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Post by Just14 on Mar 31, 2015 17:17:34 GMT -5
For those of you that have not tried out this CYOA yet, please remember that you may only choose one of the Summoners stories to follow. If you do not wish to interact in the Summoners of Darkness story and prefer Summoners of Light, do not read any further. If you wish to participate in Summoners of Darkness, please post in the corresponding discussion topic.
Prologue: Return of Shadows
Somewhere in a desolate land trapped within a dark void, a lone figure is collapsed on the ground. The dark landscape is set by a destroyed tower. The tall tower has fallen apart with a fountain at the top, once flowing with water, but now completely dry. The figure stays unmoving as another floats down to it. The second figure continues to float over the first, inspecting them. With a snap of their fingers, the second figure quickly summons a small bottle. Inside, it contains the remnants of the final waters once flowing through the fountain. The water shines brightly while held by the figure and holds a mystic quality. The light reveals the face of its holder, showing a black and white face with a mysterious smile. The yellow eyes continue to look over the one on the ground before the one with the bottle soon pours the water down onto the collapsed character. The light of the water is soon absorbed by the figure on the ground as they begin to wake up, coughing.
"Ah, so it seems you aren't dead." The floating creature speaks in a somewhat taunting tone. "It took me a while to find you in here. I probably should have thought of checking next to that old tower. You've had quite the nap. That must have been an exhausting battle though. I am Dimentio. Can you remember who you are?"
The figure on the ground slowly makes their way onto their feet while Dimentio speaks to them. "I...I'm not sure. I don't think I can remember much."
"No, I suspected as much. Well, that won't matter much now, will it? I can help you remember. You used to be a part of the Shadow King. The Shadow King had two halves and you were the part of darkness. Basically, you attempted to take over a whole bunch of different worlds, but failed miserably. Now both you and I are trapped here. Those twelve heroes trapped is here so we wouldn't do it again. It seems that you nearly died in that battle though. If I didn't keep that water, you would have just been a useless Soul Gem. Lucky for you, I found a way out. This may be a lot to take in right now, but I suggest that you come along or else you will be stuck here forever."
"Well...I don't know. Being trapped in some unknown place with a stranger that promises to get me out doesn't really sound safe..."
"You seem rather unsure. Perhaps I can use a spell to try and jog your memory. If you remember a bit, you might be more confident in your choice." Dimentio snaps his fingers again and the figure is inside a box. "Now, try to think deeply. Can you remember what you look like? Can you remember your name?" The box begins to glow as it slowly starts to reveal the unknown figure...
Character Creation
The main character of this story will be determined by you. You get to create your own character for this story by coming up with their appearance, name, and abilities. Once you've all either chosen a player's character or collaborated to create one together, you can then start.
Options
This CYOA will often end with a series of options for an action to take. At some times there will be an option to create your own custom choice and at other times you may be able to move about freely.
A. Accept Dimentio's offer
B. Decline Dimentio's offer
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Post by Just14 on Apr 4, 2015 14:43:11 GMT -5
Dimentio's box glows ominously as the figure inside is revealed. A man in black samurai armor stands there and looks on, in an attempt to regain some of his memory. "Yes, I can see it now." His cape rises from the wind blowing. "My name is Iran, samurai of the shadows. My dark powers will destroy all in my way. I will shroud all in darkness." Dimentio then snaps again as the box disappears. Iran approaches slowly. "Well let's get out of here. Where's the exit?"
"It isn't too far from here. Just over by the tower. Maybe seeing the ruins of your old home will help you remember more of when you were once the Shadow King." Dimentio begins to float off toward the tower with Iran walking close behind. "It was pretty impressive how long you kept them in here actually."
"What are you talking about? Who is 'them'?"
