The Fate of Heroes

[kain17335]

Josef couldn't help it, he just started laughing,he couldn't stop.
"HAAHAHAHHA oh god breath, breath HAHAHAHAH."
Josef was on the floor now in uncontrollable laughter after seeing death smash through a wall of 'Blackjaks' with little or no feeling of any consequences of what they had done.
"Xier, I love this dude already,god I haven't laughed like that in years."
He then stood up and wiped any dirt off his trench coat.
"*ahm* well we had umm, asses the situation."
Josef then wanted to shake "Little Death's" hand, but didn't in fear that he would probably die in the process.

[duskskully]

Kyle's face then grew pale as he looked upon the "Little Death" in front of him. Kyle then remembered he saw the exact same thing but, taller when the MP toke his girlfriend away from him. Kyle then asked the "Little Death" some thing,"Hey there, ummmmm can I ask you a question in private about some thing, if that's ok with you?" Kyle then stared off in another direction after he asked his question and a waited his response.

[Mr.Chocobo]

Little Death gave Kyle an inquizitive look.
"If its about my dad, Death himself, then no. I don't know why he took your mother-brother-sister-wife-lover-aunt-poodle. And I never will until I am made Death. Im only Little Death. However, If you come with me, Im sure you'll meet my dad someday. One way or the other."
Little Death went back to bouncing around.

Xeir looked at the others, and especially Kyle.
"You guys wanna go with them? Into space? Might be nice to get the hell out of here for a while.."
Terra was staring at the destroyed Airmen base far below. She looked up at them. Then to Ken. Then to the rest.
"I will." They both said at the same time.
Everyone looked at Syphril, Kyle, and Josef in antisipation, Except Little Death.

Wilson chose this time to float right next to Syphril, and stare him square in the face.
"Answer the question." He said in an odd, naisal voice.

[kain17335]

"Alright, I'm down with leaving this place.
Is there anything I should know about?"
Kain looked at the crushed BlackJacks,trying not to keep laughing.

[duskskully]

Kyle sighed and then chuckled, after a while he decided to tell Xeir something,"Listen how many gods did these people worship because if were going to be fighting a demon were going to need help from them, also I think we should go now before any other bad things happened around here." As Kyle finished he picked up his hat that was blown off by the crash and put it back on.

[Mr.Chocobo]

Xeir nodded at the two, awaiting Syphril's answer last, he seemed to be thinking a long time. Having Wilson in his face couldn't be helping.

He raised an eyebrow at Kyle. "There are 7 gods. But I doubt any of them would help us. The King's rotten influence blocks all godly influence and magic on this planet. The minute he was spawned all mages and priests lost all of their powers." Xeir explained.

Little Death sad on one of the BlackJack's broken and twisted legs, and gave Josef an exasperated look.
"Well, the universe is an odd place now-adays. My team is example enough of that. Demon's and God's fight for influence, and occationally there is a random happening, celestial creatures popping into existance by one of the God's wishes. But normally its quite boring. But we're going to a planet a couple of systems away to get parts for old Binky here." LD said, patting the ship fondly.

[ThatOneGuysBro]

At that time many thoughts surged though Syphril's mind. The child of Death. Demons and Gods. It was a lot to take in all at once. His head quickly shot up to the skull that suspended before him. His leg jolted back as he was caught off guard, gripping his glaive all the more tighter. A chance to leave the planet he so scorned for 28 long years. "Ah, I'm coming.", he said in a low, devilish tone accompanied by a smirk of the same nature.

[Mr.Chocobo]

Wilson stared at Syphril for a moment, then swooped behind him, and the floating skull shoved him in the back, towards Little Death.

"Him." Said Wilson.
Little Death looked at him curiously.
"You sure?" he asked.
Wilson bobbed up and down, apparently that was a nod.
What this ment, Syphril didn't know. But it was definately significant.

Xeir nodded at the people there. "Welp, lets go."

A few moments later, they were aboard the 'Binky', exploding its suprisingly comfortable interior. When the ship took off, they bearly felt it at all.
"This ship has epic inertial dampeners." LD explained as he led them too the cockpit.

In the cockpit was a tall, bald man with a robotic arm and who looked like he was blown in half at some point.
LD explained that he had been.
"Filis here got on the wrong side of a landmine when he tripped and fell in a battle. We had to make a metal case over his body so his guts wouldn't spill out. And a new arm. Watch out though, hes MEAN with his hammer." LD explained.
Filis looked at them, his bald head shining, and smiled a wicked smile.
Filis never spoke though. Not ever.

When the ship broke through the atmosphere, Xeir, Terra, Ken, Syphril, Kyle, and Josef all suddenly felt.. free. And stronger. Much stronger.

Kyle felt his strength surge, he felt as if he could lift a man of his feet with little effort.

Ken pointed at a rather odd light fixture and the metal around it bent like a peice of paper. He had discovered that he could bend metal to his wishes.

Josef was wondering the ship, observing the homey geometric shapes of things when a powerful voice filled his mind.
" Josef.... I have been watching you. I would have contacted you sooner, but the foul Demon that rules your planet has blocked my influence. Now I come to you to ask for your services... to be my paladin, my warrior. I ask you to be the servant of the God of Matter. What say you, mortal?" The God of Matter asked him.

LD and Wilson led Syphril to a dark dojo-looking chamber. Syphril was suprised to discover the floor was actually made of a dark burnt looking wood.
Little Death spoke, and Wilson floated to Syphril's side. Little Death was oddly serious.
One could tell at that moment that Little Death really was the son of Death himself.
"Wilson there wants to train you to be a Death Knight. A vessal of my father Death. It would fall to me to train you. What do you say, eh?"

