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Character Name: Mako Carnival Tensei
Character Age: 17
Character Gender: Male
Character Race: Nobody
Character Position: Good
Character Personality:
Mako was deeply emotional and somewhat sentimental, impulsive and quick to trust people this particular aspect often proved to be a liability. He was also very caring, honorable, easy going and likable. It is more than once said it was hard to be sad around him even in sad times. Mako was a dreamer, an idealist, and had never remained silent when he felt anyone around him was being mistreated, regardless of the consequences. This is no longer the case since the loss of his heart.
Mako for some reason can’t let go of the feeling of having a heart and it pains him still in some way to not posses what he lost. The space it once took up hurts physically and he often grasps his chest when the emptiness seems to grow. Sometimes even the memory of what has happened is forgotten and the shadow of what he had lost seems almost real until he is reminded that it is unreal. Overall he hasn’t taken the change well and hates his new status as a being of nothingness.
He often resorts to aggressive tactics,deception and has gained significant experience in manipulating people and events towards his own ends. All he wants is to be real and whole again. In his current state anything standing in his way or posing any kind of opposition will be crushed. However, Mako does have a personal sense of honesty that offers him some amount of self-control. As a result, he can often be seen contemplating his course of action, while divided between adopting a ruthless pursuit of his current goal and using tactics that he considers more honest. At times, he may sacrifice a goal in order to remain within the limits of this sense of honesty, all just to remain true to the person he was.
Mako, he appears to nearly always radiate happiness, which at times can be clearly seen at times as fake, revealing an insane grin in odd moments. It is fairly obvious he has little respect for anyone, except his father, often saying whatever is on his mind regardless of whether or not it is appropriate and when angered it usually never is, more often than not escalating maters far beyond the norm. All that remains the same throughout Mako’s existence is his indomitable will trained to fully defy logic and most of, if not all, the laws of physics, which played a great part in how he managed to keep his human form.
Mako has a horrible temper and rarely hesitates to use violence against those who provoke him; however, he is against the use of lethal force. Mako does this is in order to save himself from feeling guilt over their deaths when he regains his heart and generally expects no gratitude from them. His belief is that only in fairy tales do bad people turn good, and that he is old enough to not believe in fairy tales.
Strongest Characteristics:
· Strong
· Strong will
Favorite Things:
· Big Breasts
· World Domination
· Virtually Nothing Else
Appearence
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Battle Information
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Weapon Name: For lack of a better term Sword Chucks: Saturos & Menardi
Weapon Appearance:
Saturos is a large sword three feet in length, an inch thick and two inches wide. The steel blade is moderately curved and with a few inches of the back edge sharpened; the curve allows it to be more effective in thrusts. The guard is a rectangular with a cupped shape to prevent rainwater from getting into the sheath, and to prevent blood from dripping down to the handle. Red cord is wrapped over the metal of the handle for a grip.
Menardi is the lesser sword but is much wider at the base two-edged for cutting and has a tapered point for stabbing during thrusts. A solid grip is provided with ridges for the fingers. Blade strength was achieved by welding together strips, in which case the sword had a channel down the center, or by fashioning a single piece of high-carbon steel, rhomboidal in cross-section. The owner's name is engraved alond both sides. From the hilt hangs a large ring on a chain connected to Saturos
It is a fearsome, highly destructive weapons. While a normal set of chained swords makes use of the chain to ensnare the opponent so the wielder may attack at full advantage with the other sword, each of Mako’s swords and can be launched to at least forty feet and retracted by a mechanism in the larger of the two. The sickle cuts effortlessly through solid objects like wood and rock; Mako wields it with immense skilloffensively and defensively to an almost supernatural level of control. Once retracted, it is effective as a sword at close quarters. Very expensive.
Abilities:
Vicis Torqueo
Using his sorcery Mako temporarily halts all thermal dynamic power in a paper-thin radius of two to five feet or project it onto an object. Robbing the space of all energy in this even light cannot escape giving it the black color. Simply put energy and time stop in a space completely and nothing can pass through the barrier the reason being that all incoming energy is absorbed including heat and impacts. Ice gathers on the surface as moisture is collected around it then solidified, objects that come in contact lose energy and heat just the same and ice forms quickly.( For every post used a multiple of 2 is required for a cool-down.)
