Tales of Symphonia: Martel's cry

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"Altamira is in sight, be laddies! Prepare to anchor!"

I was rather upset to know we were already there. I leaned over the edge of the ship, the Rayven the side away from land. I embraced the cold yet so familiar sea spray as the waves slowly rocked the ship. The Rayven began to slow and I heard the casting of the anchor splash into the sea. Well, nothing lasts forever. Hopefully we would dock out soon.

I began to unload the Mizuho potion crates into an old warehouse while others unloaded the other crates into stores. I had tied my favorite sword, the Zeph, to my back, hoping that maybe I would be able to practice my sword skills when no one was looking. At about my fifth crate, I decided to untie Zeph and start to practice. I had sparred with some other crewmates, but I wanted to get better by myself, I'd show them when we were at sea again!

About an hour or two had passed while I was in the warehouse alone. Sweat dripped across my brow as I began to grow tired. "Maybe I should take a little rest," I said to myself. Tying the sword to back, I opened the warehouse door and started on my way back to the ship. It was then that I saw what I thought to be a thin, fast moving cloud...but it was nothing like that. It moved through the sky like a snake; seeming to be coming my way! Startled, I reached to untie the Zeph.

"I'm not going to hurt you..." The serpent thing chimed, "I'm here to guide you on your quest to save Martel, Chosen One."
 
I took my usual trot through the woods looking for herbal medicine. I walked towards the middle of the woods because that's where most of the rare things are. I hummed a low lulluby to myself. It was one of the lullubies my mom used to sing before she passed away. I came about 10 meters from a hidden spring i knew of when an alarming screech came from the spring. I dashed quickly to find what was happening there. I came to a complete stop. I stared around the spring. There was no one.
"What the...?" I said to myself. As I wondered who was the one who had screeched, I walked beside the spring looking for my needed items. There is a stone altar in the middle of the spring that is connected to a small wooden bridge. The bridge was rusty and old. I walked towards the altar and with every footstep, the bridge creaked and rumbled.
"Seems to be intact." I said. When I reached the middle of the bridge, there was a loud snap and rumbling. The bridge was starting to collapse.
"Agh. Not now." I said running towards the altar. I held onto Bolt and gave a mad dash. The bridge collasped with great speed as I ran towards the stone altar.
"Ah. I have to jump."
I jumped right before my footing gave out. I was in the air when a large thunderbolt broke the stone altar. As the dust settled, a small falcon with silver wings was glowing and levitating just above the ruins. It opened it's eyes and saw me. Swiftly, it grabbed the back of my shirt and helped push me towards the small island. I grabbed onto the stoney edge and pulled myself up while trying to resist the now raging spring. I sat on the hard surface and looked at the falcon who sat in front of me.
"And who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Storm. Chosen One of the Great Ten, I'm here to guide you through your quest to save the mistress Martel." He said.
 
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Shylocke was walking by the sea as he usually did before returning home in the evenings. He had had a hard day and needed the clean sea air. Someone came up behind him. He ignored it for now and just carried on walking but the person tried to steal his wallet. He ducked under him and kicked him in the back. He pulled out two small daggers and held them to his neck.
"Give me back my wallet, RIGHT NOW!" He shouted. The person gave him the wallet back and ran away.
"What is wrong with this town?" He asked himself heading home.

A purple haze was just ahead of him.
"Whats is this?" He asked himself putting his hand through it. He was confused, he had never seen anything like this in the town before. Ten minutes later a head of a unicorn had begun to appear.
"What the..." He gasped looking at it. He grabbed his daggers ready for a fight.

"I'd put that away If I were you" It said. The purple like unicorn had jumped out of the haze.
"Who or what are you!?" He asked. It didn't reply, well at least not by opening it's mouth.
"I am Sun Xeng. You are the one chosen for me to guide through the land of Symphonia." It appeared that he was talking through telekenesis. Shylocke sat down on a nearby bench.