Xeir blinked in confusion... the being that had just contacted him... was it serious? How could it be sure? One of the Four Great Demons....
The Demon of Darkness. The Lord of all Demons.
Could it be?

[kain17335]

"I ask only why you have chosen me, although I accept the task with gratitude, I must inquire about why."
Josef looked around trying to see if there was anyone with him in the room, no one was there...
"At least let me see you, I like speaking to a person face to face."

[ThatOneGuysBro]

Syphril quietly followed kid Death and Wilson down through the elaborate ship. Upon arrival at the chamber he studied the flooring. It appeared to be burnt, as if withstanding many fierce flames in ages long passed. A once rich a wood now withered by flame and time. Syphril was puzzled as to what kid Death and Wilson could want with him. As kid Death was engulfed by an aura of somber mien Syphril became unnerved as he saw what he thought was a semblance of death itself.
"Oh? You want me to become a vassal of Death himself?" He gave a wicked smirk that reached from cheek to cheek before regaining his stoic composure. "You've caught my interest. So... what is a Death Knight?"

[duskskully]

Kyle stood there wondering what to do besides wondering what happens now besides leaving the planet he was born on. Kyle let and a sighed and looked around the inside of the ship hoping there was a bar somewhere on this ship. He then decided to ask the only person that was still around,"Hey Filis was it? Is there a bar or somewhere I can get a drink on this ship or do I have to do something to get it?" Kyle then a waited for Filis to respond to his question.

[Mr.Chocobo]

Filis searched Kyle with an acute eye. He rolled his unlit cigar around between his teeth thoughtfully. He pulled out a pad of paper and a pen and wrote a note, and handed it to Kyle.
'I'll make you one of our special drinks myself, if you can land a punch on me in the sparring room.'
Filis smiled a wicked smiled and started walking. His right leg clanked heavily with each step. He looked back at Kyle and motioned his three clawed metalic hand for Kyle to follow.


"You wanna know why I picked you? Because I'm a God and I feel like it, hows that?" said the jovial god. He laughed deep and throaty.
" Well, to be truthful, its your mind. It takes a special kind of mind open to how the powers I will bestow on you work. But, you wanted to see me? SO SEE!" he said.

Red smoke appeared and billowed and twisted around Josef. It swirled away after a moment, and Lewis was on a vast white plane. There was nothing, even the sky above was a dull, dirty white. All he could see was more of the red smoke, far off into the distance on all sides, like barriers.
And then he was there, the giant that is a god. Easily 35 feet tall, his long maroon hair was so long it trailed upon the ground. He wore only a pair of red shorts, there were white spots here and there suggesting they were stained by something red at some point...
The God of Matter's muscles rippled in the white light. His skin was pale red, and the tattoos all over his body glowed like lava. He smiled widely, his wide face smiling jovially.


Little Death made a 'hmph' noise, and bowed his hooded head, glowing eyes studying Syphril closely.
"A Death Knight is a being who sends soul's to death. You have a minimum amount you must fufil... however if you get more than that you get many rewards. And if you do well enough, you may eventually become one of Death's Sons. Like me!" LD said jovially, pointing at himself.
"You see Death can't really HAVE children... so he makes them. With being a Death's Son comes immortality, power, knowlage, and eventually... if you choose it... the The Thrown Of Death." LD explained.
Wilson nudged Syphril on the shoulder. "I also have some things I can teach you. Things most Death Knights don't know how to do. Even the most powerful of them." he said, his nasial voice quite loud in this dojo.

Xeir's mind swirled with the demonic voice.
"You know, Xeir, we are not evil. We are simply protrayed as such for having different views than the Gods. We were once called Gods as well, but then we broke away. Partly for the difference in our powers, partially because of certain events, and partially because of our views. Eventually we were assumed evil by mortals because of foolish acts by certain minorities...
Like my son." said the Demon of Darkness.
"My son, proclaimed himself Lord of Shadows. A title that belongs only to ME, I might add. He then took over a young prince... and proclaimed himself lord over your world. Now, I wish to bestow my blessing on you. And to give you power akin to my own... as long as you kill that bastard the king."

Xeir was dizzy, all this new information.... Then he looked at his wife's ring on his finger.

"I'll do it."

[kain17335]

"Well, I never thought I would be in the presence of a god. Let alone a god that wants me to big his Arbiter."
Josef looked around, he wasn't even anywhere near the ship any more, one second he was on a ship, with a group of people he barley knew, know he's being contacted by a GOD.
"What would you have me do?"

[ThatOneGuysBro]

"Hoh?", he let out a puff of air in a sort of jeering chuckle as he took in all these things. He was indeed intrigued by the proposal. "Sounds like fun. I guess I'm in. I guess that makes you my teacher, huh? I've never been a good student so you might have to be rough with me." A hearty laugh echoed throughout the room and down the adjacent halls. His laughter stopped rather abruptly as a thought surfaced to the top of his mind. He turned to Wilson with a curiousness that consumed him. "Why the special treatment? We've only just met. I ain't buying any, 'You're the chosen one' bull crap either. Why would you exclusively teach me things a Death Knight would never learn?"

[duskskully]

Kyle chuckled a bit as he followed Filis into the sparring room. Once Kyle got in there he asked Filis something,"So, all I haft to do is land one punch, this should be easy." Kyle then toke his hat off and threw it to the side and said,"So, when do we start?" Kyle then chuckled again as he cracked his knuckles and got into his fighting stance.