Much Energy Did Scatter.
To Return A Heart To It’s Thunder,
One Hundred Is All That Matters.”
The song-like voice rang through his head as he walked through the wooded landscape, the moonlight shown through the thick leaves, almost following him like a spotlight. The poem spoke louder as he neared the forest’s end, as if guiding him to something.
He pushed through the thick bushes into a moonlit clearing where he found the burning remains of a campsite. He staggered backward and cupped a hand to his mouth as, through the blaze, he saw twenty-five bodies. They were not horribly mangled; each just had a small hole through their heart where it looked as if something about the size of a walnut had been removed.
In the middle of the bodies stood a human-like figure, though it was clearly not human at all. In it’s bloody claws, it held twenty-five shards of an obviously precious stone. Before he could choke out any questioning words, the creature smiled maniacally, swallowed the stones and rushed for him.
He closed his eyes and prepared for the worst, yet, the worst never came. As he slowly opened his eyes, the figure standing before him was not the strange beast from before, but a beautiful woman. She was clad in a loose-fitting, black silk dress and her ebony hair fell in loose curls over her shoulders.
She stared at him with dark, heavy lidded eyes and took a step closer. His guard was up and he winced slightly as she took another step and put a hand on his chest. Her lips parted in an almost insane smile as she slowly lifted her head and kissed him forcefully.
He felt something being forced down his throat; it was large and it didn’t go down easily. He panicked and pushed himself away from her, she just smiled that wicked smile and said in that same song-like voice:
“When Hearts Did Burst Asunder,
Much Energy Did Scatter.
To Return A Heart To It’s Thunder,
One Hundred Is All That Matters.”
‘You’ve been chosen, young priest. Use this chance well, as you may not get another...’
With that and a light laugh, she turned and disappeared into the woods. He stood where she left him and stared, “...Priest?...what on Earth did she mean by–....” a sharp pain in his chest cut off his thought. He grabbed at the pain, like that was going to help. Frantic to at least see what was causing so much pain, he ripped his shirt off and saw a mark on his chest over his heart.
The mark was blazing orange and burning like a brand, in fact, that’s what it was. As the mark cooled, among the blistering skin, the image of a fourth of a human heart was visible. Another, much stronger pain shot through him this time and he fell to his knees. He closed his eyes and tears streamed down his face as he began to lose consciousness. Again, her voice echoed through her head:
‘Beware the ones close to you, young Priest...they’re the ones who will cause the most harm...’
Her laugh echoed in his mind and all around him. Shakily, he stood and staggered forward, he had to find her to ask her what she meant. His vision blurred and he stumbled and fell face first on burning debris. With a single yell of pain and terror, he passed out.
Four people have had this dream, two and two girls (the girl in black was replaced with a guy in the girl’s dream...just sayin’ razz ) there is a history about the heart the black clad figures spoke of:
Eons ago, there was a crystal called the Wraithheart. This Crystal was the last remaining part of a demon that terrified a village long ago. This demon demanded monthly sacrifice of an innocent, the villagers, now fed up with the horrible bloodshed the demon demanded, hired a warrior to kill it. He succeeded, but the heart could not be completely destroyed.
The Heart still pulsated as if it were still alive and the blood of innocents still had to be sacrificed to it to keep it’s power in check. Angered by the fact that the madness had not stopped, a priest and a priestess stepped up in hopes of purifying and destroying the Heart. They succeeded in purifying it, now it would only go back to it’s corrupted state if a person with a tainted soul touched it. But, as they tried to destroy it, two others (the priest’s brother and the priestess’ sister ) seeking the Heart’s dark powers, attacked and killed their siblings.
Before their untimely demise, the Priest and Priestess managed to shatter the Heart into 100 pieces, but it wasn’t destroyed and it’s shards were scattered into 100 individuals. Disappointed with their failure to retrieve the power they wanted, they used their knowledge in the Black Arts to create two artificial beings to prowl the world and kill the ones the shards were embedded in and bring it back to them. They Dark users died before their creations’ task was completed.
