percieves them as, and feels that fighting for good is futile, he is also not very good in diplomatic situations. His strengths are to be able to look at a situation logically(when he is not depressed), wisdom, and an ease to learn the physical and intellectual. His weaknesses are Force grip and emotionally to feel that he is being controlled by another person or people, to serve them unwillingly. His hopes are to be able to be free of the Imperials' attention and to be able to choose a side of the Force(for the longer you stay a grey Jedi, the more he has to struggle with good and evil in his mind).

There you go, I think I covered everything(and now my fingers are numb). Hope this helps.

[This message has been edited by Gebohq (edited October 24, 1999).]

--Just to let everybody know, space orca you know how you wrote in your last post, well when I rewrite I will put everything into the format I use so it is consistant. So when I look at what you wrote I will probably put them in lines form, ect. Just to let you know. Also Orca, you introduced a new thing into the story with the fear using creatures. But you went no further with it. Do you want to continue it in any way, or should I ingnore it when I edit the tale? Also I intend to edit the opening of the story (boy, was that a LONG time ago) and make it better by cutting out some of the early silly stuff.--

Merlin felt the evil presence even though he was quite a ways from the fight. By the time he arrives he finds neither Dirtbag or Orca anywhere in sight. But Merlin can still feel that evil presence.

Merlin: Bazaal! I know your here.

Voice (filled with a cold darkness): You worry about Orca. . . But you have no say in this. . . You might be able to keep me out of their minds if they don't want me there, but not even you can keep me out if they welcome me. Which he did in his use of dark power like mine. I am taking care of Dirtbag, he is most useful to me.

Ping_me, Ji'tory, and Johnathan enter the room since had heard the fight and came to see what had happened.

Voice (noticing Ji'tory): Ah, Ji'tory. . . remeber how special it was last night.

Ji'tory goes cold and can hear her heart beat in her ears as she hears that voice.

Merlin: Stop this NOW Bazaal!

Voice: Oh, but it is so much fun. Wasn't it Ji'tory. . . Come open your mind to me as Orca has.

Ji'tory eyes grow wide and her hand goes to her mouth as she realizes what he is saying and implying about her.

Merlin: Be silent!

Voice (voice builds to a climax): Then it'll be just like last night. Oh, when I tasted your body. . . hahahaha

Ji'tory steps backwards several paces then turns and runs from the room in terror and shame.

Ping_me: You bastard!

Ping_me runs after her.

The presence ceases in the room.

Johnathan (with an expression of fear): Surely, that was Satan.

Merlin turns to leave the room.

Merlin (softly as he walks out): No. But it was close enough.


[This message has been edited by Merlin (edited October 18, 1999).]

-Yes, I am going to include these creatures of fear themselves soon enough. They just wouldn't bother us in the human's land, their busy garrisoning the Stygian land-
*Orca awakes, his head throbbing with pain. He reaches out, and finds that he can't find anything*
Orca: HELP!!!
Voice: oh, you will get it in time, my new friend. But for now you are with me. And you are trapped here in my nothingness.
Orca: Who in hecks name are you? The Dark Wizard?
Voice: *Cackles* of course not. I am your old "friend", Salanas. My body is under the control of the Dark Wizard, my mind lives in this blackness.
*Orca grabs his lightsaber*
Orca: I'm not afraid to use this!
Voice: But it will not hurt me, my friend. GO ahead, take your best shot.
*A ghostly figure slides out from the dark mist*
Ghost: Take your shot!
*Orcas saber swings right through the ghostly figure, but it has an effect.*
Ghost: AHHHH!
*Ghost is sucked up and destroyed*
*Orca awakes in his own world*
Merlin: What happened?
Orca: I was sucked into a blackness where the ghost of Salanas's mind lived. I killed the ghost of Salanas.
Merlin: Interesting...

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-Space Orca
Space Orca's best qoutes:
"The Force is strong in you. The force of my lightsaber coming down!"
"A planet of pokemon? Don't bomb it from orbit. A few might survive. Get the Death Star in here!"
"Hmmmm... It looks like my Lightsaber needs a little repair work. Know of any lightsaber repair shops in town?"
"Luke Skywalker drew his lightsaber... and turned it in to the art teacher"
"Pokemon is spelled S-T-U-P-I-D!"
If you have any more funny quotes, just send them to me.