For lack of a better term Space Folding
Space is folded in on itself in front of Mako as his will pushes space in opening a portal to any point between himself and his desired destination instantly bringing far of places to a mere step away. The portal is usually large one sided, the other being at the destination, it cannot be seen from the other side and it can only be entered when visible. To a viewer in the opposite direction it does not appear and it is incapable of stopping them from passing through it for those who enter it the wrong way the portal may as well not exist. Direction and Mako’s original position don’t matter so long as he knows exactly where he wants the portal to open. (Three post cool-down)
Sinus Dimension
A place between universes neither here nor there and any way it can be looked at it doesn’t seem to exist and should not to begin with. The Pocket Dimension is a place of endless nothingness where the laws of physics do not posses any power, where the flow of time is non discrete and the past, present and future exist simultaneously at once anything as artificial as a second wouldn’t last as long. Basically anything that goes in will eventually be multiplied over and over and over and over well into several eternities due to times non-linear path in the Pocket Dimension. Living beings can’t enter this place and if they do they are immediately driven insane as the ages corrode the mind and time eats away at all things organic, if the creator entered their would be no one to hold it open on the outside and it would close behind him. The portal is opened when Mako collapses space in the sky(The sky being the only place big enough) for the portal effectively opening a hole in the universe without connecting to another one then closes the new space. Being highly strenuous it will immediately close after a few minutes but the space and its contents will remain. If the contents are exposed back into the universe they will vanish after a few minutes. (Lasts two posts with a ten-post cool down)
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Character History
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Parents dead, family scattered and the world was under new management. He couldn’t remember much but he knew what had happened but it was fairly easy to find out it was in history books people talked about it when they thought he was out of earshot or he wasn’t listening not that anyone had hidden it from him but people tended to shy away from the subject especially when father was home. From what he had learned was that a violent revolution had taken place some years past ending badly on both sides but the democratic party had come out as the leaders of the their new beginning and the ones who lost were executed. They say the victors write history but there were no cover-ups it was done in the open with meticulous raids they were rooted out placed on trial even family and friends were taken and quickly executed every record said so and anyone who had been old enough to understand what was happening at the time agreed.
It was a wonder he had survived and all thanks to the man responsible Friedrich Tensei. As he was told near the end when his parents had been killed Tensei had shown him some kindness, a rarity in his character that was noticed by many, choosing to take in an infant in direct opposition to the orders of the party that had placed him in power. It was again a well-known fact that made many people nervous seeing their new leader disobey a law he had passed himself that any and all members of the previous rulers were to be executed and all those affiliated would see the same fate. Tensei had simply replied “ Why should a child be killed for the a mere accident of birth.”
Mako grew up at the center of a group that wanted him dead fearing that he would some day he would be the means to the rise of an old enemy but the sad truth was that they had merely traded one tyrant for a whole other kind of person who was not at all what they had expected. Tensei was powerful near unstoppable it hadn’t been long before the majority of the Democratic Party was replaced and all attempts to stop him had been defeated. A few had even tried to assassinate him, which had also proven to be impossible one broken survivor had been taken away muttering the word “ Inhuman” before losing consciousness.
Tensei did not abuse his power but made sure he was the only one to have any and by the time Mako was ten he was being baby sat by a general it was never openly said but Friedrich had indirectly taken everything perhaps there were a few who complained the problem was no one was allowed to openly oppose him. All in all Mako was raised by what may have been the most powerful man in the country.
Mako grew up fairly normal with all the things going on and never really paid attention to his adoptive fathers business but still followed him everywhere he could when his school work wasn’t a demanding priority and many considerer it a blessing to have Mako around when Tensei was conducting his business the edge that had given him so much seemed dulled unstoppable but unmistakably less ruthless. Mako was showered in attention everyone seemed to want to be his friend only when his heart left and his view of the world cleared would he realize that it was fear that drew the dogs to him.
