Solace of Nirvana

"We have a problem." A purple-haired teen at one end of a table commented, kneading his hands together. This teen, known as Vincent, was one of several keybladers in existence and in accordance with that, one of the leaders of the Knights. "Two of our agents have been overpowered in their missions, and a third member we haven't heard back from yet. This is obviously an attempted insurrection, and we must exterminate the roots before rebellion has a chance to grow. Suggestions?"

He looked up from the table to look at the other keybladers in the room.

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Kavi paced in his little cave hideout.

"So I am human. And on an island. And the island is nowhere near Atlantica." He thought aloud as he paced. "Why? Why? Why in the name of Neptune am I human?"

 

>Figure I might as well include a villain. I'll get a profile up for him.<

"We go in teams." One of the people suggested. "Sending agents alone was a ridiculous idea. By sending them alone, clearly the targets had a greater probability of survival."

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"Welcome to the yearly race!" An announcer spoke through the loudspeakers. The audience cheered. "What a massive turnout this year. This is probably the most amount of racers we've ever had. This race promises to be an interesting one."

Gerik looked around at the other racers around him. Every vehicle was still on the ground, the engines off. Gerik was surrounded by racers, all of them looking so determined.

"As a reminder to all the racers. This race goes through the city." On a large screen in front of them, a map showed up. "Along the path are several checkpoints. You must pass through each checkpoint in order to be able to finish the race. Throughout the course are traps set out, so be wary. Racers, start your engines!"

There was a loud roar as each racer started their engines. Each vehicle lifted into the air. Gerik turned on his engine and rose up along with all the racers. "Lemme think. The lessons said push this pedal to go forward, this one to slow down and stop. Pull on this to go up or down, and turn this around to turn left and right. And this big red button for a boost. Easy enough." Gerik looked up at the screen.

5.....
4.....
3.....
2.....
1.....
GO!!!!!!!

The racers all burst away from the starting line.

 

Emma was still deep in thought and brought back to reality by Raven's voice. She turned her head to see the girl her dream flashed again and she quickly jumped up and away from Raven.

"I've seen you before!" Emma exclaimed. 'In my dreams...' She continued her statement in her mind. She saw the two other girls she saw before over by the entrance of the station. The one girl she remembered from her dream as well, something she figured out a while ago.

Emma relaxed some looking at the girl sitting on the bench. The girl didn't seem like a threat. She crossed her arms some.

"Who are you?" Emma asked the girl still sort of wary of the situation and slightly confused.

 

(I would like it if all keybladers were to be in this 'meeting'. Also, there is no leader among them. Vincent just happens to be taking the lead in this meeting.)

Vincent thought about it for a moment.

"As much as I like the idea, shouldn't we all go? After all, using an elephant to stamp out an ant is far more impressive than using a cat." He replied, the referenced analogy slightly confused in usage. "What are your opinions, Silas, Hos-"

A beeping noise from a pod in the center of the table interrupted him. It soon was replaced by, "Damnit all, stupid door! I'm gonna to slaughter th' carpen- oh, you can hear me now, can't you?" the voice apparently Finch's. Vincent sighed, asking, "Let me guess, your target got away and beat you?" "Er, yeah. Well, no. There was 'interference' of th' most annoyin' sort. A dark bein', th' darkest I've ever seen, shot me and I got knocked into next week."

"What is with all this outside involvement!" Vincent cursed, slamming his fist on the table.

 

Zack's face lit up for a moment from hearing Finch's comment. "A dark being? I wonder if this one is actually from the Dark Realm. But more importantly, we have insight on our targets." Zack formed four orbs of light above his head. "One of them." He pointed towards the first orb. "Was helped by this dark being. This one." Pointing towards the second orb. "Was helped by 'her.' The third one escaped himself. And the fourth one has yet to be found." He dispersed the orbs. "So at least two of them can't fight. The fourth is a wild card, but only one of them is capable of defending himself. So we all go, kill this one, then kill any interference, and then kill the other two. Which then leaves us with the missing one. How's that sound to you Finch?" Zack spoke louder at the last part, just to make sure Finch could hear him.

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"The racers are nearing the second checkpoint!" The voice echoed through the city. "In first place is last year's champion, James Williams. In a close second is Claire Diaz." The announcer listed a few more names. "And look who's quickly advancing through the line. Newcomer Calvin Bell."