Dragonfly wanders around the monastary, thinking about his wife, whom he had just seen(she was an angel), when he turns a corner to see a bright blast, some people running somewhere, and screams......then silence.....worried he runs off to find the trouble.He comes upon a hallway in which everyone is standing looking at something on the floor and Merlin, PIng_me, and Ji'orty off in a room nearby talking to Ji'orty(sorry if i spelled it wrong)There Space Orca sits looking over a red stained object on the floor.

DRagonfly:WHat is that?*poiting to dark red stained object*

As he gets closer he sees the shape is rather large, almost human-size in shape and a broken glass, a broken rail detonator, and a burnt part of the wall.

DRagonfly:WHAt the heck happened here?

Space Orca:I lost control........fell to the dark side.........Dirtbag was trying to escape.....but he took that potion and..............and.........we fought.............and i lost control............and i hurt him horribly.

DRaognfly:YOu shouldn't worry....that rat deserved all he got.....it wasn't your fault.....

Space Orca:yeah................it was.........i........shoudl be...........i should be more strong.........

Jonathon: Do not worry friend, we will help this rat to recover.....he will be find........come talk with me.......I can help

Space Orca and Jonathon walk off to talk.

Monk in room:I can feel a feeling of justness and truth somewhere in this room all of a sudden.....hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......

DRagonfly://I wonder if it is this little rock/i better hold on to it//

Dragonfly walks to room where Merlin is at and asks to speak to Merlin alone.

DRagonfly:Merlin i just saw an angel(ghost).....out in the courtyard.And it was my deceased wife...........she gave me these feathers....Here*gives Merlin feathers*

Merlin: OH my............these are.........these are angel feathers.......so they do exist............I must go speak with JOnathon now come follow me.

Dragonfly:yeah ok......and she gave me this rock*MErlin doesn't hear as he runs off in search of Jonathon

The two find Jonathon talking to Space Orca out in the same courtyard earlier where DRagonfly had seen a ghost.Merlin and Dragonfly wait patiently as Jonathon and Space Orca finish talking

Jonathon:MErlin......what can i do for you?

Merlin: DRagonfly here he said he saw an angel earlier of his wife and she gave him this...*shows JOnathon feathers*

jonathon:*with admiration and aww* These are the feathers of an angel.......where did you get them DRagonfly?

Dragonfly:This courtyard was where she appeared to me............we talked *tells them of the conversation he had with the ghost* and then she gave me these feathers and this rock*pulls out rock* i was supposed to give this to you MErlin...she said you would know what to do with it........

Jonathon:*looking at ground* Hmmmmm..........this is strange........last night this ground was barren now roses grow.....

Merlin:*can't say a word broken back in awe and wonder*

[This message has been edited by Dragonfly (edited October 18, 1999).]

Hot off the presses......a drawing of Gebohq! This was drawn by Gebohq himself! Enjoy!Thanks!

The Avenger is a warrior and jedi healer. Instead of a lightsaber he wields a magical sword. Born somewhere in the unknown regions of the galaxy, he lived on his own...

Waoh! that was creepy! Two pictures are posted at exactly the same time! wow! 2 pics posted at 9:31 geez dudududu dudududu(the outer limits theme) and could everyone do me a favor? cpould you all if you have drawn a pic of yourself please email it to me [url="mailto:dragonfly@massassi.net"]mailto:dragonfly@massassi.net[/url]dragonfly@massassi.net</A> Thanks!

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-Dragonfly
Webmaster of JKBTGExtras
"If I'm not cold, I'm freezing, and if I'm not hot, I'm burning"

-Dragonfly, I did not fall to the dark side, Whaleis are grey Jedi who have discovered how to control the battle of good and eveil in their minds. I would have been fine in my own universe, but my use of dark powers+the force opened my mind up to the dark wizard. Salanas sent the Dark Wizard out of my mind, infesting it himself. But he brought me in to face him, and I defeated him. So I am normal now. And Merlin, I wrote the Dirtbag action scene in the story way not the play way because it involved VERY little talking and a lot of action, which the story version amplifies. I can't explain it much further... I'm like Sulustans, who have a natural gift for navigation. I have a natural gift for writing. I can't explain what I say about writing because I was never taught some of these things, I just knew them. Oh well, I'm getting WAY off subject.-

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-Space Orca
Space Orca's best qoutes:
"The Force is strong in you. The force of my lightsaber coming down!"
"A planet of pokemon? Don't bomb it from orbit. A few might survive. Get the Death Star in here!"
"Hmmmm... It looks like my Lightsaber needs a little repair work. Know of any lightsaber repair shops in town?"
"Luke Skywalker drew his lightsaber... and turned it in to the art teacher"
"Pokemon is spelled S-T-U-P-I-D!"
If you have any more funny quotes, just send them to me.