Tensei was a powerful sorcerer but sought political power over the metaphysical and endeavored to teach Mako his power but found him lacking in any skill with it despite how much work he put into training Mako or how much pressure he applied on Mako who for his part became devoted to an extreme his frustration mounting when he as time went by finally it had been proven that conventional magic were beyond him, but he had shown some prowess with spatial magic managing feats by pure force still it was an un charted path that Tensei could not follow and so he left Mako’s education in the arts incomplete instead focusing on training Mako to succeed him if not in Tensei’s major then to accept his position focusing on taking the boy and making him a copy of himself something Mako was quick to set himself on anything to be like his hero.
It seems that the time spent in Tensei’s shadow following him had been well spent and by fifteen he was something of secretary handling his father’s business and personally attending to what Tensei viewed trivial again even though he was no longer a child he was treated as a good friend his methods were softer less inclined to steal away every thing, even souls tended to turn up missing when Friedrich left. It became apparent to Tensei that he would need to reconsider Mako’s education.
“ I won’t be five minutes before there is a knife in your back and a noose around you’re neck.” The words were accompanied by a small click flooding the booth with light and causing a notable reaction in his adopted son. Mako started kicking out tossing his jacket of before violently rolling of the seat in the train booth and landing with a thump. “ Uh,” a hand went to his chin wiping away the trail of saliva running down his chin while his eyes remained closed tightly “what ‘append?!”
Tensei took his seat where the boy had been sleeping being careful to avoid the puddle. The frustration was obvious as he rubbed his temples and let out a small sigh. In the day past Tensei had let the boy handle a few decisions at their visit to Armand labs they had brought out a few shiny packages and let him take whatever had caught his eye and given a brief tour which Mako had paid very little attention to spending more of his time on the guide who seemed to be trying to get close to him from the moment they met and she seemed more than ready to leave when the tour was over. Still he couldn’t say anything that had been the agreement one day where Mako would attempt to handle the problems of being a leader he had not accomplished anything even if everything was working well that didn’t mean it could not be better.
Pulling his watch out of his pocket he popped the clasp and watched the last second pass away and the digits read out 12:00 before shutting it with a loud snap. “ Times up, boy. I’ve kept quiet for the entire day on what you have done and I will not wait a second longer.” Mako knew better than to argue or even get up and simply leaned up against the opposite seat. “ Can you tell me what you did wrong yesterday?”
“ Dunno, I-”
“ Everything.” Tensei cut his son of looking out the window watching the dark clouds above blot out the sky. “ It is fairly obvious that you haven’t been paying attention you allowed yourself to be bought off with a little trinket and a few smiles. You have to understand that all you’re followers care about is themselves and how they can use you our my job is to make sure the sheep keep doing what there doing and keep them in line while at the same time protecting them. I know the path of immortals but I will not take such an action. It is by far more important that my land be ruled well than that it be ruled by me so I have taken it upon myself to train my successor and what do I find when I test him… foolishness the world is moving constantly against its masters there is danger from the people and even more from the monsters that now stalk through the dark they have grown stronger and the people need a leader. I can’t rest so long as I judge my world is in unfit hands. Mako I chose you for the sole purpose of being my heir I have conquered a world but my work is not done and I will not be there when it is finished I will give you an empire it is a living entity it survives by feeding and growing by spreading out but now there is no more land on this world that means that we either find new worlds to conquer or allow decades of work to be reduced to dust. You have a hard task ahead but it will not be your fault if you fail it would be mine.” Tensei got up to leave.
“ A-ah yes sir.” Perhaps a bit to rough and the speech on his passing away may have been overdoing it especially with the part about his passing but it had the desired effect it left the boy shaken insecure and under even more pressure. There was nothing the boy wouldn’t do make up for this and now all his energy would go to making up for mistakes he wasn’t sure he made. The results had been seen in almost slow motion wide eyed surprise that then went through several stages to remorse. The boy was so easily cowed when would he actually begin to think for himself Tensei thought with real disappointment looking back on the sullen figure on the ground before leaving. What would it take to galvanize the boy into a proper emperor?
It was some time before Mako picked himself up and pushed the odd moment away. Exiting the room he went to the bathroom pausing only to grab his toothbrush and a tube of paste it was the middle of the night but he doubted he would be able to sleep. Bleary eyes glared back at him in the mirror but he tried not to notice finishing quickly. There wasn’t a shower he’d have to deal with it but his clothes definitely had to be changed.
