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Post by Aerion on Dec 26, 2006 21:10:44 GMT 1
/** * General Summary (for Alexander, other people, stay away): The story is about (Evan)'s travel companion, Aerion
* Stuff that needs to change: Present->Past /**
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*Seriousness= No, not really
*POW=Third Person Focused
*Protagonist=Aerion & Xergon + Alex & Lilly, *Antagonist=N/A
*Setting= starts out in a predominantly rich feline city, goes into somewhere in 2019(the world has been knocked back a long way technologically) later in the story. The world has been divided into Felines, Canines, and Rest, Rest being any species that doesn't fit the two other groups, each group has their own territories and anyone not of that group will be reduced to either food or beggars, depending on species. Certain people have Magic talents, they vary greatly and are seemingly random in where they appear in that there doesn't need to be anyone with talents in the family for one to be born.
*Background=None, supply as much as possible
*Main Characters(age is the age they'll have when the main story starts):
Aerion = 14, doesn't know anyone at all, thief in the City, later a strategist, average martial artist, and the main focus of the story.
Alex = 15 Not even from the same universe, student in his own world, later the leader of the team
Evan (Ajax) = 16, lots of connection in high, middle, and low places, starts out as a goodhearted adventurer passing through City, ends up being the main hero.
Xergon= 13(but VERY childish), doesn't know anyone, Some random guy (but important for future plot) put her for purchase for a ridiculously low price, but no felines try to buy her since foxes are ineffective slaves
(add more l8r) **/
((This is one of three worlds where Aerion, Ajax, and Xergon live. Do not get it confused with the others.))
****************************************************** Book 1: ###### ****************************************************** A silver Ford pulled up to a lonely house among the mountains, and two children, one a teenage male, the other a young girl, exit followed by what appears to be their parents. As they approached the house, the door opened, and a man who appeared to be in his early thirties walked out. The girl looked up from a butterfly she had been examining and saw the man, "Uncle!" She exclaimed and ran over and hugged him. The boy leaned lazily on the car as he shook his head at his sister in amusement, and greeted the the man with a nod, "Hello, uncle." "To what do I owe this surprise visit?" The man asked the adults. "I'm going out of the country, and my wife wanted to come with me. Could the kids stay here for a few days?" The dad asked, "I'm going out of the country, and my wife wanted to come with me. Could the kids stay here for a few days? If not, I can get a babysitter for them instead." "No! Not the babysitter!" The girl exclaimed and hid behind the uncle, "she's evil. She wants me to go to bed at nine o'clock, and then she just sits at the phone talking and eats our ice cream." "Nine o'clock? That is evil." The uncle said with a chuckle and turned to the man, who apparently was his brother, "you're traveling again already? I've told you it's not good for your health. Speaking of your health, you look really pale, you could use some fresh mountain air." "I don't have time for another one of you lectures about how badly I am treating my body, I need to know whether or not you can have the kids here."The man responded impatiently. "Maybe next time then." The uncle said cheerfully "Anyway, sure, I'll take the kids, but only if I get to give them exactly as much work as I decide, no more no less." The dad glanced at his watch "OK, but I really ought to leave now, we're supposed to check inn in exactly an hour and it takes sixty-five minutes to get to it." He entered the vehicle, and started the motor, "honey, come on! "Just a sec," the mom yelled over her shoulder and turned to the kids,"Now you have to be nice to your uncle while we are away, and do as he say, OK?" The boy rolled his eyes, "Yes mom," With that the mom enter the vehicle and they speed of down the narrow road.
"You where just kidding about the work, right?" The boy asked hopefully. "No, of course not. You didn't think you could just sit in front of your computer, did you?" The uncle replied. "Actually, yes, yes I did" The boy said, disappointed. "Well at least you're honest," the uncle laughed, "there's not too much too do, so if we start now we can still be done before afternoon, and then you can lazy around the rest of the day." "Is there any way I can make you change your mind?" "No." "In that case, let's just get it over with."