"You really can't remember much of anything, can you? Basically, you created this tower to trap all these worlds hit by a powerful apocalypse and you planned to reap the souls of them all, making a giant shadow army and taking over the many other worlds. It's a very long story. In the end, those you had trapped for their souls fought you, breaking free and restoring their worlds." They both continue along amongst the rubble. "It was close, but in the end, your other half sacrificed herself to kill you. You both died, but I had revived you easily using the fountain water that used to flow here."
"Interesting. That is worrisome though. If you could revive me that easily, why couldn't someone just as easily revive my other half?"
"Well nobody mentioned her anywhere, so it's probably safe." The two climb a staircase to the top of the rubble tower. There they see a large doorway through a dark void. "There it is. Come on, that hand wanted to see you for something." Dimentio flies on into the doorway and Iran walk in slowly.
The walk is dark and nothing can be seen, but Iran is unfazed. It is somewhat refreshing in fact. At the end, he reaches a strange place floating in seemingly nothing. The platform he stands on shines in the unnatural light source from afar. As he stands there with Dimentio, a large, white hand comes floating in, spasmodically moving around its fingers. "Ah, ArE yOu ThE tWo I wAs LoOkInG fOr? ThE bAnIsHeD gRoUp Of WoRlD dEsTrOyErS? ThIs WiLl WoRk PeRfEcTlY! HaAhAaHaA!" This hand has a very strange speech pattern. It seems mentally unstable. "AlRiGhT, sUmMoNeR, lIsTeN tO mE. YoU'rE gOiNg To HeLp Me TaKe OvEr A sPeCiAl WoRlD. DoN't EvEn TrY tO gO oFf AnD dO wHaTeVeR yOu WaNt EiThEr. I rEsCuEd YoU fRoM tHaT pRiSoN aNd I cAn JuSt As EaSiLy PuT yOu BaCk! BeFoRe I sEnD yOu ThErE, i'Ll HaVe To GiVe YoU sOmE eQuIpMeNt. HeRe." The hand creates a ball of darkness that soon shifts into a Dark Tome and strange cube. Iran grabs the tome and holds the cube in his hand. "LoOk InTo ThE cUbE. DePeNdInG oN wHaT yOu SeE cOuLd DeCiDe YoUr FiRsT sUmMoNeD cReAtUrE. UsE iT oNlY wHeN yOu'Re In BaTtLe. WhAt Do YoU sEe?"
"Hmm..." Iran focuses deeply on his cube.
A. "A phoenix."
B. "I can't tell. There's a lot of animals in there."
C. "It's too dark. I can't see it."
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Post by Just14 on Apr 10, 2015 16:32:30 GMT -5
"A phoenix." Iran glares back at the large hand with an inquisitive look.
"DoN't WoRrY. I gArUnTeE yOu'Ll HaTe EaCh OtHeR!" The hand let's out a maniacal giggle as he floats over the samurai and the magician. "NoW wE'vE bEeN tAlKiNg WaY tOo LoNg! ThErE aRe WoRlDs To TaKe OvEr!" With that sentence, Iran rolls his eyes and begins to walk off, but is quickly grabbed in a tight grip by the hand, unable to escape. "FoRgEt WaLkInG! My WaY iS mUcH fAsTeR! BeSiDeS, yOu CaN oNlY eNtEr AnD lEaVe ThIs PlAcE tHrOuGh TrAvErSiNg WoRlDs!" Before Iran can object, the hand quickly rears back and launches him away through a portal. "HaVe FuN lItTlE pAwN!" The hand continues to laugh as it is the last thing Iran hears before reaching the end of the swirling, purple portal.
Once reaching the end, Iran falls down out of the portal and tumbles across the ground on something bristling against his armor. It's wet too. He slowly gets up and brushes the dew coated grass off his armor, looking around to take in the surroundings.
The black samurai stands in a sunlit field that seems nearly endless save a few trees and herds of Tauros grazing. The light momentarily blinds Iran as he was used to the darkness a moment ago. Why was he sent to the middle of nowhere? As Iran questions this hand's motives, a strange ripple in space is seen as Dimentio appears.
