Attempting To Not Kill Everything For Once.
Part 3
-----Yellow And Green-----
Green looked down at the camp, eyes scanning the area before giving the go-ahead to Yellow, who walked out of the armory and sat down at the campfire, trying to look as calm as possible. Inside, they were slightly nervous about this. Not because they had a chance of dying, but because they were going to actually be talking to someone, rather than just listening to them as they explained the plot of the game. Well, at least if they messed up, they would go back to the more familiar option of murdering anything and everything in sight.
-----Red-----
Red slowly reached for the doorknob, and turned it carefully, going as slow as possible to avoid making a large amount of noise, before whipping it open. Blue ran in first, M16A1 at the ready, ignoring anything that wasn't moving, before going through the opened door and into the corridor that the two people who had been talking had gone down, following the sound of their voices.
Red takes in the full room, being some sort of small study, with various books on the shelves. Shattered remains of table are in a corner, and in the center of the study is a single stone, seemingly raised out of the floor. Various magical circles float, spinning in the air lazily around a single object. A ring with a purple gem embedded in it hovered there. You could feel the lightning crackling in the air. You know what this is.
The ancient skill of enchanting was mostly used on robes, staffs, and weapons, but an order of Wizard-Smiths made a set of rings during the Wizard Wars, one for each element, and gave them to a single wizard. The Tangerine*. He wielded power like no other, his magick enhanced to the point where he no longer even combined the elements to utilize their full power, instead using each separately. You had been the one to ultimately defeat the Tangerine in combat, and that took almost everything out of you. It was the most trying experience of your wizard career at that point. If you had that kind of power… Red barely withstood the temptation to just take the ring, before feeling an anomaly in the magick ring.
Something dark was nestled inside it. The feeling of absolute hatred, of wanting to kill anything and everything in sight. It was a twisted soul, an artificial life, and it made you sick. Everything inside it was like a perversion of magick itself. It was unnatural, and it deserved to die. You would purge this sacred artifact of the heretical demon inside of it. No doubt, the other Tangerine Rings had been corrupted as well, and you would free them of their curse.
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What will Red do now?
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-----Blue-----
Blue subtly followed the two soldiers who had been talking in the room. As Red gazed upon the ring, Blue listened in on the soldiers' conversation.
"So, for the sake of my curiousity, what was so shocking about that ring?" The tall, buff man said as he looked at the also tall, but slim woman walking next to him.
"The Magic Council has seen that type of magic before. It is a Lost Magic, known only as Elemental Soul. It was wielded by an order of wizards, who died out long ago. They could cast spells from eight different elements, and much of their work is the basis for today's spells."
"Oh, so they were that important?"
"Yes, they were a very big deal. According to the ancient records, they saved the world multiple times, but were also fairly chaotic, and caused some trouble too."
"Now you have peeked my interest, tell me more."
"Well, we don't know much, even now, but apparently one of their order was evil, and was sealed away, before attempting to escape with the aid of a demon, so they could bring about destruction. The order didn't even know about that at first, and had sent one of their own out to speak with a king about a coming war. This wizard was known as the One To Four Wizard, due to their ability to create multiple clones of themselves. We actually found some of their weapons early today. After what seemed to be a rather long and bloody campaign, involving even some time travel, the One To Four Wizard had defeated Grimnir, and went on to become a rather important person during the slow collapse of Wizard society, which was known as the Wizard Wars."
"Huh, what happened to them to cause a war between themselves?"
"Apparently they had spread out to create multiple schools, but the schools all competed against each other to the point of war, and the wizards slowly died out, before the world experienced an age of peace. Then something called the Lok Event happened. We have literally no idea what they mean by that, just that Lok was the name of a child born with the Elemental Soul, and the One To Four Wizard had re-emerged for that, despite having lived for far too long to be human."
"Oh, and what happened then?"
"Oh, a huge explosion of magic was caused by some unknown foe named Vlad, who apparently tried and failed to defeat the One To Four Wizard in some grand final battle, and used his magic to cause an apocalyptic event that destroyed their entire world as they knew it. The few survivors left had recorded the event clearly, and the records are in the Grand Magic Library. Ultimately, we have no idea what happened after that. But every single one states that while the One To Four Wizard was just a bit destructive, they were a true hero."
"Wait, but what about the ring?"
"Oh that was one of apparently eight rings, each one enhancing the power of Elemental Soul magic, and was wielded by a wizard named Tangerine. He was a major part of the Wizard Wars, and the One To Four Wizard was apparently his most hated rival. They constantly clashed, and eventually the One To Four Wizard outsmarted him, and they killed Tangerine. Zeref had heard of the rings' power, and found all eight, before putting demons inside of them."
Dear lord, that is a lot of background exposition, and they don't even know your whole story. Blue continued to follow them back to the campsite, where they encountered Yellow.
-----Yellow, Green, and Blue-----
Yellow had been standing in front of the fire, awaiting the two soldiers, who had stopped upon seeing an unknown figure standing in front of the flames. The woman twitched her hand, a ball of fire forming in it, while the male stepped forward, drawing a sword made of that blue magic crystal.
"By the order of the Rune Knights, identify yourself!" The male spoke, looking about ready to fight. Yellow turned around dramatically, before speaking in their voice, which sounded like the wind itself was speaking.
"For the sake of this conversation, you may call me Yellow. I wish to know where I am, as I am thoroughly lost. I happened to see your campfire, and decided to approach. No need for hostilities."
"Oh, that's easy, we are currently in the Northern Fiore, about 20 days travel from Oak Town which is to the south." The woman looked shocked at the male as he politely answered my question.
"Don't just answer them you idiot!" She shouted as she punched him in the back of the head.
"OW! Why not? They asked nicely!" The man shouted back at her, the two arguing.
"We have to arrest them, they might be working for a dark guild! AND THEIR REAL NAME CAN'T BE YELLOW!"
"Um, could you tell me why you are out here in the middle of nowhere?" Yellow spoke up again.
"Oh yeah sure, we are capturing a Demon of Zeref, the infamous black mage. Made tons of demons you know, and all of them are real dangerous." The man yet again answered your question. And then the woman yelled and hit him again.
"STOP TELLING HIM STUFF!"
"You guys got a map I could take?" Yellow asked finally.
"Yeah sure buddy, here ya go." The male handed you his own map.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?" The woman tackled the man, throttling him.
You hurriedly walk off while they are fighting and meet up with Green and Blue.
Now what are you three going to do?
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Choice Recap, for those who can't seem to remember the votes they need to do:
Red - Location: Still with the Lightning Ring Of Tangerine
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Yellow, Blue, And Green - Location: Now outside the camp.
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