Pulling the trunk he pulled the trunk from the compartment under the seat and popped the lock the case flying open revealing the gray clothing and the bow folded in on itself. It had now been proven that the clothing was beyond heavy and he could only manage to move freely in the pants after removing the steel rods lining its many pockets and decided to forgo the jacket all together after deciding that it would be a pain to put them all back in perhaps he had been wrong back there the whole thing seemed to be impractical from the beginning. Mako flopped back onto the seat and checked his watch almost twenty to one, time seemed to have dragged on forever but now that he looked back it seemed to short. Ah well it was his first try and besides you didn’t find girls like these back in the capital back there everyone was so stuffy it was hard to breathe in that place and several people seemed to always be watching him.
The room lurched and Mako was thrown from his seat crashing into the wall his room was spinning and he was thrown around before being thrown out of the window and landing in a bush. The stars were shining brightly in the night sky but they’d wink in and out every few seconds and he could never get a good look finally he just let his head sink into the bush and closed his eyes laying there while shouts and screams went on around him and the illuminating glow of a fire seemed to warm him.
He wasn’t sure what was happening but he knew he was being carried slung over someone shoulder. Thieves no they had nearly destroyed the train he was sure of it, monsters would be likely but he had never heard of them being bold enough to attack any train directly but perhaps he was wrong the heartless had been becoming more vicious whatever they were there for they were looking for it that much they knew but not what and that did not account for how he was being saved either someone had picked him up or the most likely rebels they were fairly common and they tended to get brave around this time of the year best to just play dead for a while.
Something rustled through the trees it was big and he felt the man holding onto him shout before letting the boy drop off his shoulder that was the moment he decided to drop his act and run. Landing on all fours it took a few seconds for his eyes to adjust and he saw it a large heartless with glowing yellow eyes that flashed as it chased down Mako’s rescuer large antlers rose from its head and it let out a howl that reverberated through the woods Mako could feel the vibrations across his skin it felt like something was clawing trying to get inside. It was distracted this was Mako’s best chance and he took it dashing off in the exact opposite direction of that monster.
Breaking through the clearing he wasn’t given the chance to understand what was about to happen one minute he was standing the next second he was smashed into a wall. It was another of the heartless less dangerous but by surprise it had nearly killed him. His body glowed in a strange light and he felt a slight tug it held but quickly gave away and that feeling was replaced by pain whatever it was it glowed with vivid color before it was swallowed by the darkness raising his hand to his face he saw them, fade out as specks of light seemed to falling away then everything turned white.
An uncertain amount of time later.
“ Okay one more time.” Bits and pieces were coming together but they didn’t take their normal shape every couple of minutes what little progress he had made of his body seemed to disintegrate it seemed like his body didn’t want to retain the shape it once had. People came and went many turning into some type of weird creature that he was sure would be his fate if he didn’t move quickly. So far he had a head most of his torso and the beginnings of a right shoulder. It took what seemed like forever but he had his shape back but still he felt… wrong. He was different that much he knew this endless void felt far to familiar and the being that inhabited the area were odd they weren’t monster despite appearances but they weren’t human and seemed to have more on their minds than answering his questions but he really didn’t care.
Unconsciously his hand went to his chest as he walked the void he wasn’t sure how to leave everyone else seemed fine coming and going. He had one way back some thing he had learned back in his early years of training. Space in front of him changed starting at a central point and rolling back he saw his world or what remained of it. Bits and pieces of rock hung floating in space. It was all gone something had seemingly swan entire planet. He should be distressed he aught to be worrying about all the people but what stood out in his mind was the fact that his heart was missing and that he didn’t know where he could get it back. ‘A bit selfish’ he thought a grin plastering itself across his face but what kind of conqueror rules without a heart. He had time lots of time first he’d get what was his, then restore his world and in between he’d find out who was responsible for this.
Closing the portal and opening another one he left singing a song he had always thought of as odd but it fit right now.
It’s the beginning of a brand new day
A day filled with hope
So open your heart up and be happy
As you look up at the big, blue sky
Hear the voice on the radio
And fill your lungs with fragrant air
The time we’ve been waiting for has finally come
Let’s GO! GO! GO!
He vanished with hollow echoing laughter.