Gerik looked at the racers ahead of him. There were several still a ways off, but the distance was slowly shrinking. He looked at the monitor on the dashboard of his vehicle. Everything was still in good condition.

Without warning, a think blanket of fog covered the area. "Can the racers make it through this fog!? Visibility is extremely low and the buildings are nearby. The deflector shields for the buildings are at full strength, so if somebody hits one they become a pinball." A loud buzz sounded. "And a racer has already hit a building. He's officially disqualified."

 

Emma was unsure but thought about it. She turned and looked at a train come into the station.

"What about my family? Will they realize who they are? Are they in danger?" Emma asked. She didn't care too much about her parents, but she cared enough about them to not have them be killed and all. She looked at Raven.

'That's all they wanted was to see what was out there other than their little island. That's all I've wanted. Seeing how she's been glancing at the two other girls I met earlier which meant they must be with Raven. That one and Raven there's something about them, I don't know. The legends say they got the adventure of a life time of them being thrown into something they couldn't control. Could this be my chance of a lifetime, do I even have a choice? What she said, more of that one would be coming, I know I wouldn't be able to take them.' Emma thought to herself and turned away.

"Am I able to grab a few things, first?" Emma asked.

 

"Sounds like a fun idea. IF I CAN EVER GET OUT OF THIS RO-"

Vincent turned the intercom off.

"So then, we should first activate the Towers* to locate the escapees, correct?" He asked, looking towards the others**

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Finch broke the door finally, having summoned enough energy to shatter the doorknob with an explosion. "I'm goin' to kill th' carpenter that made this. But first, FIRE!" She gleefully cried, heading towards the house's kitchen. The stove, thankfully for her, was a gas one, so she turned each part on full blast before skipping out the front door. Turning and facing the home (A good four yards away), she summoned another sphere of energy and launched it into the residence.
Not even a moment had passed when the entire lower floor exploded. What was left caught fire quickly.


*Tall, metal structures not unlike radio towers.There's just about one on every world with the exception of Destiny Islands (All inhabitant bloodlines are those of light, so no point in checking), Atlantica (Quarantined, impossible to interact with natives), and a handful of other uncivilized or uncontrollable worlds. They basically work like sonar or something, sending out a silent pulse to detect beings with darkness in their hearts.

**Some involvement from the other keybladers would be appreciated. And by appreciated, I mean demanded. They're having an 'evil villain meeting' after all! And now, for more Marek's Evil Council.

 

>After going through the OOC thread, the only other person with keyblader characters is Destiny. So hop to it Destiny.<

Gerik continued to race though the city.

"The racers are beginning to get out of the fog." The announcer spoke. "James and Claire are neck and neck for first place. What a fierce rivalry going on." More racers got out of the fog. "Well folks, looks like all surviving racers have made it out. They're heading towards the outskirts of the city now. And here comes the next challenge for our racers. The anti-gravity mine field."

Gerik looked at the area ahead. It was a wide open space, filled with round objects floating around. Gerik looked up, thinking about flying over them. But there was basically a ceiling of the round objects, all set to detonate if somebody tried flying over them.

"Can the racers get through without activating the mines?"

Gerik instinctively reached for the pouch hanging on his waist. "Lemme think. I could try and trip the mines before I pass them, an attempt to clear myself a path. Or I could activate them after I pass them, messing up the guys behind me. Problem is I don't know if I'll be disqualified." He looked at the mine field again. "The look a bit like stars in the sky. I wonder... Maybe there's a path where the mines are far enough apart to not worry about activating them and being able to go faster than everybody else." When the racers got closer to the mine field, they started slowing down, all looking for an opening.

 

Emma nodded and quickly ran out of the station to hurry to her "secret sancuary". She ran through town and through the crack in the wall. She made sure to stop in the woods to see if the others were coming. She slowly started walking though towards the mansion. Inside she had a dream sketch book of all her dreams, a struggle bat, a wooden staff, and a book about the legends of the Light Knights long ago, the good light knights. Such as Sora, Sora's own children and their friends, their children, and stopped with the great grandchildren. These were some of her most valueble items to her.