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Post by Aerion on Dec 26, 2006 21:47:15 GMT 1
******FADE IN********* The uncle and the two kids were working on a small garden behind the house, the boy removed weed and the girl made large stick figures out of the stones she moved, while the uncle planted seeds. "How long is it since last time you cleaned this garden?" The boy stopped to wipe off some sweat. "Since late spring I think" the uncle responded. "That's impossible" the boy stated "spring has technically not even started yet." "I don't recall saying which year" the uncle winked "but, we can take a pause now, let's go in and eat some cookies, they should be done by now."
Inside the uncle pulled out some cookies from an ancient stove you'd expect to see either in a scrap yard or in a museum, not in someones kitchen, and put them on the table. "A little burned, but eatable." The uncle said. "Uncle! tell a story!" The girl exclaimed. "Use hunting voice when inside, remember?" The uncle reply. "Hmm, which story to tell...Ah,I've got it. The story of an young boy from another dimension and his unlikely group of friends." "First of, there's no such thing as different dimensions. Secondly, even if there was, there's no way you could get a story from one over here." the boy retorted, " besides, we've already heard that story a hundred times." "Ah, but that's where most people go wrong, there is such a thing as different dimensions, and one is created each time something divine changes the world, like the great flood, one dimension never got it and another didn't have a Noa, we can only imagine how those worlds look. As for how I got the story, I'll tell you when I think you are ready. Now keep your mouth shut, your sister haven't heard the story. "Now, there's a lot of background history you should know, but I'll shorten it down to the best of my ability. Now close your eyes and imagine this: ((*************I'LL DO IT FROM MEMORY SINCE I DON'T OWN A PC***********))" It's the end of the golden age, where the rivers flowed with milk and honey and the sheep graced alongside the wolves. The divine force, God if you want to call it that, intervened and attempted to create humans. And, as you might recall me saying, when divine forces intervene dimensions are created. This particular dimension had a mishap with the force that was supposed to create humans and instead spread the force out among the animals. The animals evolved into what we would call humanoid, or "anthropomorphic", over several generations and the predators grew greedier and the prey grew more paranoid. Eventually the prey created societies then cities, with the predators following right after by creating hunting groups then castles. Over time the predators grew so greedy they no longer only wanted as much food they could get, they also wanted all the territory and wealth that existed. This lead to the art of war, which wasn't as 'civilized', if you can call war that, as in our world, it consisted of simply making weapons then charging the enemy with them at any time. Eventually there where only two forces still in what is called "The World War", the rest of the predators had surrendered to either side under the condition they wouldn't be attacked, but instead taxed, which I guess is equally bad for the economy. The two forces were the felines and the canines, with the foxes serving whichever side they personally felt strongest. The felines won because they stroke during the chaos created after the Alpha of the canines had been assassinated. Now the other species are either hunted as food or serving as slaves, depending on how strong they are. The exception is the foxes, who are considered traitors by both sides and are poor slaves because they resort to trickery rather than doing hard labor, who mostly end up walking around in the wild, using traps to capture prey. "The story starts in the equivalent of the middle ages, there exist abilities that may seem like magic but it's in fact just an individual with a unique ability, for example due to the rather common mutations, most of which end in dead but once in a while there'll be someone who evolve a ability never before seen in the species. The technology is slightly more advanced in general, but weapons are behind due to the more common use of natural weapons instead. Biology and chemistry is farther ahead since you can experiment on anything and anyone, assuming they are either slaves or has signed a contract, contrary to our No-experimenting-on-humans law.