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Character Name: Mako Carnival Tensei
Character Age: 17
Character Gender: Male
Character Race: Nobody
Character Position: Good
Character Personality:
Mako was deeply emotional and somewhat sentimental, impulsive and quick to trust people this particular aspect often proved to be a liability. He was also very caring, honorable, easy going and likable. It is more than once said it was hard to be sad around him even in sad times. Mako was a dreamer, an idealist, and had never remained silent when he felt anyone around him was being mistreated, regardless of the consequences. This is no longer the case since the loss of his heart.
Mako for some reason can’t let go of the feeling of having a heart and it pains him still in some way to not posses what he lost. The space it once took up hurts physically and he often grasps his chest when the emptiness seems to grow. Sometimes even the memory of what has happened is forgotten and the shadow of what he had lost seems almost real until he is reminded that it is unreal. Overall he hasn’t taken the change well and hates his new status as a being of nothingness.
He often resorts to aggressive tactics,deception and has gained significant experience in manipulating people and events towards his own ends. All he wants is to be real and whole again. In his current state anything standing in his way or posing any kind of opposition will be crushed. However, Mako does have a personal sense of honesty that offers him some amount of self-control. As a result, he can often be seen contemplating his course of action, while divided between adopting a ruthless pursuit of his current goal and using tactics that he considers more honest. At times, he may sacrifice a goal in order to remain within the limits of this sense of honesty, all just to remain true to the person he was.
Mako, he appears to nearly always radiate happiness, which at times can be clearly seen at times as fake, revealing an insane grin in odd moments. It is fairly obvious he has little respect for anyone, except his father, often saying whatever is on his mind regardless of whether or not it is appropriate and when angered it usually never is, more often than not escalating maters far beyond the norm. All that remains the same throughout Mako’s existence is his indomitable will trained to fully defy logic and most of, if not all, the laws of physics, which played a great part in how he managed to keep his human form.
Mako has a horrible temper and rarely hesitates to use violence against those who provoke him; however, he is against the use of lethal force. Mako does this is in order to save himself from feeling guilt over their deaths when he regains his heart and generally expects no gratitude from them. His belief is that only in fairy tales do bad people turn good, and that he is old enough to not believe in fairy tales.
Strongest Characteristics:
· Strong
· Strong will
Favorite Things:
· Big Breasts
· World Domination
· Virtually Nothing Else
Appearence
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Battle Information
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Weapon Name: For lack of a better term Sword Chucks: Saturos & Menardi
Weapon Appearance:
Saturos is a large sword three feet in length, an inch thick and two inches wide. The steel blade is moderately curved and with a few inches of the back edge sharpened; the curve allows it to be more effective in thrusts. The guard is a rectangular with a cupped shape to prevent rainwater from getting into the sheath, and to prevent blood from dripping down to the handle. Red cord is wrapped over the metal of the handle for a grip.
Menardi is the lesser sword but is much wider at the base two-edged for cutting and has a tapered point for stabbing during thrusts. A solid grip is provided with ridges for the fingers. Blade strength was achieved by welding together strips, in which case the sword had a channel down the center, or by fashioning a single piece of high-carbon steel, rhomboidal in cross-section. The owner's name is engraved alond both sides. From the hilt hangs a large ring on a chain connected to Saturos
It is a fearsome, highly destructive weapons. While a normal set of chained swords makes use of the chain to ensnare the opponent so the wielder may attack at full advantage with the other sword, each of Mako’s swords and can be launched to at least forty feet and retracted by a mechanism in the larger of the two. The sickle cuts effortlessly through solid objects like wood and rock; Mako wields it with immense skilloffensively and defensively to an almost supernatural level of control. Once retracted, it is effective as a sword at close quarters. Very expensive.
Abilities:
Vicis Torqueo
Using his sorcery Mako temporarily halts all thermal dynamic power in a paper-thin radius of two to five feet or project it onto an object. Robbing the space of all energy in this even light cannot escape giving it the black color. Simply put energy and time stop in a space completely and nothing can pass through the barrier the reason being that all incoming energy is absorbed including heat and impacts. Ice gathers on the surface as moisture is collected around it then solidified, objects that come in contact lose energy and heat just the same and ice forms quickly.( For every post used a multiple of 2 is required for a cool-down.)