She got to the gate and pulled off a key hanging around her neck opening up the metal gate guarding the outside of the mansion. Emma stopped and waited for the others.





A young man not bothering to pay attention much kept on playing with a rubric's cube.

"If you ask me, we should have sent stronger people instead of those who easily get wiped out in simple training, or even sent in spies to interact first and capture them when they're all alone. Now though, just like my original idea was dismissed, we're going to take measures originally we wouldn't have to take. Activiate the towers, if you ask me, three beings with actually pretty weak ammount of darkness in their hearts, must have another force that helped them escape. After all weren't two of them teenage girls which shouldn't have been a problem." The young man stated. He stood up and faced the others at the table. He's been a light knight since he was 17 years old, and now 18 has grown used to the constant disagreement.

The young man's name is Silas, originally a native from Traverse Town, and on occassion still goes back but because of his "young adult age" he has moved on so he told his uncle who would be looking down on what he does.

Silas fixed his vest and faced the others.

"If you ask me, we must find these assisting forces and take them down or keep them busy long enough to seperate from the little dark creatures." Silas stated.

 

"Raiga is one of our stronger operatives. Though, I do regret sending Ghira. That was time he could have spent working on the Dreadnaught. But the point is moot and your suggestion is valid, I suppose. The towers will be activated, then we send in some footsoldiers to distract the interlopers." Vincent dryly replied, looking to the others to see them nod to their varying degrees of agreement. Reaching towards a set of buttons in the middle of the table, he pressed one in the shape of a star. A holographic map of the cosmos projected itself from the ceiling. And then, they waited.

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All across the worlds, the tops of the Towers began to blink, sending their seeking signals. Many citizens saw this and hurried to their respective homes quietly and without a fuss, waiting for it to be over.

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Two worlds began to blink on the map.

"Looks like some of them are together or off-world." He commented, staring at Twilight Town.

 

"Our racers have made it to the home stretch." The announcer's voice echoed through the city. "The traps in this year's race have proven quite effective, as the number of racers has dwindled down to 10 racers left."

Gerik could see the finish line up ahead. He was neck and neck with two other people. "Why the hell isn't there a turbo on this thing? Sheesh. Nothing left to do but floor it." Gerik pushed down on the pedal as hard as he could. He could hear the audience cheering as he passed the finish line.

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"Let's here it for this year's champions!" The announcer shouted as the audience cheered louder than before. Gerik stood on a podium next to two other people. "In first place, for the third time in a row, James Williams!" A woman hung a gold medal on his neck. "In second place, newcomer Calvin Bell!" Gerik then recieved a silver medal. "And finally, in third place, Claire Diaz!" She got a bronze medal. The audience erupted into louder cheers through this little award ceremony. Three people walked up to the winners, each carrying a pillow. "For reaching the top three spots, each racer recieves a ring to commemorate this race." Each racer took their ring. Gerik looked at it before putting it on his right ring finger. It was a simple silver ring with the words 'Racing Champion' across it.

After the ceremony ended, Gerik was lead to a ceremony banquet hall. Somebody approached him. "Here's your prize money for reaching second place." Gerik was handed a bag of munny.

"How much is this?"

"100,000 munny."

"Awesome."

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Zack stood up from his seat. He had one of the tracking devices in his hand. "I'll personally go to Destiny Islands. I believe it is a definite possibility that the unfound dark managed to hide there before the towers activated. If I find him I'll give a call for reinforcements."

 

"I just need to go grab my notebook." Emma stated getting the gate unlocked. "I'll be right back." Emma shouted running through the gate towards the door. She ran quickly inside and up the stairs to the left and to the sketch room. Though it's just the only room not falling apart. When she first discovered it drawings maybe 100's of years old were in there. They also represented that of the legends. She ran in the room she made her own personal escape. All the old sketchs stacked in the corner. The rest of the room appeared of a normal teenager's. Old school papers, old books, books, and various of other items laid around.

Emma walked over to the table and grabbed the very thick notebook laying there. It practically had her entire life written out on it. She got it from her grandmother when she was really young and beginning to draw and write. The notebook is 1000 pages, so it's thick, though because Emma even as a child has been careful with it where only about 400 of the pages are truly filled out. She grabbed the notebook and an old messenger bag laying in the corner. She put her notebook and a struggle bat laying around in it.