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Post by Aerion on Dec 28, 2006 15:07:52 GMT 1
********FADE IN***********
A young dirty-looking wolf tumbled out of a noble's house, clad in clothes the color of rock - though if they were meant to be was another question - with a heavy sack over his shoulders. He just barely slammed the door closed behind him when an explosion blew the door of it's hinges. Getting his feet back under him - and resisting brushing his jacket lest he gets a handful of ground, which isn't a good idea around here - he darted to a ladder made of rope and wooden planks. As was his obvious intention, he climbed it as best he could with his one free hand and two agile feet - To a small relatively flat outcropping. Once up, he pulled the ladder up after him, out of reach of the panther in elegant purple clothing who were coming out of the door with a crossbow. "Give that back to me thief!" The panther fired a few bolts toward the thief for effect, the bolts exploded when they hit the mountain and "Or else what?" The boy asked smugly. "Or else I'll call the guards to arrest you," The panther glanced behind him, expecting to see some guards already on their way, but seeing no one. "Did you mean those drunks over in the tavern? Or the ones 'questioning' the young female cats over in the barracks bedrooms? Oooh, I know! You meant your bodyguards, who are currently inspecting the bottom of your well! Not very bright, are they?" Judging by the smug grin on the youth's face, he found it quite amusing. "I-I-I'll have your head on my trophy wall for this, mutt!" The panther stuttered, gesturing angrily - including with the hand holding the armed crossbow. The wolf raised his eyebrows "Now now, there's no need to start using such...savage language, " he reached into the sack and pull out a money sack and removed a single silver coin and flicked it down in front of the panther, "Here, go buy yerself some soda instead of that stuff you call wine, Lady knows you're sour enough yourself." The panther was so angry you'd expect to see actual steam coming out of his ears, and he started searching for a way up to this "insolent son-of-a-dog!" "I see I've overstayed welcome here. So, I'll be leaving. Thanks for the generous addition to the wolf youth survival fund, benefiting the noble task of keeping me alive." The wolf called down before turning around and walking through a tunnel hidden behind a large stone. On the way in he pulled a rope, setting of a short chain of events causing the stone to fall in behind him and seal the entrance Where to go now... He could potentially go to the auction and see what the prices are for his kind nowadays, or potentially buy himself a girlfriend - certainly didn't seem easy getting one the usual way - So, that he did.
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Post by Aerion on Dec 28, 2006 16:22:51 GMT 1
*****FADE IN********* A large lion, even by lion standards, in full leather armor and with an ax on his back walked into the tavern and plopped down on a chair by an empty table, the chair creaking under the sudden weight. "Beer! And lots of it! I need to water my throat," he yelled over at the young barmaid, "and none of that out-watered pig's urine you served me last time!" The barmaid seemed to want to say something back, but decided against it and went off to get some beer. She came back with a large mug of beer and a glass and put it down in front of him. He ignored the glass and gulped down the beer right from the mug. "That hit the spot!" he dried of his beard with the sleeve on his armor. "That'll be five silver, sir," the barmaid said with an annoyed glance at the lion's bad table manners. "Five silvers for one mug of beer?! That's twice what it's worth!" the lion exclaimed, but pulls out his money pouch nonetheless and give the barmaid five silver coins. He relaxed back in the chair and spot an announcement mentioning an auction. He got up and walked over to it, it read "Bring your money pouches down to the quarterly auction today at the town center, starting at noon and lasting the whole day.
A variety of slave species present, from the cheap foxes to the mighty elephants. Starting bids ranging from 50 silver to 800 gold.
Bring any potential auctionees to the back for inspection and pricing."
The lion pondered it for a moment, then headed out of the tavern and toward the town center. ********FADE OUT**************
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Post by Aerion on Dec 28, 2006 23:22:33 GMT 1
**********FADE IN************
A wagon pulled by what appears to be horses, although it was not easy to see under the dust that have been mixed with the sweat on their bodies to create a layer of brownish goo, bounced along the rough street toward the center of the town. In the back there were a large cage filled with a variety of species, no felines of course. Most of the animals were crying in each other's arms or mumbling muffled goodbyes to their family. In a corner a lone fox was sleeping. As they got closer to the center where a scene stood surrounded by various felines in noble clothing, the fox opened her eyes and started praying quietly to whichever gods listens. When they stopped behind the scene, a cloaked creature jumped down from the wagon and walked over to a cheetah sitting behind a table. "I've got seven creatures to auction" the cloaked person said. "Species, rough ages, and place you got them from?" the cheetah responded. The cloaked person sounded hesitant, as though he had to force the info out of his brain "Two twin bears, one female the other male, of a newly mature age, previously bodyguards of someone who has no need for bodyguards anymore. Three....four, four wolf pups of unknown gender fresh from the pack, captured by a pelt hunter and sold to us on our way here. Oh, and a female fox of unknown age who we 'picked up' from an outpost on our way here." "I'll give you 200 gold each for the bears, 5 gold each for the pups, and 20 silver for the fox," the cheetah said as he examine the cages. "The minimum payment is 50 silver!" the cloaked person exclaimed. "Not for foxes it ain't. Tell ya what, since we could use the bears to drive up audience numbers, I'll give you a very generous offer. 