For lack of a better term Space Folding
Space is folded in on itself in front of Mako as his will pushes space in opening a portal to any point between himself and his desired destination instantly bringing far of places to a mere step away. The portal is usually large one sided, the other being at the destination, it cannot be seen from the other side and it can only be entered when visible. To a viewer in the opposite direction it does not appear and it is incapable of stopping them from passing through it for those who enter it the wrong way the portal may as well not exist. Direction and Mako’s original position don’t matter so long as he knows exactly where he wants the portal to open. (Three post cool-down)
Sinus Dimension
A place between universes neither here nor there and any way it can be looked at it doesn’t seem to exist and should not to begin with. The Pocket Dimension is a place of endless nothingness where the laws of physics do not posses any power, where the flow of time is non discrete and the past, present and future exist simultaneously at once anything as artificial as a second wouldn’t last as long. Basically anything that goes in will eventually be multiplied over and over and over and over well into several eternities due to times non-linear path in the Pocket Dimension. Living beings can’t enter this place and if they do they are immediately driven insane as the ages corrode the mind and time eats away at all things organic, if the creator entered their would be no one to hold it open on the outside and it would close behind him. The portal is opened when Mako collapses space in the sky(The sky being the only place big enough) for the portal effectively opening a hole in the universe without connecting to another one then closes the new space. Being highly strenuous it will immediately close after a few minutes but the space and its contents will remain. If the contents are exposed back into the universe they will vanish after a few minutes. (Lasts two posts with a ten-post cool down)
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Character History
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Parents dead, family scattered and the world was under new management. He couldn’t remember much but he knew what had happened but it was fairly easy to find out it was in history books people talked about it when they thought he was out of earshot or he wasn’t listening not that anyone had hidden it from him but people tended to shy away from the subject especially when father was home. From what he had learned was that a violent revolution had taken place some years past ending badly on both sides but the democratic party had come out as the leaders of the their new beginning and the ones who lost were executed. They say the victors write history but there were no cover-ups it was done in the open with meticulous raids they were rooted out placed on trial even family and friends were taken and quickly executed every record said so and anyone who had been old enough to understand what was happening at the time agreed.
It was a wonder he had survived and all thanks to the man responsible Friedrich Tensei. As he was told near the end when his parents had been killed Tensei had shown him some kindness, a rarity in his character that was noticed by many, choosing to take in an infant in direct opposition to the orders of the party that had placed him in power. It was again a well-known fact that made many people nervous seeing their new leader disobey a law he had passed himself that any and all members of the previous rulers were to be executed and all those affiliated would see the same fate. Tensei had simply replied “ Why should a child be killed for the a mere accident of birth.”
Mako grew up at the center of a group that wanted him dead fearing that he would some day he would be the means to the rise of an old enemy but the sad truth was that they had merely traded one tyrant for a whole other kind of person who was not at all what they had expected. Tensei was powerful near unstoppable it hadn’t been long before the majority of the Democratic Party was replaced and all attempts to stop him had been defeated. A few had even tried to assassinate him, which had also proven to be impossible one broken survivor had been taken away muttering the word “ Inhuman” before losing consciousness.
Tensei did not abuse his power but made sure he was the only one to have any and by the time Mako was ten he was being baby sat by a general it was never openly said but Friedrich had indirectly taken everything perhaps there were a few who complained the problem was no one was allowed to openly oppose him. All in all Mako was raised by what may have been the most powerful man in the country.
Mako grew up fairly normal with all the things going on and never really paid attention to his adoptive fathers business but still followed him everywhere he could when his school work wasn’t a demanding priority and many considerer it a blessing to have Mako around when Tensei was conducting his business the edge that had given him so much seemed dulled unstoppable but unmistakably less ruthless. Mako was showered in attention everyone seemed to want to be his friend only when his heart left and his view of the world cleared would he realize that it was fear that drew the dogs to him.
