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Post by somnifer on Aug 10, 2011 8:24:35 GMT -7
Silent structures tower above me, their time-worn surfaces chipped and peeling, each one echoing my thoughts. Footsteps. I can hear them because they're my own. Breathing. I can hear that, too, because the sound belongs to me as well. There are no people here like the man said there would be. It's like a graveyard, empty and silent. Hell, there isn't even the sound of wind right now to distract me or keep me company. Everything here... is silent. Yet looking about myself, I know that people /must/ live here. I can smell the fumes from a shop nearby and I can feel the throbbing aura of other Heartless. Here and now, though, I can easily see why this place is called The Void.
It's really and truly empty... But I'm still not where I need to be.
The Palace of Eternal Black, home of Lady Void, is where I'm headed.
Footsteps echo softly through the alleyway, the sound growing in volume and then fading as the owner passed a shrouded doorway. Stepping from his hiding spot. Ren smirked after the hunched figure, dark his eyes darting from the stranger to the Mega-Shadow who had just appeared beside him. "Seems this place an't as silent as we thought, eh, Furvus?" Without waiting for the other to reply--which obviously, he wouldn't--the male began to follow the path the other Heartless had taken only moments ago, a smile lightly placed upon his features. Unlike the other, however, his steps were silent as he walked across the uneven stones of the alley, compliments of his leather boots.
Hair, a shockingly dark shade of green, swept behind him like a whip as he turned a corner after the other Heartless... and entered into the edges of the Main Square. Pulling a hood as dark as his eyes up and over his head, he retreated once more into the recesses of the alley. No wonder I didn't pass anyone on my way in... They're all here, he thought to himself. Shaking his head in amazement at the sight spread out before himself, the Heartless was content enough to stay hidden in the shadows and observe the residents for the time being, his hand once more on the head of the Mega-Shadow beside him...
The market was massive, to say the least. Heartless of every type fairly covered the purplish-green colored cobblestones and smells of all sorts wafted into the narrow passage where Ren was. Tilting his head and leaning just to one side, he could see that several of the rooves, too, had been converted into stores of sorts. He shook his head. "I take it back... The old man was right..."
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Post by ~XIII~ on Aug 10, 2011 22:11:05 GMT -7
"Another scout mission..." The blond boy began, sighing. "Where is Stark...? He should be doing this..." The 5th Eternal Black wandered the Void as he searched for his Heartless. This was to be the last of them. The 10th Eternal Black. Would Void find him worthy though? Only one way to find out. He soon spotted his target and approched him. "Excuse me sir." He began trying to get his attention.
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Post by somnifer on Aug 10, 2011 22:21:27 GMT -7
Ren's head turned as the other Heartless approached him, his dark eyes narrowing. Standing before him, the blond stranger /had/ to be almost a foot taller than him. Gods he hated that--being shorter, that is. An uncharacteristic scowl flitted across his features briefly, before disappearing, leaving one to wonder whether or not the emotion had even been there. He silently chastised himself at the lack of control, however, and pushing himself off of the alley wall, he approached the stranger with his usual smile.
"C'n I help you?"
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Post by ~XIII~ on Aug 10, 2011 22:33:43 GMT -7
"Are you Ren?" He asked simply. To look at him, one might think he was a soldier. Formal clothing, hands to his side, very tall, straight stance. His ice blue eyes stared into Ren's, almosted peircing right through him.
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Post by somnifer on Aug 10, 2011 22:50:53 GMT -7
Ren had to turn his gaze away from the Heartless, the smile still hovering over his lips. He couldn't place a finger on it, but something about the guy seemed, well, off; more-so than usual. That, and he didn't like the way the dude was staring at him. It was as if the stranger was trying to force the information out of him with those strangely colored eyes of his. A creepy sensation, to be sure, and not one that was particularly pleasant for Ren. He knew in that moment that he ought to be meticulously careful around the blue eyed, blond haired boy who had appeared from seemingly nowhere. Something wasn't quite right about him...
A light shrug conveyed part of what the Heartless had to say. "Dunno..." He replied, his voice considerably quieter now. "S'pose it depends on who's asking." Ren allowed his eyes to flicker back to meet Mirage's momentarily while he spoke, but moved his gaze elsewhere once he had finished speaking. Aagain, he couldn't bring himself to keep eye-contact with the tall Heartless.
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Post by ~XIII~ on Aug 11, 2011 10:37:26 GMT -7
Mirage nodded once. "You are most definatly my target. Ren, I was sent here by the Dark Mistress. She wishes to see you and possibly ofer you a position in our ranks." His tone was very smooth, very serious, and most f all, very convincing.