"Ji'tory wait!!" Ping yelled as he pursued her down the basement halls. Almost losing her around a corner, he zoomed up a flight of stairs leading to the main floor. He passed Dragonfly who was holding a rock and some feathers. He glanced around trying to find where she went. Seeing her turn down another hall he ran after her.

"Ji'tory!" He ran across the central garden to the sanctuary, many monks snapped out of meditation and chores to watch the passing spectacle. Ping flung open the heavy wooden doors to the Sanctuary and there he found her shivering on a bench. She had her arms wrapped around herself and was rocking back and forth.

"Ji'tory. Ji'tory!" He said urgently. He knelt down in front of her and placed his hands on he upper arms trying to shake her.

"Ji'tory! C'mon snap out of it!" She only more insistantly rocked and now shook her head and moaned.

Ping never really figured out what made him say what he said next, "Ji'tory, wake up! The nightmare is over!"

She stopped rocking and brought her eyes up to meet his. They were red from excessive crying and the glistened with new tears. She threw her arms around him and sobbed all the more. Ping reciprocated the action trying to quiet her all the while.

Later Johnathan strode in followed by Merlin. Ping_Me still knelt on the ground in front of her while she sat on the bench. She held his hand firmly in her lap.

Ping looked from Johnathan to Merlin, with a face that spoke volumes without saying a word. Merlin simply shook his head while Johnathan made a motion over Ji'tory, a single hand movement down and another across the first. Mumbling "In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti." Finally resting his hand on her brunette head. He walked away after a breif pause.

Merlin and Ping looked on helplessly as Johnathan comforted her and walk away. Both realising that with all their powers they could do nothing. Ji'tory calmed down, then with a tear streaked face she looked from Ping to Merlin with determination.

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Guidelines for heroes:
Girls: It's okay to wear skimpy clothing as long as you can kick butt.
Guys: It's okay to look like a girl as long as you can kick butt.

Bug is busy trying to get some sleep when he is waken up by some voices in the other room. They are yelling loudly at each other, making bug's head throb due to his terrible headache.

Bug gets up from the bed and walks over to the wall. "HEY!! KEEP IT DOWN IN-" He is interrupted by several loud explosions.

"What the?!! Some jerk's using my rail detonater!" Bug walks towards the door. "someone is going to get smacked!" The explosions continue. Suddenly there is a loud blast of force destruction, then silence. Bug stops in his tracks. "uh, oh. That didn't sound good." There are voices echoing through the halls as people come running. Then one terrible voice overshadows them all. "You worry about Orca. . . But you have no say in this. . . You might be able to keep me out of their minds if they don't want me there, but not even you can keep me out if they welcome me. Which he did in his use of dark power like mine. I am taking care of Dirtbag, he is most useful to me." This is too much thinks bug to himself. The voice continues talking, making bug's head throb with every word. Someone runs out of the other room, and down the hallway. Bug starts pounding on the wall again. "HEY! SOME PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP IN HERE, YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT! NOW SHUT UP BEFORE I COME IN THERE AND BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF YOU"

The voice ceases in the other room. "Hmm... that worked better than I thought it would" thinks bug to himself. He climbs back into his bed and starts to drift off into sleep. Suddenly the voice is back, this time right above his head.

Voice: "That wouldn't be bug would it?"

Bug: "who the **** are you? And keep it down. I have a headache"

Voice: "So sorry. What's the problem? Is your weak little mind hurting you? That wouldn't have anything to do with drinking that potion last night would it?"

Bug: "How did you know about that! That's the last thing I remember before I woke up here. Where the hell am I anyways?"

Voice: "That potion allowed me to take over your mind. A little incident which was sadly shortlived. By the way, I wouldn't talk to Ji'tory or Avenger for a while. They might be holding a gruge against you. Could have something to do with taking over Ji'tory's mind and trying to kill Avenger. Oh and where you are. Well, it looks like you are sitting in a dark room. Well so long until we meet again. You are different than the others, bug, you are a lot easier to control. You could be really useful to me. Be a good servent, and get lots of sleep. You may have a big day ahead of you."

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Good pitching can always stop good hitting and vice versa.
- Yogi Berra?