"So let me get this straight. You were chosen to guide one chosen person through the world?" He asked rubbing his head to make sure he wasn't hallucinating.
"Thats is correct" He said tapping his feet on the ground.
 
Travelling from Palmacosta to the Thoda Geyser in a single trip without bringing any food or water... How stupid was I? I was realizing just how stupid as I sat on a rock in the middle of a large meadow, on route to the Thoda Docks. Perhaps they'd have some food there! However, I was only halfway through the trip, and I had been travelling the entire night without sleep!

I let out a sigh as I tipped my empty canteen upsidedown, nothing coming out, not even a drop. My head tingled as a breeze blew across my hair, the sensation making me laugh a little bit... before a small object smoked me in the side of the head, knocking me off the rock and into a nearby pond.

"Oh noes, Tara did it again, she really needs to learn how to stop herself, yes she does!" I heard a very childish and girlie voice say as I removed my body from the water, now completely drenched. I looked up only to see what looked like a small girl with a weird helmet with wings, and a bow. The wings on the helmet were flapping, apparently keeping her suspended.

"What the heck are you? A monster of some sort?" I muttered, ticked off at this thing... whatever it was, for knocking me over. I had a spell ready just incase she answered the question with yes.

"Noes, Tara is a sprite, and your guide!" The sprite... apparently named Tara said in reply.

"My guide?"

"Yes, Martel needs help!"

"The Goddess?"

"Yup yup!"

"Riiiight... I think you're crazy...
 
I was dashing through the forest at the night, deep in thought as I stalked a running doe. The dreams just wouldn't leave me alone... That's why I had started hunting at night, and sleeping in the day. It helped a little, but not much... As my thick cloak billowed behind me with a large leap, I twisted, landing on the back of the doe, both hands pressing a ripping dagger into it's side, my teeth closing on the back of it's neck, bringing it down. I moved away, and began dragging wood, and soon had a warm fire going. Just because I could subsist on raw meat didn't mean I LIKED to...


My mealtime consisted of cutting chunks from the haunch, and slowly roasting them on my stilleto over the fire, before wolfing them down. However, I was interupted by a cultured voice remarking "How gruesome..." I looked around, and saw a great, silver owl perched in the tree. Amazingly, it fluttered down to the ground next to me, but rather than showing suprise, I muttered "It's a good thing I'm eating, owl isn't a taboo meat for me, talking or no." the owl ruffled it's feathers, and said, still diginified "Be that as it may, we have work to do, you and I..."
 
Shylocke carried on walking along. Sun Xeng followed close behind. It seemed as though they were friends now.
"So where do we go first?" He asked
"Well to be precise we need to go through the forest" Sun said to him.
"But first I need to go home to get some stuff." Shylocke said to him.

They arrived at his house and he went inside. He grabbed a bag and put water and food in it.
"Where is my cape?" He growled looking through all of this stuff. He found it and ran outside. to Sun Xeng.
"hop on" Sun said. Shylocke jumped on and the charged into the forest.
 
Lutalo had taken up a space on Kali?s shoulder, he had taken to cleaning his feathers and now had his head tucked under his wing, pinking at some of the emerald green feathers that took residence there. Kali on the other hand was sitting atop the fence she had been passing time on earlier, looking out towards the waning moon, thinking of what she had just been told.

It appeared that the Goddess was in some sort of trouble, but the only problem was that the summon spirits could not leave their temples without having being summoned by someone who had the power. So the messengers had been sent to get those who they knew possessed summoning arts, how they knew was a mystery to Kali, but she knew that the Goddess needed her and she was one of the only ones that could do something about it.

She hoped that she would find out more when she spoke to Sylph, the summon spirit of wind, who just happened to be the summon spirit who shared a sort of bond with her. Lutalo had told her that she would learn more when she met up with the others, but how she was going to meat up with them was beyond her.

She turned to look at Lutalo who instantly cessed cleaning his feathers to look into her emerald green eyes. He spoke, ?You are wondering how you will be meeting with the others, am I correct??

Kali nodded, not bothering to ask how he knew what she was thinking.