30 silver, take it or leave it. You won't get a better offer anywhere else." The cheetah stated matter-of-factly. "Deal," the figure said "but only because I want to be rid of these...these...things, as soon as possible." The cheetah pulled out a large chest and counted up four big gold pieces, twenty smaller ones, plus thirty silver coins and handed it all to the figure, he then gestured to two tigers who started unloading the cages and put them among the other cages at the foot of the scene. The figure puts the money in a pouch on his belt and jumps on the back of the wagon which drives off. The cheetah goes over to the scene and glances through the curtains separating them from the large group of people of different race and status, from the noble clothed figures waiting for something to happen, to the ones clothed in mere rags sneaking around and looking for money to steal and pockets to pick, to the slave species clothed in servants clothing who are simply carrying out the master's wish of acquiring another slave, to random commoners simply there to see what will be sold and for how much. The gepard look back at the tigers. "Seems we have as big an audience as we are going to get, so lets get the auction started!" He yells at them "Start with the pups, and make one of the bears ready. We'll do the other bear at the end." "Yes sir!" the tigers respond and carry the cage containing the pups to the curtains. The gepard walks up to a podium on the stage and looks out over the sea of creatures who greet him with loud applause. "Ladies, gentlemen, and servants! The quarterly auction is now started!" More applause. "We'll be starting with one of four wolf pups, currently weak but can be trained up for nearly any type of work. Starting bid is ten gold, any bidders?" The tigers push a pup, barely able to stand on it's own, out on the scene. A bunch of offers are shouted out immediately, but as the bids pass 50 gold the voices die down rapidly but for a few ones who continue it to 60 before being stopping as well. "Do I hear sixty-five?" The gepard shouts, trying to get a higher bid but not getting one, " Sixty first time. Second time. Third time, sold to the gentleman with the wolf vest." The 'gentleman' in question goes up to the stage and pushes a pouch into the gepard's hands and drags the pup with him. The same happens to the other pups, which sell for 55, 63, and 50 respectively. "Now we have one of the strongest creatures there is, the mighty bear!" The tigers lead out the female bear with a collar and shackles on hands and feet. "Bets start at four hundred gold" The bids goes rapidly from 400 to 500 then slow down slightly but continue until one guy in clothes that completely conceal his body yell out a bid of 700, then a lot of mumbling breaks out but no bids. "Sold to the guy in the black clothing." The gepard yells, barely able to conceal his surprise at such a high price, even for a bear. The 'guy in black clothing' goes up to the podium and try to drag the bear with him, but she resists. The tigers move to help the buyer, but he waves them back and goes up to the bear and whisper something intelligible, the bear instantly calm down and follow the person. The auction goes on for a while, most of the creatures being sold and a few being set aside for the fur factory. "And now we have..." The gepard glances down at a paper he has in front of him, then almost disappointedly say "...a fox. Minimum bid is thirty silver." This statement is greeted by loud Boos. "No one? In that case, fur factory one, two..." He's interrupted by a shout of "one gold." The gepard seems confused for a moment, but quickly gatters his senses again. "Sold to whoever said that." "That would be me." A young wolf with a sack over one shoulder walks up on the stage and puts a gold piece in front of the gepard. "A wolf? What's a slave bidding on other slaves for?" The gepard says angrily. "First of, I'm not a slave, I am my own master. Literally. I inherited myself from my last master when he died." The wolf said proudly "Secondly, I'm bidding on behalf of someone else who couldn't be here." "Fine." The gepard says, although he looked like it was far from fine, and gestures to the tigers, who exchange confused looks but get the fox nonetheless. "Take the fox and get lost." The gepard seems to barely have the willpower to keep calm, not surprising considering the dishonor the wolf had caused to his auction by just being there. The wolf seemed to be oblivious to this, and just went over to the fox and pulled at her leash, when she didn't move he went over and did some kind of painful armbar with his free hand that almost lifted her up by her elbow, then he pushed her along using the armbar. A large lion in leather clothing who had been watching all of this with interest now leave after the wolf, making sure not to be seen.