The Creatures continued their duty and eventually found all the shards, 25 each. the exact duty of two of these creature was somewhat forgotten and, instead of transferring them to the descendants of the dark users, they gave the shards to the ancestors of the priest and the priestess.
Now, the four people are in a struggle for power, a battle against brother and sister for the ultimate power.
Roles:
Dominick Thames(Age: 26 ) : he is a descendant of the Priest. His dreams about the girl and the transference of the shards to him are more elaborate than the others, he actually gets injured in real life as he does in the dream. When he started having the dreams, he knew they meant something, but he wasn’t quite sure what that something was. When he began receiving injures and found that he was able to create an manipulate fire at will, he knew this was something special. Little did he know that his literally crazy brother received shards as well and he’s now out to kill him. Hopefully, he has enough control of his gifts to keep him and Alicia alive. Played By: Apocalypse
Alicia Kingston(Age: 24) : She is a descendant of the Priestess and Dominick’s girlfriend. Her dreams are realistic and terrifying, but not quiet as much as Dominick’s. she will receive a cut or two at times and she has the same brand on her chest. She worries about Dominick and stays close to him when she can. She’s well aware of her powers over Light, Wind and Lightning and uses them to their fullest potential. Her sister who, much like Dominick’s brother, is crazy, has also received the shards. This will certainly be hard on them both. Played By: my_Friends.No_Body
Zack Thames (Age: 36) : Dominick’s older half-brother, and a descendant of the Dark man. He was institutionalized when he was 20 for killing his parents. He managed to escape after he began to have the dreams. The only message he felt the dream sent him was that he should kill his half brother. He has control over earth and metal and will use these powers to kill his brother, one way or another. Played by:
Brittany Kingston (Age: 3 cool :Alicia’s older half-sister, descendant of the dark woman. She was institutionalized at 21 for mass murder. She also managed escape when the dreams came, she’s teamed up with Zack to kill Alicia. She controls ice and water and thinks her gifts are perfect because she wants to give her half-sister a slow, agonizing death. Played By:
Rules:
1.) No godmodding
2.) Relationships can happen
3.) I rule
4.) Like always, I’m half asleep while writing this. If it makes no sense, PM me, I’ll try to explain it.
5.) No going off one your own.
6.) My little description is just something to go on, be creative with your background.
Profile:
Name: (use provided)
Age: (use provided)
Powers: (Use Provided)
Weapons: something small; guns, knives, metal pipes
Personality: (eh, make something up)
Background:
Appearance: (use provided)
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Name: Dominick Thames
Age: 26
Powers: he can create and manipulate fire at will
Weapons: skilled at using guns, but he’s pretty handy with a metal pipe when need be. He’s also skilled in using martial arts, but he always sticks to the basics in a fight, no matter how much he really knows.
Personality: he’s kind, calm and distant, but he’s a little overprotective and can get violent if his or Alicia’s safety is threatened.
Background: He grew up without ever really knowing his brother, his parents told his that his brother was living with his real dad. So he enjoyed the life of an only child. When he was ten, he came home from school to find this insane man, covered in blood, standing over the bodies of his parents. As you can imagine, he was horribly scarred and he was even more so to find out that the man who killed his parents was his brother.
For 15 years, he was haunted with nightmares about that day, he became incredibly distant and put all his feelings in the things he did best, his artworks. It’s a wonder he even met Alicia. They met when he was displaying his (rather disturbing) artworks when she asked him about why he chose that certain subject. At first, he knew that she was with him because of sympathy, but then they found they had quiet a bit in common and eventually fell in love.
They were together for a year before they both started having the dreams. When Dominick came in with fresh wounds several times a week, he could tell she was worried. He assured her that it wasn’t him that was doing it, but they were both worried when it became more and more frequent. He normally wears long clothing that covers most of his wounds, save for the newest one, the scar shaped like a X over his eye where he was burned in his dream. Now that he knows what his dreams mean, he’s become very protective of Alicia, the only person left in his life that he cares about. As much as he doesn’t like killing or fighting, he’s going to make sure that his brother meets the fate he deserves.
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