?The answer is simple. I carry with me, an emerald which will transport you instantly to the first temple we are to visit. There you will find a little more about the journey that lies ahead.?

Suddenly there was a green light and an emerald appeared before her eyes, sparkling green.

?When you are ready, take hold and prepare for a shocking journey?

Kali looked to Latalo and then back at the crystal before reaching out a hand and grabbing hold of the sparkling stone.

She was shocked to find herself jerked inwards and suddenly she found herself shooting down an emerald vortex and blinding speed. Lutalo followed at her side, seemingly calm, whereas she was on the verge of screaming.

Suddenly, she hit solid ground and looking around; found herself out side of the Isalian Temple.

(OOC- Okay, so in your next post, your messenger explains to you what has happened (though you can do this quick and simply like I have done) and gives you our crystal which transports you directly to the Isalian temple)
 
Shylocke ran downstairs.
I wonder why Sun Xeng is here. It seems like someone needs help, but who? He thought to himself. Sun Xeng walked up to him.
"We are actually going to save our Goddess. We were all sent to guide the person with the power to summon a beast. The monsters can't be summoned without a certain person to call upon them. I have an emerald in my fur that will teleport us to where our journey will begin." Sun Xeng finally finished explaining.

Shylocke sat and thought for a minute about whether to use the emerald or whether to just leave it. At last he stood up and nodded.
"I have always wanted to go on a journey like on my video games, I didnt think they were real though. Lets do this thing." He said smiling and grabbing hold of the emerald. He jumped onto Sun and they started travelling at the speed of bolt lighting through an emerald passage. They landed with a thump on the ground.
"OW!" Shylocke screamed rubbing his head. He looked around and saw someone standing there.
"Hi there my names Shylocke." He said getting up.
 
This sprite thing... Tara, as she called herself, had to be crazy. Martel was only a name that showed up in stories and legends around where I had lived. I believed in no Goddess, she didn't exist, it was all a lie. The last I heard of the Goddess had been the Tale about the uniting of the two continents, and I had been taught that this tale was all fake. Apparently, the Goddess was in some sort of mortal danger now, and it was up to I and a bunch of others who could summon the Summon Spirits to help. I couldn't really Summon though, I had only read a book on how to summon...

Tara continued to explain that she was Luna, the Summon Spirit of Light's, messenger, and that I was to embark on some sort of quest. When she finished, I could tell she had forgotten pieces by the look on her face.

"Off to Iselia Temple!" Tara said as a yellow gem appeared in my hands, and a bright light consumed me. Hey! I haven't agreed to anything yet!

As the light cleared, I found myself nearly strangling Tara for pulling that cheap move on me. I released my grip, and she fell to the ground in a daze. That's the point at which I found something binding my hands and feet together.

"Human, what are you doing to that sprite?" a female voice said from behind me. I turned my head to the side, and found myself face to face with a half elf. Half elves... I despised them, they murdered my village... my family.

"Why should I answer to scum like you?" I replied, my voice taking a smug tone. The half looked taken back, as not many people discriminated against half-elves anymore. "Photon!" I had managed to break my hands free enough to cast a spell, binding the half elf with light for a moment, while also damaging her. This gave me the opportunity to break free of the binding, and make a defensive stand.

"And here I thought you humans would have wisened up after the case 50 years ago." The half elf laughed maniacally as her hand began to glow a shade of silver. Apparently, I had gotten myself in over my head. I made an attempt to cast another spell, but I simply didn't have enough energy, since I hadn't eaten in a while. I felt my hands and feet bind again, and the elf approached, then put her hand on my face. "This will teach you." She muttered, before everything turned black.
 
Shylocke saw someone else fall into the temple.
These people must be the other warriors. He thought to himself. He saw the elf doing to thing to the person.
"Hey back off whats happening!?" He shouted grabbing his daggers. He looked down to the person on the floor and looked at the elf or half elf. He kept tense just incase he needed to grab his daggers for a fight.
 