When Dirtbag awoke, he was in a dark place. It was pretty comforting actually. Looking around, he found himself in some underground cavern made up of black, volcanic rock. He was on an island of rock in the midst of a lake of boiling blood, on which sat a throne of skulls. And on that throne sat a man hidden away in black robes, whose very presence seemed to suck in all light and all goodness and all hope like a black hole. "Woah," Dirtbag commented. "Cool digs."

"Welcome back to the land of the living, Dirtbag," said the robed man.

"Dark Wizard extrodinaire Bazaal, I presume?" he replied, offering a ratty little bow.

"You presume correctly, my friend. Have I presumed as accuratly in assuming your preferrance for your 'natural' rodent form?"

"Yeah, you guessed right, all right. I don't know what I was thinking, drinking that crap of Merlin's. And taking on that fish guy in a stand up fight? What kind of crack was I on? Anyway, Bazzy, thanks for the first aid, but if you don't mind, I'll be on my way..."

"KNOW THAT I HAVE SAVED YOUR VERY LIFE!" Bazaal boomed. "You owe your existance to me."

Dirtbag sniffed. "Yeah, don't do me no favors now."

"SILENCE! Dirtbag, from this moment on, I own you. You are now MINE!"

Dirtbag looked around for a shadow, unimpressed. "Show me a reciept on that one, will ya," he returned casually. "Meanwhile, where's the nearest pan-dimension portal out of Hell?"

Bazaal leaned back in his throne. "I like you Dirtbag; you amuse me. I will let you go now for the same reason, with the knowledge that whatever you do will be for the side of darkness, and whatever you do for darkness will be for me."

Suddenly, Dirtbag awoke in a forest outside human monestary. He scratched his head, looked around, then abruptly lashed out a tree. "Dammit," he sighed to himself. "I was so close..."

(Note: Storywise, leave me out of circulation until my next post. I'm cooking something up. Heh heh heh...)

--Ok. I need a bit of help clearing up some stuff. (specifically if my slight plot alterations are ok). Both Dirtbag and Orca have disappeared during the disscussion involving Ji'tory (Dirtbag shows this in his writing too) Ok, now Orca you have a vision of your mortal enemy. Now is it really him, or a division of your self you face? Or is it an extension of the Dark Wizard. Also I like what bug did, but I wanted to point out it wasn't bug who was controling Ji'tory it was the Dark Wizard going through bug. Orca you said you reappeared after you defeated it. Assuming for a minute it was your darker side you fought, I could work the idea that your choice to fight him was a choice of rebellion against evil (thus the Dark Wizard was unable to finish transport to where he was takeing you unlike Dirtbag who did make it there. So that bit (whoever mentioned it) about Johnathan taking care of Dirtbag doesn't happen just by what dirtbag shows. As for what happens to her. I liked the way everybody worked around the event. But I was a bit confused by some of them. I think one of you said they see dirtbag on the floor but he is gone, I'm not asking you to change anything in your posts, this is more of a note to myself on what to do later. So I needed to know if that sounds alright Orca. As for Dragonfly I liked what you introduced with the bit about the feathers and the stone. (though I have an idea for the stone as soon as you put it in.) But I will later have to really flesh out what happened in what order. I know Orca couldn't have reappeared until after I had left the room, so the bit with Ji'tory and Ping_me must have happened next. Then after that I must have meet you Orca, then the bit about Dragonfly and the stone. While bug's bit must have happened at the same time as the bit with Bazaal talking to Ji'tory.--

Merlin (to Dragonfly as he hands him back the feathers): Thank you for showing us these. But if your wife gave them to you, they are meant for you. I know not what they mean, but keep them close to you. As for this stone, I am actually puzzled by it. I don't recognize it as natural. But it seems to have a quality about it similar to magic, yet not. I am not sure what it does, but I think we will know what to do with it when the time comes.

My syonpsis of character:

Name: Ping_Me
Race: Computer generated entity (Human appearance)
Homeworld: Coruscant Cyberspace
Home System: Whatever System Coruscant is in.
Age: (chronological): 137 (physical): 20
Profession: Indeleble Computer Phenomena
Place of Education (if applicable): N/A
Place of Residence: Galctic CyberNet
Abilites: Hyperintelligence. Ability to use and manipulate energy as a means of defence. Able to manifest himself anywhere there is a CyberNet terminal.
Weapon of coice: Energy Sword (not lightsaber mind you.)