Tensei was a powerful sorcerer but sought political power over the metaphysical and endeavored to teach Mako his power but found him lacking in any skill with it despite how much work he put into training Mako or how much pressure he applied on Mako who for his part became devoted to an extreme his frustration mounting when he as time went by finally it had been proven that conventional magic were beyond him, but he had shown some prowess with spatial magic managing feats by pure force still it was an un charted path that Tensei could not follow and so he left Mako’s education in the arts incomplete instead focusing on training Mako to succeed him if not in Tensei’s major then to accept his position focusing on taking the boy and making him a copy of himself something Mako was quick to set himself on anything to be like his hero.
It seems that the time spent in Tensei’s shadow following him had been well spent and by fifteen he was something of secretary handling his father’s business and personally attending to what Tensei viewed trivial again even though he was no longer a child he was treated as a good friend his methods were softer less inclined to steal away every thing, even souls tended to turn up missing when Friedrich left. It became apparent to Tensei that he would need to reconsider Mako’s education.
“ I won’t be five minutes before there is a knife in your back and a noose around you’re neck.” The words were accompanied by a small click flooding the booth with light and causing a notable reaction in his adopted son. Mako started kicking out tossing his jacket of before violently rolling of the seat in the train booth and landing with a thump. “ Uh,” a hand went to his chin wiping away the trail of saliva running down his chin while his eyes remained closed tightly “what ‘append?!”
Tensei took his seat where the boy had been sleeping being careful to avoid the puddle. The frustration was obvious as he rubbed his temples and let out a small sigh. In the day past Tensei had let the boy handle a few decisions at their visit to Armand labs they had brought out a few shiny packages and let him take whatever had caught his eye and given a brief tour which Mako had paid very little attention to spending more of his time on the guide who seemed to be trying to get close to him from the moment they met and she seemed more than ready to leave when the tour was over. Still he couldn’t say anything that had been the agreement one day where Mako would attempt to handle the problems of being a leader he had not accomplished anything even if everything was working well that didn’t mean it could not be better.
Pulling his watch out of his pocket he popped the clasp and watched the last second pass away and the digits read out 12:00 before shutting it with a loud snap. “ Times up, boy. I’ve kept quiet for the entire day on what you have done and I will not wait a second longer.” Mako knew better than to argue or even get up and simply leaned up against the opposite seat. “ Can you tell me what you did wrong yesterday?”
“ Dunno, I-”
“ Everything.” Tensei cut his son of looking out the window watching the dark clouds above blot out the sky. “ It is fairly obvious that you haven’t been paying attention you allowed yourself to be bought off with a little trinket and a few smiles. You have to understand that all you’re followers care about is themselves and how they can use you our my job is to make sure the sheep keep doing what there doing and keep them in line while at the same time protecting them. I know the path of immortals but I will not take such an action. It is by far more important that my land be ruled well than that it be ruled by me so I have taken it upon myself to train my successor and what do I find when I test him… foolishness the world is moving constantly against its masters there is danger from the people and even more from the monsters that now stalk through the dark they have grown stronger and the people need a leader. I can’t rest so long as I judge my world is in unfit hands. Mako I chose you for the sole purpose of being my heir I have conquered a world but my work is not done and I will not be there when it is finished I will give you an empire it is a living entity it survives by feeding and growing by spreading out but now there is no more land on this world that means that we either find new worlds to conquer or allow decades of work to be reduced to dust. You have a hard task ahead but it will not be your fault if you fail it would be mine.” Tensei got up to leave.
“ A-ah yes sir.” Perhaps a bit to rough and the speech on his passing away may have been overdoing it especially with the part about his passing but it had the desired effect it left the boy shaken insecure and under even more pressure. There was nothing the boy wouldn’t do make up for this and now all his energy would go to making up for mistakes he wasn’t sure he made. The results had been seen in almost slow motion wide eyed surprise that then went through several stages to remorse. The boy was so easily cowed when would he actually begin to think for himself Tensei thought with real disappointment looking back on the sullen figure on the ground before leaving. What would it take to galvanize the boy into a proper emperor?
It was some time before Mako picked himself up and pushed the odd moment away. Exiting the room he went to the bathroom pausing only to grab his toothbrush and a tube of paste it was the middle of the night but he doubted he would be able to sleep. Bleary eyes glared back at him in the mirror but he tried not to notice finishing quickly. There wasn’t a shower he’d have to deal with it but his clothes definitely had to be changed.