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Post by Aerion on Dec 29, 2006 20:25:39 GMT 1
*******FADE IN***********
A wolf boy comes along with a sack over one shoulder and....a female fox over the other? Anyhow, the fox seems to be trying to get away from the wolf and is cursing loudly. "Let me go this instant, mutt. You will regret this." The wolf responds by tightening the armbar. "Son-of-a-dog" the fox yelps. "Now now, calm down and I might decide to let you go. But until then try to listen." The wolf say calmly "I bought you to save you from the fur factory, but I still bought you, so if I decide a fur coat would match my shoes there's nothing stopping me from turning you into one." "You're lying!" The fox sound surprised rather than desperate. "He he, guess I shouldn't have tried to bluff a fox, eh?" The wolf cheerfully say "Still, there is nothing stopping me from harming you to stop you from taking suicide or getting caught by a slave-trader, so calm down or I'll break the arm." "You'll break my arm to save me? Kinda ironic don't ya think? But ok, I'll do as you say, for the moment." The fox say. "Much better," the wolf lets go of the fox, "now, what would be your name?" "Xergon, master." the fox replies, exaggerating the last word. "Xergon, interesting name for a female, I'm Aerion." The wolf say. "It's not a name for a female, my original captors thought I was a boy." Xergon replies. "Heh, well few would mistake you for one now." Aerion replies with a chuckle, looking at the three pairs of breasts visible through the meager clothing. A large lion steps out on the pat in front of them and Aerion hurries to grasp the leash on Xergon. "What is a slave....no, you said you weren't a slave....What is a servant such as you doing with a slave, and a fox at that?" The lion asks and steps in front of the two. "If you heard me say I weren't a slave you also heard me say that I bought this fox for my boss." Aerion try to walk past the lion but it moves so that it stays in the way. "I don't believe that reason, but I see you're not going to trust me, which is good considering my appearance. Maybe this will make you change your mind," the lion pulls up his sleeve to reveal a snake twisting around a paw print with a pair of feathers tattooed into his arm. "A lion is part of the Organization?!" Aerion exclaims. "Hah!" The lion exclaims "It's not called the Organization, it's called GSU, Global Species Unification." "Just testing ya." Aerion replies and pulls up his own sleeve to reveal a tattoed image of a identical pawprint only his is bare, spare for a wolf head inside it, "I'm part of it too, but because of debt of honor, not because I care to much about the fate of the world." "Would someone tell me what is going on here?!" Xergon exclaim. "Sure," the lion replies "I am part of an organization called GSU, Global Species Unification, we work to end the suppression of all species by freeing slaves around the planet by using non-violent methods such as convincing owners to let slaves pay for or inherit themselves as well as donating money to people making fake fur coats, or other products requiring the killing of a creature, cheaper than the actual products. The freed slaves sometimes repay their debt by helping to free other slaves, other times they don't even consider themselves in debt." "I am one of the first kind," Aerion said "been repaying the debt oved the last five years of my life by stealing from the rich felines, finaly finished repaying it a month ago." "Wait." Xergon seemed confused " if you have repayed your debt, why did you free me?" "But I didn't." Aerion said with a chuckle "maybe you haven't been paying attention, but yer still collared up and I never gave you your freedom. I'll discuss the matter of your release later though, just gotta finish talking to this...feline. "So, feline, what is it you want?" He said to the lion. "I was suspecting smugling of slaves for black market fur industries, I don't think a ex-member of the GSU would do that, but it doesn't hurt to be safe. So, I would like to buy the fox from you." The lion say and pull out a heavy money pouch. "I'm not going to sell her," Aerion reply "but once I'm out of the city I'll give her her freedom, on terms I'll tell her then. If yer so concerned for her freedom you can follow me and protect her once she's out of the city and free, or satisfy the terms yourself if she refuses." "Ok, but no sudden movements, I am a trained fighter." the lion say and put his money pouch away. The trio walk through the streets and past the guards at the city gate with relative ease, no one seing anything weird with a feline with two "slaves" following him. ***********FADE OUT*********