"Why, you sure look confused. Perhaps I can shed some light on your situation. That hand sent you here to train. Not on something easy like Tauros either. He's going to throw his own soldiers at you! Don't worry, they're all pushovers anyway. Just thought I might tell you to get ready! I can't help you though. He said it was your test as his summoner or whatever. I hope you get the hang of fighting fast though! Your first round starts now!" Dimentio snaps his fingers as the same strange shift summons three humanoid creatures. They have purple bodies with green armor and glowing, red eyes. They begin to charge towards Iran, ready to fight with their fists.
"Alright, I better make a battle strategy. Maybe I can exploit some kind of weakness with my magic."
Weaknesses, Strengths, and Resistances
Some characters will carry certain advantages and disadvantages to certain attacks. Test out your attacks on your enemies to find it or use an ability to gain the opponent's information. Check the stats area for Character strengths and weaknesses.
A. Spam Dark Orb
B. Use the strange cube
C. Attempt to find weakness with Randomize
D. Don't use skills, just smack it with the book
E. Custom
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Post by Malefio on Apr 10, 2015 17:25:58 GMT -5
B, they seem to be dark creatures, so A is not a good option. B intrigues me.
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Post by Just14 on Apr 13, 2015 9:47:52 GMT -5
"I'll save this for later. Let's try to get a weakness for now." Iran stores the cube away within his armor while opening his Dark Tome and creating a strange, white ball. The Primids seem confused, but still run towards him, soon getting blasted away from an Arcfire. The stream of fire incinerates one of the Primids entirely and knocks the other two backward. Well, they aren't weak to fire. The two left approach quickly and land a couple of weak punches on Iran. "It will take more than that to beat me!"
Iran casts Randomize again as the white orb floats out of his tome. This time the orb releases a PK Freeze. A swirling wind of cold freezes another Primid, defeating it. The last Primid tackles Iran entirely, attempting to hold him down, but Iran throws it off.
"Once more..." Iran casts Randomize again and another powerful blaze of fire is expelled from the book. This time it was Flamethrower. The attack burns away the final Primid, but Iran didn't find a weakness. Going over the fight, he keeps in mind that Primids are neutral to fire and ice.
"You aren't finished yet! Don't get comfortable! Your next opponent will put up a better fight." Dimentio snaps his fingers in his familiar way, summoning two more Primids like before and a new type of Primid Iran hasn't seen. This Primid holds a glowing sword and Iran is pretty sure glowing swords must mean light damage. He has to finish that one quickly before he gets hit by his weakness!
A. Dark Orbs and lots of 'em!
B. Better save ourselves with Randomize!
C. Now is a good time to use that cube.
D. Beat it senseless with a book!
E. Custom
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Post by Malefio on Apr 13, 2015 16:14:13 GMT -5
C
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Post by pielover19 on Apr 14, 2015 15:36:13 GMT -5
D! D!
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Post by Just14 on Apr 15, 2015 7:37:02 GMT -5
"Now seems like a good time to use that cube." Iran takes out the Strange Cube and throws it at the Sword Primid. The cube bounces off of it slightly before flashing. Iran feels a sudden burst of heat as the temperature rises. As he looks up, he notices there's a woman standing in front of the Sword Primid and she's on fire. There are actual flames around her. The fire around her shifts into wings as they create a powerful wind to blow back the three Primids. Is this what he meant by only using the cube when it's needed most?
The woman's fire is blasted toward the Sword Primid, consuming it and destroying it entirely as the Primid blasts apart. It must have been extra effective, but Iran knows fire didn't do that before. Maybe those flames aren't real fire. As Iran thinks, the two other Primids begin to attack the woman. He runs up and knocks away both of them, bashing them with his tome. The woman notices him helping out and the two prepare to fight together.