She quickly started out of the mansion but stopped at the front door. Something seemed a little different to her, not inside, but outside. She shrugged off the weird gut feeling and stepped out of the mansion seeing Raven and the two other girls.

"All set." She smiled at Raven.

 

When Gerik finally managed to get away from the party, he pulled out the object Ghira gave him. "Time for me to leave this world." He pressed the button on it and walked through the portal.

It took Gerik a moment to adjust to his surroundings. He was inside of a cathedral. He looked around at walls. At the end of the cathedral opposite the entrance was a large stain-glass design. The design looked to be the left half of a man, and the right half of a woman. The man had a black wing, and the woman had a white wing.

"May I help you?" A voice spoke through the room, suprising Gerik. Gerik turned around, looking for the voice. He saw the owner of the voice. A priest.

"Huh? Oh, I'm just looking around. Admiring the artwork."

"Curious about the stain-glass up there?" The priest asked, pointing to the image Gerik was looking at earlier.

"Actually, yeah. They look familiar. Who are they?"

The priest chuckled. "Tell me. Are you familiar with the story of the final battle between light and darkness?"

Gerik thought about what he was told on the previous world. "Yeah. The heroes of light fought against the darkness. A man, with black wings."

The priest chuckled again. "Sorry, but that's the wrong story. Which isn't suprising. History tends to change a bit as time marches on." He pointed towards the stain-glass design. "Those two were there, at the final battle against the darkness. Their names are Voltair and Raven. Voltair is the one who you were told was the darkness. While that is true, that he is the darkness, he was not the villain. He and Raven were oposites of each other. Raven is the light, and Voltair is the darkness. In the fight, Voltair gathered up all the darkness and sealed it in the Realm of Darkness. The price he paid for doing that is sealing himself up along with the darkness. I wouldn't be suprised if he's still there in the darkness, all alone."

Gerik was suspicious. "How do I know if you're telling the truth? What makes you so sure your story is the correct one?"

"Well, that's because this world is where Voltair and Raven grew up. Even if every other world forgets what happens, we will always remember. Simply because it is because of them this world even exists." The priest walked over to one of the pews. "Sit down. I'll explain everything that happened, from the beginning."

"Alright." Gerik said, sitting down.

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"Sir." One of the people observing the tower radars spoke up. This one didn't have a keyblade. "It looks like one of the darks moved. This dark is now at the City of Dawn."

 

OOC: Yes. And there he shall remain, contemplating the mysteries of the universe. Or, rather, contemplating the fact that the no longer has suction-cups.

"Very well then, Zack. Silas, Hoshi, would either of you like to take on one of the other quarantined worlds, or are you confident that the third one is with the other two?" Vincent asked, drumming his fingers on the desk. Then, the monitoring person mentioned how one jumped to a completely different world.

"Fantastic," He uttered with mild interest, "This one knows how to use tunnels of darkness to travel, obviously. This must be the one that knows how to fight, and with knowledge of his own dark powers."*

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Raiga, since his failure in apprehending his target, had picked up Ghira in a gummi ship and was heading back. An awkward silence and even more awkward conversations ensued.

"So. . . How did your target go?" Raiga asked, drumming his fingers on the control panel.

"He had a weapon and was proficient in its use."

"Ah. . . Yeah, mine was a total fighter too. Tried to kill me with a sword and dark magic."

"No they didn't. They escaped and didn't bother with attacking you. Your clothes don't have a single cut."

"Wha- damnit! But what about you? You don't-"

"As you can quite plainly see, I have cuts all over."

"I hate you. You know that, right?"



*He is just making assumptions.

 

Emma stood there surprised staring at the cooridor of light. She looked around noticing she was standing all alone when the coridor was beginning to close.

"Whoa!" She exclaimed and quickly ran towards it losing her balance on the other side. She stopped and looked around. Her eyes in awe of the beautiful city. She turned her head hearing Hope's question and Raven's answer.

"City of Dawn, I think I read about this place in my Light Legend book." Emma stated looking all around.

"It was home to the two chosen beings of Light and Dark." Emma stated. Emma looked towards Raven when she was mentioning about a kid.

"Wait who are we looking for?" Emma asked.