Pulling the trunk he pulled the trunk from the compartment under the seat and popped the lock the case flying open revealing the gray clothing and the bow folded in on itself. It had now been proven that the clothing was beyond heavy and he could only manage to move freely in the pants after removing the steel rods lining its many pockets and decided to forgo the jacket all together after deciding that it would be a pain to put them all back in perhaps he had been wrong back there the whole thing seemed to be impractical from the beginning. Mako flopped back onto the seat and checked his watch almost twenty to one, time seemed to have dragged on forever but now that he looked back it seemed to short. Ah well it was his first try and besides you didn’t find girls like these back in the capital back there everyone was so stuffy it was hard to breathe in that place and several people seemed to always be watching him.
The room lurched and Mako was thrown from his seat crashing into the wall his room was spinning and he was thrown around before being thrown out of the window and landing in a bush. The stars were shining brightly in the night sky but they’d wink in and out every few seconds and he could never get a good look finally he just let his head sink into the bush and closed his eyes laying there while shouts and screams went on around him and the illuminating glow of a fire seemed to warm him.
He wasn’t sure what was happening but he knew he was being carried slung over someone shoulder. Thieves no they had nearly destroyed the train he was sure of it, monsters would be likely but he had never heard of them being bold enough to attack any train directly but perhaps he was wrong the heartless had been becoming more vicious whatever they were there for they were looking for it that much they knew but not what and that did not account for how he was being saved either someone had picked him up or the most likely rebels they were fairly common and they tended to get brave around this time of the year best to just play dead for a while.
Something rustled through the trees it was big and he felt the man holding onto him shout before letting the boy drop off his shoulder that was the moment he decided to drop his act and run. Landing on all fours it took a few seconds for his eyes to adjust and he saw it a large heartless with glowing yellow eyes that flashed as it chased down Mako’s rescuer large antlers rose from its head and it let out a howl that reverberated through the woods Mako could feel the vibrations across his skin it felt like something was clawing trying to get inside. It was distracted this was Mako’s best chance and he took it dashing off in the exact opposite direction of that monster.
Breaking through the clearing he wasn’t given the chance to understand what was about to happen one minute he was standing the next second he was smashed into a wall. It was another of the heartless less dangerous but by surprise it had nearly killed him. His body glowed in a strange light and he felt a slight tug it held but quickly gave away and that feeling was replaced by pain whatever it was it glowed with vivid color before it was swallowed by the darkness raising his hand to his face he saw them, fade out as specks of light seemed to falling away then everything turned white.
An uncertain amount of time later.
“ Okay one more time.” Bits and pieces were coming together but they didn’t take their normal shape every couple of minutes what little progress he had made of his body seemed to disintegrate it seemed like his body didn’t want to retain the shape it once had. People came and went many turning into some type of weird creature that he was sure would be his fate if he didn’t move quickly. So far he had a head most of his torso and the beginnings of a right shoulder. It took what seemed like forever but he had his shape back but still he felt… wrong. He was different that much he knew this endless void felt far to familiar and the being that inhabited the area were odd they weren’t monster despite appearances but they weren’t human and seemed to have more on their minds than answering his questions but he really didn’t care.
Unconsciously his hand went to his chest as he walked the void he wasn’t sure how to leave everyone else seemed fine coming and going. He had one way back some thing he had learned back in his early years of training. Space in front of him changed starting at a central point and rolling back he saw his world or what remained of it. Bits and pieces of rock hung floating in space. It was all gone something had seemingly swan entire planet. He should be distressed he aught to be worrying about all the people but what stood out in his mind was the fact that his heart was missing and that he didn’t know where he could get it back. ‘A bit selfish’ he thought a grin plastering itself across his face but what kind of conqueror rules without a heart. He had time lots of time first he’d get what was his, then restore his world and in between he’d find out who was responsible for this.
Closing the portal and opening another one he left singing a song he had always thought of as odd but it fit right now.
It’s the beginning of a brand new day
A day filled with hope
So open your heart up and be happy
As you look up at the big, blue sky
Hear the voice on the radio
And fill your lungs with fragrant air
The time we’ve been waiting for has finally come
Let’s GO! GO! GO!
He vanished with hollow echoing laughter.
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I did post in shades of grey if anyone even remembers that lmao