She launches another flame at one of the remaining Primids as Iran runs ahead and bashes the last one repeatedly with his book. With both Primids defeated, the two take a moment to recollect their thoughts. Iran takes a better look at the woman as they stand there. She has long, black hair and her eyes are hidden behind sunglasses. She's also wearing a red dress along with black high heel shoes. He notices that the light around her he thought was fire is more like some kind of light radiating from her. When she looks at him, her face stays rather emotionless.
"Well, it looks like you found the surprise! That was a Link Cube! Looks like you are a summoner after all. Oh, but it isn't over yet. That hand has way more training dummies for you. You two don't seem very social though. Here, let's get started. Iran, this is Vivian. Vivian, this is Iran! Great! Now onto the icebreakers!" Dimentio snaps his fingers as three more Primids appear. These ones are colored light blue instead of green and start to approach.
LEVEL UP
Iran Lv. 1 -> 2
A. Iran focuses on physical and Vivian focuses on magic
B. Vivian focuses on physical and Iran focuses on magic
C. Both focus physical
D. Both focus magic
E. Take turns beating them senseless with the book!
F. Throw a Tauros at them!
G. Custom
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Post by Malefio on Apr 15, 2015 8:10:08 GMT -5
Hahaha, F no contest xd
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Post by pielover19 on Apr 15, 2015 15:38:57 GMT -5
F.
Also, so that's where the Link Cube comes from...
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Post by Just14 on Apr 15, 2015 16:09:37 GMT -5
F. Also, so that's where the Link Cube comes from... Yeah, this thing will explain the arena pretty in depth. |
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Post by Awkward on Apr 16, 2015 6:10:00 GMT -5
D.
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Post by Just14 on Apr 21, 2015 18:44:00 GMT -5
"Alright, I'll take the front and you stay behind to use magic." Iran walks ahead to take on the Primids as Vivian steps back with her aura blazing.
With the battle starting, Iran runs forward and begins hitting on of the Primids with his tome. After hitting it a few times, the Primid attempts to retaliate, only to be hit by an Aura Blast from Vivian. The red light destroys the Primid and its proven the light blue ones are weak to light damage as well. The other two Primids take two different targets to attack, taking in deep breaths before spitting out chunks of ice at their opponents. Both Iran and Vivian are hit by the ice, clanking against Iran and mostly melting before hitting Vivian.
Having been hit by a chunk of ice, Iran feels a bit slower, noticing the ice froze one of his greaves. With Iran moving slower than usual, Vivian goes ahead and launches an Aura Blast at an Ice Primid. After the aura consumes one Ice Primid, the other approaches Iran, hitting him with another block of ice. Iran survives, but he needs to end the fight soon since he's been slowed. He runs over two one of the grazing Tauros, slowly lifting it up. The Pokemon begins to panic and flail around, but Iran makes sure to toss it with all his strength. The Tauros then lands on top of the last Ice Primid, crushing it and ending the battle. The Tauros thrown begins to charge toward Iran enraged, but Dimentio quickly snaps his fingers.
The Tauros is then warped away from the fields as Dimentio floats down. "You're a very weird person. Hitting Primids with books and bulls is an unusual strategy, but apparently effective! You both seem tired, so I guess you can take a break. After all, the battle isn't over quite yet. Well, I've got some other things to handle right now. Ciao!" He quickly teleports somewhere, leaving Iran and Vivian in the open plains.
Iran sits down with a sigh of relief, knowing he can now rest. "Well, I guess since I have some time, I should probably prepare for the next battle..."
LEVEL UP
Vivian Lv. 1 -> 2 NEW SKILL
Choose Two
A. Check the trees for anything interesting.
B. Search the grass for anything interesting.
C. Try to tame a Tauros?
D. Treasure hunting time!
E. Train on some trees.
F. Get to know Vivian better.
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Post by pielover19 on Apr 21, 2015 18:45:19 GMT -5
Scream soup over and over again.
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Post by Awkward on Apr 21, 2015 19:42:10 GMT -5
A.
Oops. And F.
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