Origins: Created by 12 year old girl hacker on the lower levels of Courscant. Since the death of his creator, roams Galactic CyberNet as a benevolent entity. During Imperial reign, he reteated to the lower depths and
unknown regions of the CyberNet so as not to be detected by Imperials. Spent most of his time talking to mousebots. Secretly assisted the Alliance. Almost bought it in the destruction of the first Death Star, knew
better than to be on the second one. Known to create pockets of excellent transfer rates to online gamers.

You can find this and others in that funky little post Merlin started so long ago:
http://forums.massassi.net/html/Forum1/HTML/001105.html

-No, I did not fight the "darker side of myself." As you recall, my archrival was on the side of thte dark wizard but plotting against him. So when Solanas used the force, teh Dark Wizard locked on and took over Solonas. But SOlanos was trong enough to transport his mind and force enrgy into the void of the soul-world. Then, when the dark wizard latched onto my mind, he stopped the dark wizard and took over my mind INSTEAD and took me INSIDE my own mind to where he was. There I killed him, and I was back to normal. Everyone get that now?-

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-Space Orca
Space Orca's best qoutes:
"The Force is strong in you. The force of my lightsaber coming down!"
"A planet of pokemon? Don't bomb it from orbit. A few might survive. Get the Death Star in here!"
"Hmmmm... It looks like my Lightsaber needs a little repair work. Know of any lightsaber repair shops in town?"
"Luke Skywalker drew his lightsaber... and turned it in to the art teacher"
"Pokemon is spelled S-T-U-P-I-D!"
If you have any more funny quotes, just send them to me.

Synopsis:
*Incoming Message*
Technical Data: Avenger

Name: Avenger, The (Yes, first name The, last name Avenger)
Race: Unknown
Homeworld: Malacrest (No longer exists)System: Outer Realm
Age: 37
Profession: Assassin
Place of Education: Unknown
Residence: Anywhere he damn well pleases
Abilities: Superintelligence, Huge grasp of Force Power.
Weapon of Choice: The Mytical Energizer sword.

The Origin of The Avenger:
Created in a freak accident in a neo-genetic experiment, The Avenger was doomed to roam the galaxy as a mistake. His body left him to live forever fused inside his suit, his features deformed. Using his intelligence, he stole an advanced spacecraft and escaped Malacrest shortly before it was destroyed. He was almost captured by the Galactic Empire and was forced to make an emergency landing on an indeveloped planet. There' he met a Jedi Master, who took pity on the deformed figure and trained him in the ways of the force. This seemed to be his destiny, and he excelled. After years of training, his Master was weak and bedraggled, and The Avenger watched in horror as his Master fell into a long sleep and died. The Avenger, crushed and depressed, found his buried starcraft, boarded it, and set a random hypercourse and flashed off towards the center of the galaxy...

--Thank you Orca, that is what I thought you meant but when you put it down like that it was much clearer. Thank you. Say I have a question. When I finish the revisions and post the final version of the story, will any of you read it? The reason why I ask is that I plan to do things with the plot (add details to make it fuller, add dialouge to make it clearer or what I feel better fits my characters (that is why I want to grasp what kinda person your characters are, not bio data I mean inside in their hearts what are they like, what are their issues, what are their hopes and fears and desires) and also like in places earlier where like Orca wrote everything in a paragraph form because he lost the original he had so he just described what happened, I would turn that into dialouge and experince parts (experince parts refer to what I do when I don't write dialouge and instead write paragraph style to describe souroundings or sensations characters have). And sometime plot alterations, like when dragonfly showed me those angel feathers. I felt after reading that, that those where a special gift to you from your wife and meant for you. This caused me a problem with you showing them to my character and how he rushes off to tell Johnathan like "show and tell" when I felt the feathers were something sacred bettween you and your wife (like marriage vows are). That was why I had trouble doing anything with them story wise. When I read it I kept getting the feeling like Merlin and Johnathan gawking at something emotionally and spiritually sacred bettween Dragonfly and his wife. The result was I felt it was out of character for Merlin. But then maybe I am misunderstanding Dragonfly's use of the feathers.--

--to put it nicely, you did in fact get it wrong because when you were, as you say, "gawking" you didn't know it was from my wife yet and thought the items were beautifull and special in some now-unknown way.you were admiring them and knew they were veryspecial.there you go--

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-Dragonfly
Webmaster of JKBTGExtras
"Four legs good, two legs better!"

I will most definately read it Merlin. And I hope to have a picture of my skin(which will most likely look better than my hand-drawn one) up on the board. Now if I could only think of something for Gebohq to do right now...any ideas guys? If you do, don't be afraid to write it.