Looking at this falcon, many questions began popping into my head.
"Why was I chosen? What do I have that will help Martel?" I wondered constantly.
"For me to answer those I cannot." Storm said. "All you must do is add your powers with the others and save Martel."
"How do you know what I am thinking?" I asked with confusion.
"I AM your personal messenger and let's say I can read yours and you can mine." He said back. "So. Try reading my mind."
I wondered about that for a moment. Clenching both fists =, I had tried to read this falcon's mind. Though seemingly easy, it is actually harder than expected.
"Argh. I can't do it."
"Just give it some time. You be able to do it but for now, I must take you to meet with the others." Storm said.
Storm opened his wings and let out a small shrill. A blinding yellow light came from his body and a yellow gem came forth into my hands.
"What's is this?" I asked waving it around.
"THAT is for traveling purposes. Do well not to lose it. Now hold it and let us be on our way." he explained.
I clenched the stone in my hands and my body started to separate.
"Oh yes. You might want to hold on tight." Storm also explained.
My body was suddenly thrown into high speed and after what seemed like an eternity in traveling in the void, we came to a stop. As a gate opened and we went through, I was thrown a few feet away where I was suppose to land at. I slowly picked myself up and rushed off the dust.
"Thanks for the late reminder." I said to Storm and saw a large temple.
"We are here. We are at the Isalian Temple. This is where it begins." Storm said.
 
(OOC- sorry for replying so late, been busy with exams and such. x,x I'll either edit in my second post tonight, or post it sometime tomorrow.)

Soma yawned. He had gotten little rest in the past few days for he had been busy helping liberate a small village from a gang of bandits. It wasn?t that it was hard work, it was just tiring; and Soma didn?t exactly receive much in terms of payment for his deeds, albeit it was self-rewarding knowing that he was able to help. ?I?ve resting long enough? thought Soma to himself as he started to force himself up from the lovely tree that he had been sitting against. ?I?d best be on my way.? said Soma. He was headed to the city of Palmacoasta; there wasn?t really any reason for his journey there, he had just felt like it, and he almost always went with his gut.

Soma picked up his whip and started to head to the east. As he trekked across the barely visible road, he thought about his future. ?Will I be doing this forever?? he said out loud to himself. He thought about this for a bit and finally came to the conclusion that he would grow bored of it eventually. Soma wished for something to happen, something that would bring excitement and adventure to his life; which had started to slowly become boring and repetitive in his eyes.

He continued walking, dreaming about various things that could happen to change his life for the better; when suddenly he got a weird feeling in the pit of his stomach, and a tingling sensation slowly rushed down his back, starting at the top of his neck.

Soma stopped walking and stood still; something was about to happen, he could just sense it, he didn?t know why, but he just could. He turned around and pulled out his whip, taking an offensive stance, readying himself to strike if need be. Soma knew he was being followed; yet he was unable to see his pursuer.

Suddenly an enormous figure appeared right in front of him, seemingly out of thin air. Soma, very surprised by this, jumped back and took a defensive stance. Soma took a second to study the giant lion-like figure; its mane and fur pertained a crimson glow and appeared to be engulfed in flames. The beast had bright crimson eyes as well, and several sharp teeth peeked out of its mouth.

It truly was a beautiful creature, but Soma feared it nonetheless. ?Wha- Wha- Why are you fu- following me? said Soma, in awe of the beast.

?Do not fear me, child,? bellowed the creature. ?I am Muking, and I shall guide you on our quest to rescue the great goddess, Martel, and lead you through the great land of Symphonia.
 
//ooc: Mari ish sorry, as well! ;~;

ic: "There she is! Over there, hurry up and get her!"

Eeep, run, run, run, ruuuuun~~!

Mia sneaked a brief glance at the crowd running after, running as quick as her feet would allow. Normally she would have just fought head on, but there were way too many of them chasing her. And to think, it all began simply because she stole a little ring from that prissy girly girl! How was she supposed to know that that annoying prissy girl had lots of stupid boy friends, anyway?!