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Post by Aerion on Jan 26, 2007 22:29:25 GMT 1
************FADE IN**************
"Now that we are outside, tell me what you want from me." Xergon demanded. "First of all, calm down." Aerion replied "I just need to make sure you truly want to be free." He pulls a knife out of a hidden pocket and hands it to her "First task, rip out of some hair from your tail, fox-tail hair is a pretty potent catalyst in potion making." Xergon closes her eyes and steels herself against the pain she knows will come. Then she rips out a bunch of hair from the base of the tail, where the bodyfur will cover most of the area anyway, and hands it to Aerion. "Ok, now that I have my catalyst, the actuall test is to cut of a finger. You don't need to give that to me though, I have no use for fox fingers." "You can't be serious!" Xergon and the lion exclaim simuntaniously. "But I am." Aerion seems amused by the situation " there is another choice though." "Anything, just not that." Xergon seem scared out of her mind. "The lion can cut of one of his fingers instead." Aerion gets a evil glimpt in his eyes as he smiles toward the lion. "Over my dead body." The lion states, subtly changing his stance to be ready for a fight. "That can be aranged." Aerion grins miscieviously "But I think ya forgot who owns the fox, either someone cuts of a finger or I keep the fox." Xergon reaches instincly to her collar and get a paniced look on her face, then grabs hold of the knife with her left hand, "I'll do it." "Good." Aerion is smiling amused at the fox. With a short prayer to a indefinitive force, Xergon positions the hand on a tree and smacks the knife into her right thumb. She let the knife fall to the ground, not noticing it had gotten a weird form, and pulled her hand back in reflex. But when she got over the reflexive shock, she realiced she wasn't in any actual pain and the finger was still in place. She looked down on the knife, and saw that it had bendt to show a circular bump roughly the width of her finger. "Umm....huh?" is all the fox can get out through the surprise of still having the finger attached. "The knife was one I had gotten from a theater, only part capeable of sustaining pressure is the hilt, I only wanted to see if you really wanted to be free, not make you a thumb short," Aerion says with a short laugh, "anyhow, feel free to take the collar off now, the lock never worked anyway." "You mean all this time I could have just taken it off and run?" Xergon testingly pulls at the collar, and it easily slides over her head. "Yes, that is what I mean."
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Post by Aerion on Mar 4, 2007 16:05:28 GMT 1
************FADE IN************** "You expect us to believe this is true?" the boy asked, amused. "You don't?" The uncle replied in mock surprise, "well then I'm going to have to prove it to you. There's a cave near here that will prove everything." "I wanna go there!" The little girl exclaimed "I wanna go there now!" "Hunting voice, Lilly. We'll go there." The uncle said and stood up "Now get that rear of yours in gear, Alex. We're going on a short walk."
The group walked out the back door and through the garden towards the mountains. After climbing the steep hill upwards, they got to the caves. "Follow me. And try to be quiet, theres no dangerous animals here but that´s no excuse to wake up half the mountainside." the uncle said and walked up among the caves with purposefulness steps. Almost all the way up, he turned left and entered a cave and stopped, "Here it is." "And what, pray tell, is ´it´?" Alex asked impatiently. "You´ll see" the uncle smiled, "I´m going back down since I just remembered I left the oven on, but explore this cave and you´ll find the proof I mentioned." Alex was studying a weird flowering tree that was growing out of the mountain, "Uncle, what type of tree is this?" he turned around and asks, but the uncle had disappeared, "Weird. Lilly, let´s go back" "No! I want to go into the cave!" she exclaimed and ran into the cave. Drawing a deep breath to calm himself, Alex ran after her. Lilly kept running into the cave until she suddenly tripped and fell. "Are ya alright?" Alex asked, but what she tripped over caught his gaze and he didn't hear the reply. It where a door in the floor, and something compelled him to grab the latch and pull. On the other side of the door where...nothing, only absolute darkness.
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Post by Aerion on Jun 9, 2008 15:04:45 GMT 1
THIS WON'T WORK!!!!!!!!!!! REDO FROM START, NO SLAVES!!!!!!!!!!!
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