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Post by somnifer on Aug 11, 2011 11:00:48 GMT -7
"Curious..." Ren muttered softly to himself, though it didn't seem as if he found it curious at all. As always, his smile hid what he was really thinking, and he merely shook his head before continuing. "And 'ere we were just coming t'see 'bout the same thing..." Dark eyes darted towards Mirage's general direction, still refusing to make direct contact with the piercing blue eyes of the towering Heartless. Somewhere during the conversation he must have found standing too tedious, because he found himself once again using his lower back to push his body away from the cold walls. Brushing a stray piece of hair away from his face, Ren whistled softly as he stood straight.
From the shadows beside him, Furvus appeared, his dark antennae twitching at the sight of the stranger, though his attention was soon after caught by Ren. "Go back t'the gummi ship, Furvus," he ordered, "I'll come back to get it later." For a moment, the creature stood there staring at its master dumbly, before giving him a jerky nod of the head. A pool of shadows enveloped the Mega-Shadow like a blanket and then he was gone. Ren couldn't resist another, wider smile. Dumb creature, he thought to himself as he returned his attention to the blond male standing several feet away.
"C'n I have a name, at least, 'fore we leave, stranger?" Ren questioned lightly.
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Post by ~XIII~ on Aug 11, 2011 15:26:54 GMT -7
"Mirage, the 5th Eternal Black. Void will be happy to see you. Well, as happy as my sister gets anyway." Mirage stated as he turned to lead the other Heartless off. "Let's just hope that she doesn't decide that appear out of nowhere... She has a tendency to do that..."
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Post by somnifer on Aug 11, 2011 15:40:18 GMT -7
"Glad to see the rumors weren't overexaggerated," Ren mumbled quietly to himself, "and tis' a pleasure to meet you, Sir." The Heartless, or Mirage as he was supposedly called, led the two of them through several more alleyways, his blond hair sticking out like a beacon as they passed from one area of town to the next. Ren could only guess that they were getting closer to the castle. Alleywas that had seemed dark before were nothing like the paths they were walking now. Here everything seemed bathed in shadows, and Ren found himself pulling his hood away from his face just so he would be able to see where he was.
Mirage's second comment finally registered in his mind, and as he placed the hood gently against his shoulders and pulled his hair from it, he laughed softly. "I'll try not t'disappoint her Ladyship, then." He politely ignored the whole 'appearing out of nowhere,' comment... Or rather, he wasn't sure what to think of it.
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Post by ~XIII~ on Aug 11, 2011 15:45:28 GMT -7
"So what's this about me appearing out of no where?" A female voice asked from behind Ren once they were deep inside one of the alleys. The voice was sadistic, amused, evil, and most of all, in a quiet, scary tone.
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Mirage jumped slightly at her voice bu then turn around. In the pitch black alley, she easily melded with the shadows, and all that could be seen of her was her heartless (OOC: ha ha ha) amythst purple eyes.
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Post by somnifer on Aug 11, 2011 15:54:01 GMT -7
Turning about at the strange voice, Ren's eyes widened slightly. "I s'pose I dunno, Ma'am." In the corner of his eye, he saw as Mirage jumped, and assumed that this was the woman he had come to see. Void, mistress of the Heartless and head of the Eternal black.
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Post by ~XIII~ on Aug 11, 2011 16:09:47 GMT -7
She stepped forward, allowing what little light there way to shine on her. She wasn't tall, maybe 5'7", and she looked maybe 160 lbs soaking wet. However, she had an air of darkness around her that was so overbearing that is could make the most fearless people cringe. "I suppose my brother has already informed you of who I am. And I already know who you are, so we can skip the introductions."
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"Dark Mistress, I've completed my task. My I-" He started, only to get cut off by Void.
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"No you can't go visit Blight yet." She answered, knowing exactly what he was going to ask. When he trying to conceal a small sigh of irritation, she gave a dark laugh. "I'm such a bitch aren't I?"
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Post by somnifer on Aug 11, 2011 16:19:46 GMT -7
Ren quickly ran his eyes across Void's figure, his smile growing as he did so. She was beyond a normal sort of beautiful, with her dark hair and piercing eyes, and she carried a heavy sense of darkness about her. Space was between both of them, yet he could easily feel the power that was flowing off of her in waves, and another laugh dropped from his lips, "Yess'm he did."
A short conversation followed, Mirage and his sibling shooting several comments back and forth. Ren watched the two in silence, his smile pasted across his features and one hand brushing yet another patch of loose hair from his face. It would seem that siblings, heart or not heart, argued... Or in this case, gave orders.
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Post by ~XIII~ on Aug 11, 2011 16:23:54 GMT -7
"Now then, the important stuff. What exactly did you do to become a Heartless?" She asked, looking down at her nails. It seemed she had done this before and was really uninterested. Mirage walked over and stood beside her.
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