Ah! As a looming building came into sight, Mia stuck out her tongue at the dorkies, as she had fondly dubbed them, and hurriedly took a turn through the armory. Luckily, she lost the crowd momentarily and so seized the second to throw herself into a bush. She kept silent for a few minutes, making sure that the coast was clear, before she gasped for air.

She cast her eyes at the stolen item she clutched, wondering why the heck she even bothered pilfering it in the first place. "Gaaah, I'm so stupid! All that trouble for this puny Attack Ring thingie!" She yelped, risking shouting out loud. She glared at the ring a second more before stuffing the jewelry inside her pocket. "Pah, I s'ppose what's done is done. I'll only get caught if I just stand here pouting."

"Hn? And here I thought you don't use your brain."

"Eh?" Mia jumped at the sudden noise and stumbled to the ground. Was it the dorkies? But I was sure… Her eyes warily darted all over the place and her ears perked up in caution. "Come out…!" She slipped on her gauntlets, her 'claws', and assumed a defensive stance. "Who's there?"

"Kiddo, down here."

Her eyes fell downwards, and she found herself staring at cute little fox. She raised a brow in confusion before playfully poking it. "Erm…you?" She asked hesitantly.

The fox's eyes seem to twitch as he "spoke". "Stop the poking." The fox paused for a moment, clearing his throat, "My name is Roxas. I am here to guide you on your quest to save the Goddess, Martel."

Mia crouched down beside the little fox. "Psst," she whispered on his ear, "who's Martel?"

Roxas resisted the urge to roll his eyes, assuming that the girl was merely joking. Everyone knew Martel, it was impossible for one not to! But, by the confused and utterly lost look on her face, he almost instantly believed that she was an exception to 'everyone'.
 
Kali looked upon the temple that stood in front of her, gazed upon the high peeks of the grand building and admired its well built structure. It was amazing that such a thing could exist in this world, she had never seen a temple before, having none near her village meant that there were many wonders she had never encountered before.

As she stared mouth agape at the grand building, Lutalo was busy pecking at the unconscious form of a girl on the floor. His wide eyes scanned her form for any injury. There appeared to be no harm done to her, and Lutalo flapped his wings and glided over to where Kali still stood admiring the view.

He landed on her shoulder and whispered into her ear, "perhaps paying more attention to the people around you is needed?"

In her amazement, she had not noticed the arrival of others in the area and so gasped upon coming across a limp form on the ground. Gracefully to glided over the fallen body of the girl and lay a gloved hand on her head With the other hand, she lowered her mask to reveal more pale flesh and rosy cheeks.

"She seems to be alright. Her breathing is normal and her temperature seems to be at average."

She began to shake the shoulders of her fallen comrade, speaking softly as not to startle her upon her awakening.

(OOC- Basically, just mingle for a while after your arrival)
 
"Ugh. I feel a bit dizzy." I said while walking with unstable feet.
"Some of the side-effects of a first travel through those gates. You'll be fine." Storm explained while flying a few feet ahead of me.
We reached what seemed to be the entrance of the temple. It was quite remarkable, the structure and shape.
"This is by far the most amazing..." I stopped and looked ahead of me. There was a girl laying on the floor and another girl standing, crouching to be exact, checking the unconcious one.
"Here are two of the others." Storm said still flying beside me. I ran foward towards both girls.
"Is she alright?" I asked the girl crouching need to the one laying on the floor.
"She is fine. She is not in any danger." Storm answered looking at the girl on the ground.
"I hope you're right."
 
Shylocke opened the door to the temple and looked outside. He saw a girl lying unconscious on the floor, a girl crouching and a boy crouching next to them both. He ran over to the group.
"Is everything ok?" He asked crouching down. He looked up at Sun
Xeng.
She is fine. He said to Shylocke's mind. Shylocke nodded and stood up.
"Lets get her inside" he said looking at the rest. A group of people jumped off of the roof and surrounded them. Shylocke looked around and grabbed his daggers.
"Bring it on fools" he growled and gave a slight grin.
 
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